6th » More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed when a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
6th » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
28th » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
30th » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of President of the United States or U.S. President James Garfield.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1882
1st » Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan politician, Mayor of Chișinău (d. 1940)
9th » Robert Kerr (athlete) or Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
15th » Ion Antonescu, Romanian field marshal and politician (d. 1946)
16th » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
17th » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)
17th » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1971)
18th » Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician, 32nd List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria named Prime Minister of Bulgaria (d. 1949)