What Happened In June 1910 In History

Historical Events for June, 1910

• 2nd » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
• 13th » The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established. This unit of the university is said to be the largest degree granting unit in the Philippines.
• 17th » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
• 25th » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1910

• 2nd » Hector Dyer, American sprinter (d. 1990)
• 3rd » Paulette Goddard, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
• 4th » Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999)
• 5th » Herb Vigran, American actor (d. 1986)
• 7th » Mike Sebastian, American football player and coach (d. 1989)
• 7th » Bradford Washburn, American mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer (d. 2007)
• 8th » C. C. Beck, American illustrator (d. 1989)
• 8th » John W. Campbell, American author (d. 1971)
• 8th » Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer (d. 2003)
• 9th » Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1990)
• 10th » Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 10th » Robert Still, English composer and educator (d. 1971)
• 11th » Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer (d. 1991)
• 11th » Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (d. 1997)
• 12th » Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright and author (d. 1992)
• 13th » Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish author (d. 1999)
• 13th » Mary Wickes, American actress and singer (d. 1995)
• 14th » Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976)
• 15th » David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
• 16th » Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (d. 1977)
• 17th » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1968)
• 17th » George Hees, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1996)
• 18th » Dick Foran, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
• 18th » Avon Long, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
• 18th » Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 1995)
• 19th » Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
• 19th » Abe Fortas, American jurist (d. 1982)
• 20th » Josephine Johnson, American author and poet (d. 1990)
• 21st » Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet and author (d. 1971)
• 22nd » John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English lieutenant and mountaineer (d. 1998)
• 22nd » Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
• 22nd » Konrad Zuse, German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 (computer) known as Z3 computer (d. 1995)
• 23rd » Jean Anouilh, French playwright (d. 1987)
• 23rd » Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (d. 2000)
• 23rd » Bill King (Royal Navy officer) known as Bill King, English commander and author (d. 2012)
• 29th » Frank Loesser, American composer and conductor (d. 1969)
• 29th » Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)

Famous Deaths for June 1910

• 5th » O. Henry, American author (b. 1862)

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