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MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_1
- 1906 - Geri Larsen was born.
- 1939 - Eugene Burger was born
- 1974 - Eddie Joseph passes away.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_2
- 1889 - Erik Hanussen was born
- 1968 - Rob Zabrecky was born.
- 1978 - Jim Steinmeyer met Doug Henning.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_3
- 1833 - Baron Hartwig Seeman, who toured the world as Professor Seeman "The Emperor of Magicians", was born in Sweden.
- 1921 - Horace Goldin presented his version of Sawing a Lady in Half.
- 1941 - Flip Hallema was born.
- 1949 - Peter Samelson was born.
- 2005 - Penn Jillette's first child, daughter Moxie CrimeFighter, was born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_4
- 1882 - Edward Proudlock was born.
- 1963 - Chefalo died.
- 1973 - Walter Zaney Blaney appeared at Mike Douglas Show.
- 2007 - Criss Angel is placed in concrete-filled glass box dangling 50 feet in the air near Times Square, which he will remain for 24 hours, as part of a stunt for his TV show 'Mindfreak' on A & E.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_5
- 1883 - Charles Bertram appeared at the Royal Acquarium (London).
- 1909 - Jack Trepel was elected to membership in the Society of American Magicians.
- 1973 - Max Terhune, actor, ventriloquist, magician and juggler, passes away.
- 2004 - Auction of The collection of Christian Fechner begins at Drouot (Paris).
- 2008 - "Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants” show sets a box office record when it sold $62,468 worth of tickets in a single day.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_6
- 1894 - Bernard Zufall, the "Human Encyclopedia", was born.
- 1940 - Servais Le Roy, at the age of 75, performed his full evening show at the Heckscher Theatre in New York City.
- 1948 - Tina Lenert was born.
- 1972 - Tenkai died.
- 1983 - Fred Haenchen dies.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_7
- 1902 - W. D. LeRoy became member 33 when he was admitted at the first regular monthly meeting of the S.A.M..
- 1962 - Shawn Farquhar was born.
- 1964 - A surprise testimonial dinner to honor Ace Gorham, Vice president of Black Richard Ring No. 166, Manchester, New Hampshire.
- 2000 - Penn & Teller appeared at the Beacon Theater in New York City.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_8
- 1887 - Compars Herrmann (1816-1887) dies.
- 1926 - Fred Kaps (1926-1980) was born in Holland.
- 1937 - Len O. Gunn (1896-1975), a part-time professional, married Marianne Cox.
- 2001 - The first ever CAMaraderie (CAM convention) got underway.
- 2002 - Gary Ouellet (1945-2002), who co-founded The Camirand Academy of Magic dies.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_9
- 1898 - John Mulholland was born.
- 1904 - James B. Findlay was born.
- 1967 - Charlie Miller met Jay Marshall at Chicago.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_10
- 1844 - Adrian Plate was born.
- 1919 - W.D. LeRoy died.
- 1938 - Closed meeting of the Demons Club of Baltimore with Charles Carrer, noted juggler and Honored Guest.
- 1955 - The 4th convention of the Australian Society of Magicians starts.
- 1980 - Mickey O'Malley passes away.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_11
- 1894 - Dai Vernon was born.
- 1939 - Memorial Meeting of the Knights of Magic for Joe Gant and Frank Ducrot.
- 1958 - Arnold Furst was scheduled to lecture at the meeting of the Association To Advance Ethical Hypnosis.
- 1966 - Stewart Judah passes away.
- 1990 - Dai Vernon celebrated his 96th birthday at midnight at the Magic Castle.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_12
- 1934 - David Abbott passes away.
- 1945 - Hardeen dies.
- 1959 - Rocco was born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_13
- 1861 - Charles Morritt was born.
- 1871 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin passes away.
- 1939 - Siegfried Fischbacher is born in Rosenheim, Bavaria in Germany.
- 2009 - Rudy Coby begins a twelwe week run at the Galaxy Theater in Minneapolis.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_14
- 1852 - H. J. Burlingame was born.
- 1874 - Charles Joseph Carter was born.
- 1893 - Julien Proskauer was born.
- 1930 - Walter Scott was at Al Baker's home with T. Nelson Downs, Max Holden, Sam Horowitz, Eddie McLaughlin, Eddie McGuire and Cardini.
- 1968 - Erika Larsen was born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_15
- 1892 - Bob Sherman was born in Minsk, Russia.
- 1913 - Ormond McGill, "Dean of American Hypnotists", was born.
- 1914 - P.T. Selbit first performed Walking Through a Brick Wall at Egyptian Hall in London.
- 1937 - The Spokane Mystic Club staged a Show at Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
- 1965 - William Kalush was born.
- 1973 - Actor, singer, magician Neil Patrick Harris was born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_16
- 1640 - Jacques Ozanam was born.
- 1954 - Richard Turner was born.
- 1955 - Dante the Great dies.
- 1960 - Dr. Harlan Tarbell passes away.
- 1967 - Dr. Jules Dhotel passes away.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_17
- 1905 - Evanion died.
- 1950 - Mike Caveney was born.
- 1957 - Audley Walsh died.
- 1960 - First Tannen's Magic Jubilee.
- 1999 - Len Vintus, IBM member #1, died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_18
- 1863 - Francis J. Werner was born.
- 1881 - Bill Frazee, who was in and around magic his entire life, was born William Meyenberg in Brooklyn.
- 1987 - Frank Lane, editor of Funny Talk, passes away.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_19
- 1806 - Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser was born in Austria.
- 1869 - Claudius Odin was born in France.
- 1903 - Len Vintus was born Melvin Justus Given McMullen in Canada.
- 1952 - Jack Ledair passes away in England.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_20
- 1906 - Balabrega dies.
- 1913 - Mac Ronay born in France.
- 1941 - Bruce Cervon born.
- 1948 - First Ed Sullivan Show originally titled Toast of the Town.
- 1973 - Charles Joseph Jones, better known as Colta, passes away.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_21
- 1810 - Signor Blitz born.
- 1918 - Arnold Furst was born.
- 1996 - The Lance Burton Theater opened at Monte Carlo Resort in Las Vegas.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_22
- 1903 - Dr. Joseph Fries born.
- 1945 - Lee Earle was born Lee Loudy.
- 1948 - Charles H. Hopkins died.
- 1988 - John Braun died.
- 1992 - Orville Meyer died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_23
- 1854 - A. M. Wilson was born.
- 1904 - Alec William Bell, better known as Peter Warlock, was born.
- 1948 - Dedications ceremonies for Horace Goldin in the Willesden Cemetary in London, England.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_24
- 1885 - Kellar closed his version of the Egyptian Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after 264 performances.
- 1917 - Roy Kissell was born.
- 1951 - Del Ray performed on the Ed Sullivan Show
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_25
- 1909 - Roger Barkann was born.
- 1949 - RUSSELLVILLE, Tenn. — Milbourne Christopher and Maurine Brooks were married. The couple left for a Havana honeymoon.
- 1953 - Allen Shaw died.
- 1956 - Michael Ammar was born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_26
- 1946 - Ricky Jay was born.
- 2004 - Bob Kline passed away.
- 2006 - Tommy Wonder died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_27
- 1878 - Phillippe passed away.
- 1934 - Louis Krieger died.
- 2020 - Louis Falanga died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_28
- 1831 - Colonel Stodare born in Liverpool, England.
- 1867 - Zanzic was born.
- 1936 - Duraty born in France.
- 1970 - Harry Willard (Willard the Wizard) passes away.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_29
- 1903 - Joseph Michael Hartz died.
- 1916 - Tihany was born.
- 1961 - Fred Keating died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_30
- 1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr. was born
- 1962 - Ed Wolff died.
- 2007 - Jack Parker died.