June 1909

Tuesday 01:

The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition world's fair opens in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Wednesday 02:

Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

Wednesday 09:

1909 ? Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, became the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, for fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York to San Francisco, California.

Tuesday 15:

Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lords and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.