Page 5: Historical Events In June - 01

1907  -27°F (-33°C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record).   

1907  Frank A Whittle, England inventor (jet engine).   

1908  John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of US, which took 357 days   

1908  Percy Edwards, animal imitator   

1909  Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle   

1909  Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist/conductor (Neth Chamber orch)   

1909  Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53.   

1910  SC Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede   

1910  Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist, dies at 91   

1911  The inaugural US group insurance policy written, Passaic, NJ   

1911  1st US group insurance policy written, Passaic, NJ   

1911  Gertrude Michael, AL, actress (Cleopatra, Menace, Club Havana)   

1912  Stormvogels soccer team forms in Ijmuiden.   

1915  The inaugural Zeppelin air raid over England   

1915  The National Transcontinental Railway is completed between Moncton and Winnipeg via Edmundston, Quebec and Senneterre. Because of the high cost the Grand Trunk refused to lease the line which was operated as a component of the Canadian Government Railways until the formation of the Canadian National System.   

1915  1st Zeppelin air raid over England   

1915  John Randolph, NYC, actor (King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie)   

1916  German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun   

1917  Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I   

1917  William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate   

1918  Excelsior Maassluis soccer team forms in Maassluis   

1918  Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer, dies at 83   

1919  Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden.   

1919  Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer.   

1920  RKSV Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam.   

1921  Race riot in Tusla Okla (21 whites and 60 blacks killed)   

1921  Race riot in Tulsa Okla (21 whites and 60 blacks killed).   

1921  Nelson Riddle, Oradell NJ, musical conductor (Batman, Frank Sinatra).   

1922  Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.   

1922  Abdul Rashid, Pakistan, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)   

1922  Frank Walters, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 7 and 5), dies   

1923  NY Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning   

1924  Paula Hinton, dancer.   

1925  In this year, Lou Gehrig formally adopts in place of Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games)   

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1076  Mstislav i of kiev: Mstislav i of kiev (d. 1132)   

1300  Thomas of brotherton: 1st earl of norfolk, son of edward i of england   

1480  Tiedemann giese: Polish catholic bishop   

1503  Wilhelm von grumbach: German lt col   

1549  Allesandre spontone: Composer   

1563  Robert cecil: Earl of salisbury, english prime minister (1598-1612)   

1611  Felician schwab: Composer   

1633  Geminiano montanari: Italian astronomer   

0193  Didius julianus: Ship owner/emperor of rome (193), murdered at 61   

1191  Philips van de elzas: Count of vlanderen,   

1340  Jan iii van: Jan iii van   

1434  Death of Jagiello: King of lithuania/poland,   

1568  Death of Duke of alva: & 18 nobles, beheaded   

1571  Death of John story: English catholic   

1616  Tokugawa ieyasu: Tokugawa ieyasu (b. 1543)   

1625  Death of Honoré d'urfé: French writer (b. 1568)