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Historical Events in June 1875

1st Sound Transmission

Jun 2 Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission

  • Jun 2 James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
  • Jun 4 Pacific Stock Exchange opens
  • Jun 5 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens in San Francisco
  • Jun 6 Netherlands joins the gold standard
  • Jun 7 California Rifle and Pistol Association founded
  • Jun 12 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42.25
  • Jun 19 Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio in San Francisco
  • Jun 19 The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins
  • Jun 22 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun & Toulouse, kills about 1,000