June

Date Event
June 1 Mme. Adolphe becomes the first woman to perform on a tightrope in the US, New York City, 1819
June 2 Dorothy West born 1907
June 3 Josephine Baker born 1906
June 4 Carson McCullers, age 23, publishes The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter to critical acclaim, 1940
June 5 Kaahumanu died 1832
June 6 Marian Wright Edelman born 1939
June 7 Nikki Giovanni born 1943
June 8 Sara Paretsky born 1947
June 9 Georgia Neese Clark is confirmed as the first female treasurere of the US, 1949
June 10 Bridget Biship becomes the first of the Salem "witches" to be hanged, 1692
June 11 Julia Margaret Cameron born 1815
June 12 Babe Didrikson Zaharias becomes the first US woman to win the British Women's Amateur Gold Tournament, 1947
June 13 Dorothy L Sayers born 1893
June 14 Margaret Bourke-White born 1906
June 15 Malvina Hoffman born 1887
June 16 Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, 1975
June 17 Susan La Flesche Picotte born 1865
June 18 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for "illegal voting," informs the judge she will never pay it, 1873
June 19 Aung San Suu Kyi born 1945
June 20 Queen Victoria of England begins her 64-year reign, 1837
June 21 Francoise Sagan born 1935
June 22 Alice Gertrude Bryand and Florence West Duckering become the first women admitted to the American College of Sugeons, 1914
June 23 Anna Akhmatova born 1889
June 24 Rebecca Blaine Harding Davis born 1831
June 25 Carly Simon born 1945
June 26 Pearl Buck born 1892
June 27 Antoinette Perry born 1888
June 28 Molly Pitcher takes the place of her wounded husband in the Battle of Monmouth, 1778
June 29 Oriana Fallaci born 1930
June 30 Lena Horne born 1917
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Last updated: 24 June, 2004.