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Historical Events in June 1883

  • Jun 2 1st night baseball under lights, Fort Wayne Indiana
  • Jun 2 Chicago's elevated train system, the "L", opens to traffic [1]
  • Jun 9 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42.5

1st National Health Insurance

Jun 15 Germany becomes the first country to introduce a national system of social and health insurance passing "The Act on Health Insurance for Blue-collar Workers" under Otto von Bismarck [1]

  • Jun 16 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" - NY Gothams beat Cleveland Blues 5-2 at the Polo Grounds in NYC
  • Jun 16 The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children