Today in History for June 1899

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

1st - Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last
2nd - Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
3rd - W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
5th - Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted
9th - James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
10th - Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati
12th - New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200.
16th - Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's
29th - Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage
30th - Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick Eng v Australia at Headingley

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 27 of 27

1st - Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)
1st - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
2nd - Royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)
3rd - Georg von Bekesy, Budapest Hungary, physician (Nobel-1961)
4th - Leo Spies, composer
4th - Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (d. 1989)
7th - Elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters)
10th - Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS)
11th - George Frederick McKay, composer
11th - Yasonari Kawabata, Japan, novelist (Thousand Cranes)
13th - Carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India)
14th - Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)
16th - Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)
18th - James Ralph Darling, teacher
19th - George Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)
20th - Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer
20th - Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance (WW II)
21st - Pavel Haas, composer
22nd - Dorothy Devore, Fort Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)
22nd - Michal Kalecki, Polish economist
23rd - Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer
24th - Bruce Marshall, writer
24th - Chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!)
26th - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
27th - Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur (d. 1981)
30th - Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal
30th - Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 3 of 3

3rd - Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73
10th - Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44
30th - Jon Helgason, Icelandic poet (Ur Landsudri), dies

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