June 10: Significance, Events, and How to Celebrate Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1905  1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me   

1906  Janos Viski, composer   

1908  1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of NY, opens.   

1908  Brinsley Ford, CEO (National Art Collections Fund)   

1909  A Morse Code SOS signal is transmitted for the inaugural time in an emergency as the Cunard liner SS Slavonia is wrecked off the Azores.   

1909  SOS signal used as an emergency call for the inaugural time.   

1909  Erwin Dressel, composer   

1910  Howlin' Wolf, [Chester Arthur Burnett], harmonica (Big City Blues).   

1911  Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam.   

1911  C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer (Qld spinner late 30's)   

1912  Leslie Brown, Bishop (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)   

1913  John Edmunds, composer   

1914  Polly Hill, Dr/anthropologist.   

1915  British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon.   

1915  Oscar Comras, Bronx, drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park).   

1916  Great Arab Revolt begin   

1916  In this year, 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock claims in 2:22.   

1916  Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian (Percy-Coronation Street)   

1917  60000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years)   

1917  William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford).   

1918  Barry Morse, actor (Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War).   

1918  Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer, dies at 76   

1920  Zbynek Vostrak, composer.   

1921  Babe Ruth is recorded as becoming all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath).   

1921  Philip Mountbatten, Greece, Duke of Edinburgh/Prince, Mr Elizabeth II.   

1922  Judy Garland, US actress of 'Wizard Of Oz' fame is born   

1922  In this year, 54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory claims in 2:18.8   

1922  Judy Garland, [Frances Gumm], Minnesota, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz)   

1923  Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies.   

1924  1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland   

1924  Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists   

1925  Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto Arena.   

1926  Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle.   

1926  Antonio Gaudi y Cornet, Spanish architect, dies.   

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