Timeline June 1910

Events in June 1910 10

• 1862 – 1910 O. Henry (1862-1910) Died 5 June 1910, aged 47 American writer William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was celebrated for short stories marked by wit, wordplay and twist endings such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief." He wrote hundreds of stories during a prolific career centered in New York City. The O. Henry Award for short fiction is named in his honor.
• 1907 – 1910 Jesus College, Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom He read history, cycled through France measuring castles, and was known for eccentric hours and not eating much.
• 1910 A first-class thesis on crusader castles Oxford, United Kingdom He argued that crusader military architecture had been carried east from Europe rather than borrowed from the Arabs — reversing the accepted view.
• 1910 – 1990 Paulette Goddard (1910-1990) American actress, Charlie Chaplin's co-star in Modern Times and The Great Dictator.
• 1910 Paulette Goddard born in New York Paulette Goddard is born in New York.
• 1910 – 1990 Robert Cummings (1910-1990) American actor, star of Saboteur and Dial M for Murder and of his own 1950s sitcom.
• 1910 Robert Cummings born in Joplin Robert Cummings is born in Joplin.
• 1910 – 1976 Howlin' Wolf Blues singer and guitarist Chester Arthur Burnett, the towering Chicago bluesman of Smokestack Lightnin', Spoonful and Killing Floor.
• 1910 Howlin' Wolf born in White Station, Mississippi Chester Arthur Burnett Born near West Point, Mississippi.
• 1910 – 1997 Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) Died 25 June 1997, aged 87 Jacques Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, and filmmaker who co-invented the Aqua-Lung and pioneered underwater documentary filmmaking. His television series brought ocean life to a global audience for decades. He was a prominent advocate for marine conservation.