Page 4: Historical Events In June - 21

1910  Bela Tardos, composer   

1912  Mary McCarthy, US, novelist (Group)   

1913  Tiny Broadwick is recorded as becoming inaugural woman to parachute from an airplane.   

1913  Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane.   

1913  Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter.   

1913  Stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37.   

1914  Jan Decadt, composer   

1914  Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30.   

1915  Anti-British revolt in South-Africa ends with arrest of Gen De Law.   

1916  Boston Rube Forster no-hits NY Yankees, 2-0   

1916  Joe Bamford, British manufacturer/multi-millionaire   

1917  Hawaiian Red Cross founded   

1917  Hawaiian Red Cross forms   

1918  James Bysse Joll, historian   

1919  Germans scuttle their own fleet rather than surrender it to the Allies.   

1919  Bauer forms German govt   

1920  Jane Russell, American film actress is born   

1921  HSC '21 soccer team forms in Haaksbergen.   

1923  Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using the mail to defraud   

1923  Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud.   

1924  NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms   

1925  Jan H Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60.   

1930  Ruth hits 3 HRs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7.   

1932  Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (NYC)   

1933  The inaugural Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans   

1933  1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans.   

1934  [James] Thorne Smith, US, sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout).   

1937  French People's front govt-Blum falls.   

1938  Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit   

1939  Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.   

1940  HMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia.   

1940  German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State.   

1940  Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies   

1941  Allied troops, including Australians, occupy Damascus.   

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1002  Leo ix: [bruno count of egesheim & dagsburg], pope (1049-54)   

1002  Pope leo ix: Pope leo ix (d. 1054)   

1226  King boleslaus v of poland: King boleslaus v of poland (d. 1279)   

1528  Maria of spain: Holy roman empire empress (1603)   

1577  Giovanni del turco: Composer   

1596  Michael fjodorovitsj: Tsar of russia (1613-45)/1st romanov   

1639  Increase mather: New england puritan minister   

1640  Abraham mignon: Still life painter   

0524  Death of Chlodomir: King of the france to orleans (511-24),   

1205  Enrico dandolo: Doge of venice (b. 1107)   

1208  Philips van zwaben hohenstaufen: Roman-german king,   

1305  King wenceslaus ii of bohemia and poland: King wenceslaus ii of bohemia and poland (b. 1271)   

1377  Death of Edward iii: King of england (1327-77),   

1421  Jean le maingre: Marshal of france (b. 1366)   

1527  Niccolo machiavelli: Florentine statesman/author,   

1529  John skelton: English poet,