Page 4: Historical Events In June - 06

1883  Ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29 on June - 06.   

1885  19th Belmont: Paul Duffy aboard Tyrant wins in 2:43 on June - 06.   

1886  On June - 06 paul Dudley White, heart specialist   

1887  On this day in history ruth Benedict, anthropoligist   

1889  On this day in history great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks   

1890  United States Polo Association forms, NYC on June - 06.   

1890  Dorothy Heyward, NYC, playwright (Porgy) on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history istvan Kardos, composer   

1893  On this day in history ludovic Feldman, composer   

1894  Sabin V Dragoi, composer on this day in history.   

1896  George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic on June - 06.   

1896  21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51 on this day in history.   

1896  On June - 06 italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome)   

1898  Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina (Royal Ballet) on June - 06.   

1898  Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1900  On June - 06 arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train)   

1901  Achmed Sukarno, Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67) on this day in history.   

1902  On June - 06 avraham Daus, composer   

1903  Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer (Gayane) on this day in history.   

1904  National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ on June - 06.   

1905  On this day in history french Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request   

1905  John Gart, Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show) on June - 06.   

1906  On this day in history paris Métro Line 5 is inaugurated with a first section from Place d'Italie to the Gare d'Orléans (today known as Gare d'Austerlitz).   

1906  Max Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn) on this day in history.   

1907  Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43)/manager (1946) on June - 06.   

1909  Isaiah Berlin, philosopher on June - 06.   

1910  Ben Aerden, [John Mikkelsen], actor (Hamlet) on this day in history.   

1911  Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified) on June - 06.   

1912  On this day in history the eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.   

1913  Rabbit Maranville, was thrown out trying to steal home 3 times on this day in history.   

1913  Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times on June - 06.   

1913  Jiri Hajek, Czech jurist/foreign minister on June - 06.   

1914  On June - 06 the first air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway)   

1914  1st air flight out of sight of land (Scotland to Norway) on this day in history.   

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on June - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1519  Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

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  Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1606  On June - 06 birth of pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

0840  Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies on June - 06.   

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on June - 06.   

1393  Death of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) on June - 06.   

1480  On June - 06 death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)   

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

1583  Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

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