June 1916 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1916 German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun
• 02 Jun 1916 German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
• 03 Jun 1916 National Defense Act establishes ROTC
• 04 Jun 1916 Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack
• 05 Jun 1916 Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
• 06 Jun 1916 Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage
• 07 Jun 1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
• 10 Jun 1916 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22
• 12 Jun 1916 30th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Louise Raymond (60 61)
• 15 Jun 1916 Boys Scouts of America forms
• 17 Jun 1916 1st national Congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java
• 21 Jun 1916 Mexican troops beat US expeditionary force under General Pershing
• 24 Jun 1916 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
• 25 Jun 1916 Tsar Nicolaas II fires Minister of Foreign Affairs Sasonov
• 26 Jun 1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with numbers on their jerseys (one game).
• 29 Jun 1916 Boeing aircraft flies for first time.
• 30 Jun 1916 22nd US Golf Open: Chick Evans shoots a 286 at Minikahda Club, Minnesota

Famous Birthday

• Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
• Francis Crick

  Scientist.

• Virginia Satir

  American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988).

• Jacksonville (Florida)
• Francis Lopez

  French dental surgeon who moved into a second career, that of an operetta and musical comedy composer.

• Robert McNamara

  American business executive, world bank president and government official who served as the Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968 during...

• André Wogenscky

  French ‘modern’ architect, André Wogenscky was the main assistant and chef d’atelier to Le Corbusier.

• Portia Porter

  American bullfighter, the only woman bullfighter in the world at the time.

• Herbert Simon

  American social scientist, professor, author, jewish; 1978 nobel prize/economics, married once, three children.

• John Ciardi

  US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at age 69.

• Vilayat Inayat Khan
• Dorothy McGuire

  American actress (Born 1916).

• Dorothy McGuire

  American actress (Born 1916).

• Luigi Comencini

  Italian screenwriter and film director.

• Karl Herrligkoffer

  German natural scientist and physician, an adventurer who loved to mountain climb.

• Irwin Allen

  NYC, New York -- Director (Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure).

• Georg Henrik von Wright

  Finnish-Swedish philosopher (Born 1916).

• Charles Edward Eaton
• Hank Luisetti

  American athlete, a college basketball player for Stanford University.

• Irene Worth

  American actress (d. 2002).

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Famous Deaths

• Mildred J Hill

  Composer / musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56.

• Victor Chapman

  US legionaire / WWI pilot, killed.

• Helmuth J L von Moltke

  German chief General of staff, dies at 67.

• Horatio H Kitchener British General (Sudan)

  dies at age 65.

• Lord Horatio Kitchener

  British field marshal (Born 1850).

• Joao Simoes Lopes Neto

  Brazilian writer (Born 1865).

• Stefan Luchian

  Romanian painter (Born 1868).

• Max Immelmann

  The first German World War I flying ace.

• Emile Faguet

  French writer and critic (Born 1847).

• Thomas Eakins

  American painter sculptor and photographer (d. 1916).

• Yuan Shikai

  Chinese general and politician President of the Republic of China (d. 1916).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Prince's Orchestra - The Hesitating Blues
2. Prince's Orchestra - Underneath the Stars
3. Al Jolson - Yaaka Hoola Hickey Doola
4. Henry Burr - Good-Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You (Is All That I Can Say)
5. Enrico Caruso - O Sole Mio (My Sunshine)