June 1912 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1912 Stormvogels soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
• 04 Jun 1912 Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• 05 Jun 1912 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time).
• 06 Jun 1912 The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
• 07 Jun 1912 US army tests first machine gun mounted on a plane.
• 08 Jun 1912 Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• 13 Jun 1912 Captain Albert Berry made the 1st parachute jump from an airplane
• 15 Jun 1912 26th US Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Eleonora Sears
• 19 Jun 1912 Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A&L State College
• 20 Jun 1912 New York Giants Josh Devore steals four bases in an inning (second and third twice).
• 26 Jun 1912 Gustav Mahlers 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
• 30 Jun 1912 The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.

Famous Birthday

• Alan Turing

  British mathematician, logician, scientist and the technical genius behind Britain’s successful efforts to break German codes in World War...

• Lucie Aubrac

  French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (Born 1912).

• Jean Rigaud

  Bordeaux Painters.

• Enoch Powell

  British politician, conservative m.p.

• Jacques Hélian
• Maria Montez
• Mary McCarthy

  American writer, novelist and critic, a controversial author with an outstanding body of work that includes autobiography, novels, short...

• John Toland (author)
• Paul Milliez

  French physician and educator, a Professor in medical clinics from 1959: at the Beaujon hospital 1960-'63, and at the Broussais hospital...

• Mary Wesley

  English novelist (Born 1912).

• Milton Shapp

  American industrialist and politician.

• Jean-Paul Moulinot
• Albert Chartier

  Canadian illustrator (d. 2004).

• Glenn Morris

  American decathlete and actor (d. 1974).

• Jean Lesage

  Canadian lawyer and politician 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1980).

• Joan Hartigan
• Virginia Lacy Jones

  US librarian / presidential advisor.

• Selwyn Powell

  Art editor.

• Ian Morrow

  Company director.

• Vit Nejedly

  Composer.

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Famous Deaths

• Louis Antoine

  Belgian miner / Sect Leader, dies at about 65.

• Ion Luca Caragiale

  Romanian writer (Born 1852).

• Anton Askerc

  Slovenian poet (Born 1856).

• Frederic Passy

  French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (Born 1822).

• George Bonnor

  Australian cricketer (Born 1855).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Harry Macdonough - When Irish Eyes art Smiling
2. Henry Burr & Albert Campbell - In a Little While
3. Ada Jones - Bring Back My Lovin' Man
4. Alma Gluck - Elegie (Song of Mourning)
5. Billy Murray - The Gaby Glide