iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.

Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)

Burl Ives, American actor and singer (d. 1995)

Antonio Sacchini, Italian composer (d. 1786)

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.

Lucy Hale, American actress and singer

William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)

Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French author and poet (b. 1600)

Joe Arpaio, American police officer