June 1904 calendar

Events

• 02 Jun 1904 Professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis
• 06 Jun 1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• 10 Jun 1904 Irish author James Joyce meets his future wife Nora Barnacle.
• 11 Jun 1904 German Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swapokmund, SW-Africa
• 14 Jun 1904 Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants
• 15 Jun 1904 A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• 16 Jun 1904 Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• 21 Jun 1904 Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade Dougherty as a Yankee, 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees
• 28 Jun 1904 International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam
• 29 Jun 1904 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe

Famous Birthday

• Johnny Weissmuller

  Romanian-born American swimmer and actor who, as the winner of five Olympic medals and numerous world records, was noted for his performance...

• Peter Lorre

  Hungarian actor of stage, film and TV, as well as being a screenwriter and film director.

• Georges Canguilhem

  French philosopher, epistemologist, and author.

• Margaret Bourke-White

  American photographer, photojournalist and war correspondent with a dramatic life.

• Ralph Bellamy

  American actor on radio and TV with more than 400 stage roles and 100 movies.

• David Fyfe Anderson
• Raymond Cartier

  French journalist and non-fiction author.

• Hubert Josef Urban
• Manuel Rosenthal

  French composer and conductor who held leading positions with musical organizations in France and America.

• Lesley Blanch
• Raymond Rouleau
• Raymond Schmittlein
• Glenda Farrell

  Enid, Oklahoma -- Actress (Golddiggers of 1935).

• Heinrich von Brentano
• Frantisek Plánicka
• Kurt Kusenberg

  German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit).

• Jan van Axel [Johannes P Kraakman]

  Dutch director (Overschotje).

• Daphne Fielding

  Socialite / writer.

• Wlodzimierz Pozniak

  Composer.

• Willie Mae "Mother" Smith

  Gospel singer / evangelist folk artist.

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Famous Deaths

• Camille de Renesse

  Belgian Count (Born 1836).

• Nikiphoros Lytras

  Greek painter (Born 1832).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Enrico Caruso - Aida - Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida)
2. Cal Stewart - Evening Time at Pumpkin Center
3. Corrine Morgan & Haydn Quartet - Toyland
4. Bob Roberts - The Ghost That Never Walked
5. Haydn Quartet - Blue Bell