June 2, 1900 (Saturday)
- Samori Toure, formerly Emperor of the Wassoulou Empire in West Africa, died at Ndjole, an island in Gabon's Ogooue River, where he was exiled by France after his 1898 defeat by ain Albert Baratier. Baratier commented that Toure "would have compared to Napoleon, found his St. Helena".
- The French Senate voted an amnesty for Alfred Dreyfus, who had been pardoned earlier (September 18, 1899) by President Loubet. Not until July 19, 1906, was the verdict against Dreyfus set aside.
- Born: Gordon Sinclair, Canadian journalist who had a Top Ten hit single in 1973 with his spoken recording "The Americans", in Toronto (d. 1984)
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Famous quotes containing the word june:
“I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds and bowers,
Of April, May, of June and July-flowers;
I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes,
Of bridegrooms, brides and of their bridal cakes;
I write of youth, of love, and have access
By these to sing of cleanly wantonness;”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)