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What Happened In June 1888 In History

Historical Events for June, 1888

  • 3rd » The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the 'San Francisco Examiner'.
  • 5th » The 1888 Río de la Plata earthquake named Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.
  • 15th » Crown Prince William II, German Emperor Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors William I, German Emperor Wilhelm I and Frederick III, German Emperor Frederick III, 1888 is

Famous Birthdays on June in 1888

  • 3rd » Tom Brown (trombonist) named Tom Brown, American trombonist (d. 1958)
  • 7th » Clarence DeMar, American long-distance runner (d. 1958)
  • 11th » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American criminal (d. 1927)
  • 12th » Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician (d. 1920)
  • 13th » Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (d. 1935)
  • 15th » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (d. 1921)
  • 16th » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
  • 17th » Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954)
  • 22nd » Harold Hitz Burton, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Cleveland (d. 1964)
  • 23rd » Bronson M. Cutting, American publisher and politician (d. 1935)
  • 23rd » Lee Moran, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1961)
  • 24th » Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed the Rietveld Schröder House (d. 1964)
  • 27th » Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic (d. 1960)
  • 27th » Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (d. 1946)
  • 28th » George Challenor, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1947)
  • 29th » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925)
  • 29th » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (d. 1927)

Famous Deaths for June 1888

  • 15th » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
  • 20th » Johannes Zukertort, Polish chess player (b. 1842)

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