Events Date 1908 June | History by KabAstro

Jun 1 John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of US, which took 357 days
Jun 2 33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan riding Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4

Edward VII Meets Nicholas II

Jun 9 King Edward VII of Great Britain visits Tsar Nicholas II at Reval, Russia, where the two discuss the growing power of Germany and British plans for reform in Macedonia

Jun 10 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of NY, opens
Jun 10 The Australian Parliament passes the Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act providing for pensions for British subjects (excluding aborigines) at age 65
Jun 12 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)

Burns KOs Squires

Jun 13 Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in 8th round at Neuilly Bowling Palace, Paris to retain world heavyweight boxing title

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Tommy Burns

Jun 14 Fourth German Navy Bill is passed authorising the financing of the building of another four major warships
Jun 15 World congress for Women's rights opens in Amsterdam

Roosevelt Picks Taft

Jun 16 The Republican Party convenes in Chicago where President Theodore Roosevelt picks William Howard Taft as his successor

Jun 18 Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship

48th British Men's Open

Jun 19 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotsman James Braid wins his 4th Championship by 8 strokes from Tom Ball

Anne of Green Gables

Jun 20 Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery receives her first copy of her novel "Anne of Green Gables" (published April 1908, a bestseller) [1]

Jun 23 Shah Mohammed Ali leads a successful counter-revolution in Persia, aided by the Russian legation and a Cossack brigade
Jun 23 The USA suspends diplomatic relationships with Venezuela after the refusal of Cipriano Castro's government to compensate Americans for injuries suffered in the uprising of 1899
Jun 27 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Maud Barger-Wallach beats defending champion Evelyn Sears 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 for her lone major title

Was Mystery Blast Caused by Aliens?

Jun 30 A giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet flattens 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, in the largest impact event in recorded history

This photo from the Soviet Academy of Science shows the devastation that the 1927 expedition found

Cy Young's Third No-hitter

Jun 30 At 41 years, 3 months future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young becomes oldest player to record a third career no-hitter as Boston Red Sox beat NY Highlanders, 8-0