Today in History for June 1894

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 13 of 13

15th - Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8
17th - 1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
18th - Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
19th - 28th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Henry of Navarre wins in 1:56.5
21st - Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company
23rd - The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
24th - Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years
24th - Marie Francois Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
25th - American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike
26th - Karl Benz of Germany receives US patent for gasoline-driven auto
28th - Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday
30th - Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid
30th - London Tower Bridge opens

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 24 of 24

4th - Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO (Knopf)
5th - Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)
6th - Sabin V Dragoi, composer
8th - Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist (Ogelala)
10th - Pavel Borkovec, Czech composer (Stmivani, [Twilight])
11th - Dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner), Canadian magician, The Professor (d. 1992)
13th - Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Konarmija, Marija) [or Jul 13]
13th - Jacques-Henri Lartigue, France, photographer
13th - Mark van Doren, Ill, author (Happy Critic, Transients)
13th - Dr. Leo Kanner, Austrian-American physician (d. 1981)
14th - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
15th - Robert Russell Bennett, Kansas City, composer/arranger (Oklahoma!)
15th - Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947)
16th - Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera)
20th - George Delacorte, NYC, philanthropist/publisher (Dell Books)
20th - Lloyd A Hall, Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry
21st - Milward Kennedy, British public servant and mystery writer (d. 1968)
23rd - Alfred Kinsey, Hoboken, New Jersey, American entomologist/sexologist (Kinsey Report)
23rd - Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936)
King of Great Britain Edward VIII (23rd) 25th - Hermann Oberth, Germany, founded modern astronautics (V2/Redstone)
26th - Bill Wirges, Buffalo NY, orchestra leader (Growing Paynes)
26th - Jeanne Eagels, actress (Rain, Under False Colors)
28th - Lois Wilson, Pitts Pa, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family)
30th - Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian assassin (arch duke Ferdinand)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

22nd - Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 4 of 4

3rd - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812)
5th - Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70
22nd - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
24th - M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56

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