June 1926

June 1, 1926 (Tuesday)

June 2, 1926 (Wednesday)

June 3, 1926 (Thursday)

  • The best-selling British book The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion in the Year 1764–1765 by Cleone Knox, supposedly an eighteenth-century diary unearthed and published for the first time in 1925, was exposed as a hoax. Magdalen King-Hall, the young daughter of Admiral Sir George Fowler King-Hall, was revealed to be the real author.[2][3] "I wrote the book in a few weeks, but if I had realized so many distinguished people would have taken it seriously, I should have spent much more time and pains on it", King-Hall stated.[4]
  • Born: Roscoe Bartlett, politician, in Moorland, Kentucky; and Allen Ginsberg, poet, in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1997)


June 4, 1926 (Friday)

June 5, 1926 (Saturday)

  • Britain and Turkey signed the Anglo-Turkish Agreement on Mosul, an accord over disputed territory between the two countries in the Mosul region.[7][8]

June 6, 1926 (Sunday)

June 7, 1926 (Monday)

  • The League of Nations opened its fortieth council session in Geneva. Brazil boycotted the session in protest of its being denied a seat on the permanent council.[9]
  • Kazys Grinius was elected President of Lithuania by the Third Seimas.

June 8, 1926 (Tuesday)

  • Babe Ruth hit one of the longest home runs of his career at Navin Field in Detroit, over the right field stands and into the street a block away. Sportswriters at the game reported that the ball carried over 600 feet, although whether it actually did or not cannot be proven.[10][11]
  • Died: Emily Hobhouse, 66, British welfare campaigner

June 9, 1926 (Wednesday)

June 10, 1926 (Thursday)

  • Spain threatened to quit the League of Nations if it was not granted a permanent seat.[13]
  • The Treaty of Friendship between France and Romania was signed in Paris. Although a diplomatic victory for Romanian Prime Minister Alexandru Averescu, it had little actual value since it did not commit France to lend direct military assistance in the event of war between Romania and the Soviet Union.[14][15]
  • Born: Lionel Jeffries, actor and director, in Forest Hill, London (d. 2010)
  • Died: Antoni Gaudí, 73, Catalan architect

June 11, 1926 (Friday)

June 12, 1926 (Saturday)

June 13, 1926 (Sunday)

June 14, 1926 (Monday)

June 15, 1926 (Tuesday)

June 16, 1926 (Wednesday)

June 17, 1926 (Thursday)

June 18, 1926 (Friday)

June 19, 1926 (Saturday)

June 20, 1926 (Sunday)

June 21, 1926 (Monday)

  • U.S. President Calvin Coolidge announced a government surplus of $390 million for the fiscal year ending June 30.[26]
  • Born: Conrad Hall, American cinematographer, in Papeete, Tahiti (d. 2003)

June 22, 1926 (Tuesday)

June 23, 1926 (Wednesday)

June 24, 1926 (Thursday)

  • U.S. Congress created the position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics to oversee the United States' naval aviation forces. The navy's five-year plan for aviation was also passed.[28]
  • Lightning storms and flooding in northern and central Germany killed 10 and destroyed many crops.[29]
  • Thousands were left homeless by flooding in Guanajuato, Mexico.[30]

June 25, 1926 (Friday)

June 26, 1926 (Saturday)

June 27, 1926 (Sunday)

June 28, 1926 (Monday)

June 29, 1926 (Tuesday)

June 30, 1926 (Wednesday)

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