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 this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London   

1847  On June - 06 gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)   

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

1850  Karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909) on June - 06.   

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

1857  On June - 06 sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.   

1859  On this day in history australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).   

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

1861  Lincoln's cabinet declares Union govt will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers on June - 06.   

1861  Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59 on June - 06.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered   

1862  On this day in history the birth of Henry Newbolt, English poet   

1862  Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered on this day in history.   

1862  On June - 06 henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet   

1862  Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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

1864  On June - 06 battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou)   

1868  On this day in history the birth of Robert F. Scott, English antartic explorer   

1868  Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition on June - 06.   

1869  On this day in history siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor   

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  The birth of Thomas Mann, German writer and Nobel prize winner on June - 06.   

1875  On this day in history netherlands goes on the gold standard   

1875  Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929) on this day in history.   

1877  Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies on June - 06.   

1878  Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 on June - 06.   

1879  On June - 06 l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect   

1880  William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state on June - 06.   

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

1882  Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000 on this day in history.   

1882  On June - 06 electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC   

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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 this day in history.   

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on June - 06.   

1519  On June - 06 birth of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)   

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

1580  Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On June - 06 birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

1606  On this day in history birth of pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

0840  Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies on this day in history.   

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

1393  Death of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) on this day in history.   

1480  On this day in history death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

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

1563  Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

1671  On June - 06 death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed