June 1909 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1909 (to October 16) The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is held in Seattle, Washington.
• 02 Jun 1909 43rd Belmont: Eddie Dugan aboard Joe Madden wins in 2:21.6
• 07 Jun 1909 Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens.
• 12 Jun 1909 Shine On, Harvest Moon by Ada Jones and Billy Murray hits #1
• 15 Jun 1909 Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
• 16 Jun 1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals
• 18 Jun 1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
• 20 Jun 1909 1st balloon honeymoon
• 23 Jun 1909 Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections
• 24 Jun 1909 15th US Golf Open: George Sargent shoots a 290 at Englewood Golf Club - New Jersey
• 25 Jun 1909 George Sargent wins US Open golf tournament
• 26 Jun 1909 23rd US Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss beats Maud Barger-Wallach
• 27 Jun 1909 23rd US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach
• 30 Jun 1909 Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to no decision in 6 for hw boxing title

Famous Birthday

• Errol Flynn

  Australian-American actor.

• Régine Pernoud

  French historian, medievalist, known for writing extensively about Joan of Arc.

• Jessica Tandy

  British-American actress, noted on stage and screen for half a century.

• Pierre de Chevigné
• Burl Ives

  American singer of folk music and early American ballads and an actor in movies and TV.

• Roy Hertz

  American professor of obstetrics.

• Nane Germon
• Georges Rouquier

  French filmmaker whose first full-length film, "Farrebique," won numerous awards.

• Dortha Waneta Fretz
• Robert Murzeau
• Ralph E Winters

  Canadian film editor (d. 2004).

• Eric Ambler

  London, England -- Suspense writer (Epitaph for a Spy).

• Edwin Gerschefski

  Composer.

• Mansel Treharne Thomas

  Composer.

• Paul Nordoff

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Composer (Frog Prince).

• Archie Bleyer

  Corona, New York -- Orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey).

• Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren

  Philosopher.

• Mike Todd [Avrom Goldbogen]

  US director (80 days).

• Erwin Dressel

  Composer.

• William Odling

  Major General.

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Famous Deaths

• Learmont Drysdale

  Composer, dies at 42.

• Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron

  German poet, dies at 65.

• Edward Everett Hale

  American author (Born 1822).

• Sarah Orne Jewett

  American writer (Born 1849).

• Israel Durham

  Philadelphia Phillies' president dies.

• Giuseppe Martucci

  Italian pianist composer and conductor (d. 1909).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ada Jones & Billy Murray - I'm Looking for a Sweetheart and I Think You'll Do
2. Byron G. Harlan - Schoolmates
3. Frank Stanley & Henry Burr - Shine On, Harvest Moon
4. Will Oakland - Silver Threads Among the Gold
5. Bob Roberts - Shine On, Harvest Moon