Page 3: Historical Events In June - 06

1844  On June - 06 the Young Men's Christian Association is founded in London. (Some 130+ years later, a group known as the Village People would gain a hit recording with "YMCA.")   

1844  Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London on June - 06.   

1844  Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London on June - 06.   

1847  On this day in history gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)   

1850  Levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans on June - 06.   

1850  On this day in history karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)   

1852  On this day in history tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79   

1857  On this day in history sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.   

1859  Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day) on June - 06.   

1860  On this day in history william R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St Paul's Cathedral   

1861  On June - 06 lincoln's cabinet declares Union govt will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers   

1861  On June - 06 giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59   

1862  Battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered on June - 06.   

1862  The birth of Henry Newbolt, English poet on this day in history.   

1862  On June - 06 battle of Memphis-city is surrendered   

1862  Henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet on June - 06.   

1862  On June - 06 turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33   

1863  On this day in history battle of Milliken's Bend, LA & Williamsport, MD   

1864  Battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou) on this day in history.   

1868  On June - 06 the birth of Robert F. Scott, English antartic explorer   

1868  On June - 06 robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition   

1869  Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor on June - 06.   

1872  Susan B Anthony is fined for trying to vote on June - 06.   

1872  Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina (1894-1918) on June - 06.   

1875  On June - 06 the birth of Thomas Mann, German writer and Nobel prize winner   

1875  Netherlands goes on the gold standard on June - 06.   

1875  Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929) on June - 06.   

1877  On this day in history prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies   

1878  On June - 06 gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70   

1879  L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect on this day in history.   

1880  William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state on this day in history.   

1881  Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 on June - 06.   

1882  Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000 on June - 06.   

1882  Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC on June - 06.   

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1236  On this day in history birth of wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)   

1436  Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables was born on June - 06.   

1502  On June - 06 birth of king John III of Portugal (d. 1557)   

1519  Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) was born on June - 06.   

1576  On this day in history birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)   

1580  On this day in history birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)   

1599  Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660) was born on June - 06.   

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) was born on this day in history.   

0840  On June - 06 agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  On this day in history norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1393  On June - 06 death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

1480  Death of Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on June - 06.   

1548  Death of Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500) on June - 06.   

1563  On June - 06 death of ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)   

1583  On June - 06 death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

1671  On this day in history death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed