Today in History for June 1904

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 12 of 12

2nd - Professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis
6th - National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ
11th - Cub's Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0
11th - German Lt-Gen Lothar von Trotha lands in Swapokmund, SW-Africa
14th - Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants
15th - Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in NY's East River (1,031 die)
16th - Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
16th - Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
21st - Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)
28th - International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam
28th - The SS Norge Runs aground and sinks
29th - 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

2nd - Johnny Weissmuller, actor (Tarzan)/100m swimmer (Oly-5 gold-1924, 28)
2nd - Frank Runacres, English artist (d. 1
3rd - Charles Richard Drew, pioneer of blood plasma research
3rd - Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], NYC, tenor (NY Met Opera)
10th - Frederick Loewe, composer (Learner & Loewe)
11th - Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer (Boogie Woogie Piano)
11th - Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer
11th - Emil Frantisek Burian, composer
12th - Eino Roiha, composer
14th - Benno Ammann, composer
16th - Gerard Holt, Dutch architect
17th - Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist
17th - Ralph Bellamy, Chicago, actor (Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places)
18th - Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)
18th - Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)
19th - Balis Dvarionas, composer
20th - Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister
23rd - Carleton Coon, prof of anthropology (What in the World)
23rd - Quintin McMillan, cricketer (South African leg spinner 1929-32)
23rd - Willie Mae "Mother" Smith, gospel singer/evangelist folk artist
24th - Kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit)
25th - Jan van Axel, [Johannes P Kraakman], Dutch director (Overschotje)
26th - Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US, actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers)
26th - Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951)
28th - Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer
30th - Glenda Farrell, Enid OK, actress (Golddiggers of 1935)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 4 of 4

3rd - Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard & Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide
12th - Camille de Renesse, Belgian Count (b. 1836)
13th - Nikiphoros Lytras, Greek painter (b. 1832)
30th - Thomas Emmett, cricketer (English Test bowler of the sostenuter), dies

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