Today in History for June 1901
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Months in 1901: January February March April May July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 9 of 9
2nd - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
9th - NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
11th - Cook Islands annexed & proclaimed part of New Zealand
14th - 1st golf championship is played
15th - 7th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club MA
17th - The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
20th - Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a US college
24th - 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
24th - Jewish National Fund starts
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 33 of 33
1st - John W Van Duren, playwright (I Remember Mama)
1st - John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
1st - Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
2nd - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days)
3rd - Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor (Maurice-Bewitched)
5th - Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar
6th - Achmed Sukarno, Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67)
8th - Lena Baker, American murderer (d. 1945)
9th - George Price, cartoonist
9th - Marion Gering, actress (Sarumba, Rumba, Ready for Love, 24 Hours)
10th - Frederick Loewe, Austrian-born composer (d. 1988)
13th - Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist (Obscure Blood)
13th - Tage F Erlander, Swedish premier (1946-69)
15th - John Wesley Work, composer
15th - Peter Shankland, film maker/writer
16th - Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl)
16th - Conrad Beck, composer
18th - Jeanette MacDonald, Phila, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You)
18th - Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher)
18th - Llewellyn Rees, British theater actor (Invisible Creature)
19th - Edward Lambert, British diplomat
20th - Iri Maruki, artist
22nd - Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)
22nd - Naunton Wayne, Wales, actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession)
23rd - Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador
23rd - Paul Verhoeven, Unna Germany, director (4th Man, Basic Instinct)
24th - Harry Partch, Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus)
25th - Adolf Brunner, composer
26th - Stuart Symington, (Sen-D-Mo)
26th - William Busch, composer
29th - Frieda Inescort, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pride & Prejudice)
29th - Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor
29th - Nelson Eddy, Providence RI, baritone (Duets with Jeanette MacDonald)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 6 of 6
2nd - James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies
2nd - George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary (b. 1844)
9th - Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies
10th - Robert Williams Buchanan, British dramatist (b. 1841)
16th - Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
23rd - Charles Kensington Salaman, composer, dies at 87
