Today in History

1543
Flemish physican, Andreas Vesaluis publishes 'fabric of the human body' in 7 books which was a major step in understanding human anatomy
1869
Thomas Edison receives his 1st patent for electric vote recorder
1927
The Peace Bridge ,international bridge connecting Buffalo,NY with Fort Erie,Ontario opens
1962
Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichman is executed in Israel after being found guilty of war crimes
1980
CNN{Cable News Network},world's 1st 24/7 TV news network debuts from headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.It initially was seen in 2 mill U.S homes, now 89 mill, 160 mill internationally The lead story was the attempted assassination of civil rights leader,Vernon Jordan The familar voice saying' This is CNN' is actor James Earl Jones
 

June 1st Birthdays:
1915
Bart Howard- songwriter' Fly Me To The Moon'
1921
Nelson Riddle- Grammy winning arranger/conductor for Columbia Records who worked with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald
1926
Andy Griffith- comedic actor best known TV roles, 'Andy Taylor' in 'Andy Griffith Show, Ben Matlock in NBC's'Matlock'
1937
Morgan Freeman- actor 'The Shawshank Redemption, Driving Miss Daisy, The Bucket List, Million Dollar Baby, Now You See Me, Glory- he won best supp actor Oscar for Million Dollar Baby
1961
Paul Coffey- Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player with Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penquins
Deaths
1927
Lizzie Borden- woman who was acquitted of killing her parents 66
1943
Leslie Howard- British actor 'Gone With The Wind',Of Human Bondage' 50{plane shot down by Nazis}
1968
Helen Keller- activist/ author'The Story of My Life' ,1st deaf/blind person to earn a BA 87
1991
David Ruffin- lead singer with group 'The Temptations', 'My Girl, Aint Too Proud to Beg' 50{drug overdose}
2001
Hal Ketcham cartoonist 'Dennis The Menace' 81
2014
Ann B. Davis -comedic actress best known TV roles' Schultzy' on 'Bob Cummings Show, Alice' Brady Bunch' 88
 
On This Day In History, June 2nd

1979 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit a communist country
Millions of spectators lined the streets of Warsaw as the Pope began his nine-day tour of his native Poland.

1967 Benno Ohnesorg is killed
A police officer shot the unarmed German student at a demonstration against the state visit of the controversial Shah of Iran. It later ruled that the shooting was not an act of self-defense. The event was pivotal for the foundation of the terrorist organization “Movement 2 June”.

1953 Queen Elizabeth II is crowned
The coronation in London's Westminster Abbey was the first televised major international event in history. Elizabeth's accession to the throne followed the death of her father, King George VI, 16 months previously.

1946 Italy becomes a parliamentary republic
The transition from a monarchy to today's Italian Republic was affected by the favorable outcome of a referendum, in which 89 percent of Italians, also including women for the first time, took part.

1847 Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March is used at a wedding for the first time
Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel were the first to use the iconic piece for their wedding ceremony. The event that made the work world famous was the wedding of Victoria, Princess Royal, and Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858
 

Births On This Day, June 2nd 🎂

1965 Steve Waugh
Australian cricketer

1965 Mark Waugh
Australian cricketer, journalist

1956 Mani Ratnam
Indian director, producer, screenwriter

1857 Edward Elgar
English composer

1740 Marquis de Sade
French author, politician

Deaths On This Day, June 2nd 🪦

2013 Mandawuy Yunupingu
Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist

2008 Bo Diddley
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1987 Andrés Segovia
Spanish guitarist

1941 Lou Gehrig
American baseball player

1882 Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian military, politician
 
1835
PT Barnum and his circus begin 1st U.S. tour
1857
James Gibbs in Virigina patents chain stitch single thread sewing machine
1928
Kraft using the original 1918 design introduces Velveeta Cheese
1953
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London,England
1962
Ray Charles's version of 'I Can't Stop Loving You{written by Don Gibson} hits # 1 on Billboard Music Chart stays there for 5 weeks
1989
movie' Dead Poet's Society' directed by Peter Weir is released. The movie is set in at a boys prep school in New England in '59. A charismatic English teacher 'Mr Keating{Robin Williams}, loves poetry, his favorite poet is Walt Whitman.He inspires the boys to 'Seize The Day' A wonderful cast Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles, Norman Lloyd. The movie won Oscar for Best Screenplay for Tom Schulman
2004
Ken Jennings starts his 74 game winning streak on syndicated game show' Jeopardy'
 
June 2nd Birthdays:
1840
Thomas Hardy-poet/ novelist 'Far From the Madding Crowd'
1857
Edward Elgar- British composer' Pomp&Circumstance
1904
Johnny Weismuller- actor/ Olympic gold medal swimmer in '24,'28 Olympic games
1941
Charlie Watts- british jazz/rock drummer with Rolling Stones
1944
Marvin Hamlisch- film composer/conductor he won 3 Oscars co wrote 'The Way We Were', The Sting
1972
Wayne Brady-actor/ comedian' Wayne Brady Show, Who's Line Is It Anyway'
Deaths:
1941
Lou Gehrig- Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman 37
1990
Rex Harrison- British actor, 'My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle' 82
2001
Imogene Coca- comedic actress 'Your Show Of Shows' 92
2012
Richard Dawson-actor/game show host' Family Feud', best known TV role 'Cpl Newkirk' on CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes' 79
 
On This Day In History, June 3rd

2013 The trial against whistleblower Bradley Manning begins
The American soldier, a trans woman now called Chelsea Manning, was responsible for leaking classified videos documenting U.S. war atrocities during the Iraq War. She was sentenced to 35 years of confinement.

1998 101 people die in the Eschede train disaster
Traveling at 200 km/h (120 mph), a high-speed ICE train derailed and crashed into a bridge. The accident was caused by a fatigue crack in one of the train's wheels. It was the deadliest high-speed train disaster in history.

1982 The Israeli ambassador to the U.K. is shot
Shlomo Argov survived the assassination attempt by a Palestinian terrorist group, but he was permanently paralyzed. The event triggered the 1982 Lebanon War.

1973 The world's first supersonic airliner crashes
The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 sometimes referred to as Concordski, disintegrated in mid-air during the 1973 Paris Air Show. 14 people died.

1492 Martin Behaim presents the world's first globe
The German geographer called his terrestrial globe Erdapfel or Earth Apple. It is kept in a darkened room at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, Germany.
 
Births On This Day, June 3rd 🎂

1986 Rafael Nadal
Spanish tennis player

1931 Raúl Castro
Cuban politician, 17th Prime Minister of Cuba

1926 Allen Ginsberg
American poet

1808 Jefferson Davis
American colonel, politician, and President of the Confederate States of America

1770 Manuel Belgrano
Argentinian economist, lawyer, politician

Deaths On This Day, June 3rd 🪦

2016 Muhammad Ali
American boxer

2001 Anthony Quinn
Mexican/American actor, producer

1989 Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian religious leader, politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran

1924 Franz Kafka
Czech/German writer

1875 Georges Bizet
French composer
 
3rd June

1162 Thomas à Becket was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.

1739 The opening of the first Methodist Chapel in Britain - in Bristol.

1839 In Humen, (China) 1.2 million kg of opium were confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a justification to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.

1937 The Duke of Windsor, (the abdicated King Edward VIII), married American divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson, privately in a château near Tours, France.

1978 The Guiness Book of Records entered the record books as the most-stolen book from British libraries.
 
1540
Spanish explorer,Hernado de Soto became 1st European to cross Appalachian Mountains
1856
Cullen Whipple patents a machine for making screws
1965
1st U.S. space walk by astronaut, Major Edward White aboard space craft, Gemini IV. He stepped out with a 25 foot tether,controlled his movements with a hand- held oxygen jet-propulsion gun. He was outside for 23 min
2015
Dr. Jesse Selber performed the 1st partial skull&scalp transplant in Houston Texas. The patient 53 yr old Jim Boysen a software developer had a large head wound due to his cancer treatment. He spent so many days in the hosptial,he had to relearn how to walk
 
June 3rd Birthdays:
1864
Ransom Eli Olds- automobile{Oldsmobile} manufacturer
1901
Maurice Evans- British actor, Planet of the Apes, best known TV role,played 'Samatha's{Eliz Montgomery} father on TV show' Bewitched'
1936
Larry McMurtry- author' Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment. He won Pulitzer Prize for 'Dove' which was made into mini series starring Robert Duvall,Tommy Lee Jones He won Oscar for cowriting screen play for' Brokeback Mountain'
1946
Penelope Wilton-British actress, 'The Best Exoctic Marigold Hotel, Cry Freedom,best known TV role' Isobel Crawley' in TV show'Downton Abbey'
1954
Dan Hill-Canadian singer/songwriter' Sometimes When We Touch'
1986
Rafael Nadal- pro tennis player, has won record 21 Grand Slam titles, has won French Open 13 times
Deaths:
1875
Georges Bizet- French composer 'Carmen' 36 {heart attack}
2001
Anthony Quinn- actor "Zorba the Greek,Lawrence of Arabia, Lust for Life, he won best Supp Actor Oscar for his role
2010
Rue McClanahan- actress best known TV role' Blanche' on TV show' The Golden Girls 76
2013
Deacon Jones- Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end with LA Rams, San Diego Chargers 73
 
On This Day In History, June 4th

1989 Thousand die in the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Using assault rifles and tanks, Chinese troops massacred unarmed civilians who had taken part in pro-democracy protests.

1989 Poland holds the first free elections after World War II
The landslide victory of the Polish trade union, “Solidarity”, marked the beginning of the Autumn of Nations, a wave of revolutions resulting in the fall of communism.

1984 Bruce Springsteen releases Born in the U.S.A.
The album was Springsteen's most successful. It featured hits like “Born in the U.S.A.”, “Dancing in the Dark”, and “I'm on Fire”.

1917 The first Pulitzer Prize is awarded
Every year, the prestigious award honors outstanding journalistic achievements. It was established with money bequeathed to Columbia University by publisher Joseph Pulitzer.

1783 The Montgolfier brothers demonstrate the first hot air balloon
The flight of the Montgolfière lasted only about 10 minutes, but it secured the French inventors a place in the history books.
 

Births On This Day, June 4th 🎂

1985 Evan Lysacek
American figure skater

1975 Angelina Jolie
American actress, director, producer, screenwriter

1975 Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, singer

1915 Modibo Keïta
Malian politician, 1st President of Mali

1738 George III of the United Kingdom

Deaths On This Day, June 4th 🪦

2010 John Wooden
American basketball player, coach

1971 György Lukács
Hungarian historian, philosopher

1941 Wilhelm II, German Emperor

1922 W. H. R. Rivers
English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, psychiatrist

1798 Giacomo Casanova
Italian explorer, author
 
1783
in Annony, France, Joseph&Jacques Montgolier take the 1st hot air balloon flight went up 33,00ft landed a mile 1/2 away from where they started,lasted 10 min
1919
U.S. Congress passes 19th Amendment allowing women the right to vote
1940
'Miracle At Dunkirk' British forces evacuated over 338,226 allied troops from France via a flotilla of over 800 vessels including destroyers,marine/fishing/pleasure craft boats
1942
movie' Mrs Miniver' directed by William Wyler is released,story of a middle class English family coping with war. The movie starred Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Reginald Owen. The movie won 6 Academy awards incl picture, director, actress{Garson} supp actress{Wright}
1969
22yr old Armando Ramierz becomes a stowaway aboard a plane in Hanava headed to Spain.He survived in the wheel pod of the plane, When it landed they found him frozen but alive, he recovered in a local hosptial. He went to live with an uncle in New Jersey. He is now 69, retired living with his wife&children in Virigina
1979
Joe Clark becomes the youngest Canadian Prime Minister in history, age 39
 
June 4th Birthdays:
1917
Robert Merill- U.S opera baritone with NYC Metropolitian Opera 1945-1976
1924
Dennis Weaver- actor best known TV roles 'Chester' on CBS western'Gunsmoke', 'Sam McCloud' in NBC police drama' McCloud'
1936
Bruce Dern- actor' Nebraska,Django Unchained
1944
Michelle Phillips- singer/ songwriter with group 'Mamas&Papas'
1971
Noah Wyle- actor best known TV role' Dr John Carter' in NBC hosptial drama' ER'
Deaths:
1798
Giacomo Casanova Italian adventurer/writer/ famous womanizer 73
1916
Mildred J. Hill- U.S.composer 'Happy Birthday To You' 56
1989
Dik Browne- cartoonist 'Hi&Lois, Hagar the Horrible' 71
2001
John Hartford- folksinger/ songwriter' Gentle on My Mind' 63
2010
John Wooden- U.S. college basketball coach at UCLA won 10 NCAA national basketball championships 99
 
On This Day In History, June 5th

1981 The first cases of AIDS are reported
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described five cases of a rare form of pneumonia, a deadly immune deficiency disease that later became known as AIDS. In 2000, more than 40 million people worldwide were affected by it.

1968 Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated
The attacker, a 24-year-old Palestinian, was disgruntled by Kennedy's support for Israel. The brother of former U.S. President, John F. Kennedy, died on the following day.

1967 The Six-Day War begins in the Middle East
Israeli forces launched a surprise attack against Egypt, prompting other Arab allies to enter the conflict. Egypt had previously blocked the Straits of Tiran to Israeli traffic and amassed its troops at the border between the two countries.

1956 Elvis Presley first performs “Hound Dog” live on TV
Presley's suggestive hip movements during this performance earned him his nickname, “Elvis the Pelvis.” “Hound Dog” became his best-selling song with about 10 million sold copies.

1883 The first Orient Express leaves Paris
The legendary train journey from Paris to Istanbul is featured in many works of popular culture, including Bram Stoker's “Dracula” and Agatha Christie's “Murder on the Orient Express.“
 
Births On This Day, June 5th 🎂

1976 Ross Noble
English comedian, actor

1898 Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, playwright, director

1883 John Maynard Keynes
English economist

1878 Pancho Villa
Mexican general

1660 Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

Deaths On This Day, June 5th 🪦

2012 Ray Bradbury
American author

2004 Ronald Reagan
American actor, politician, and 40th President of the United States

1975 Paul Keres
Estonian chess player

1916 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
English field marshal

1900 Stephen Crane
American journalist, author, poetarlborough
 
1794
U.S. Congress passes Neutrality Act which bans Americans from serving in foreign armed forces
1963
British Sec of State,John Purfumo resigns after lying about his extra matrial affair with a 19yr old model,Christine Keeler which started in 1961
1993
Julie Krone became the 1st female jockey to ride horse, Colonial Affair in the Belmont Stakes
2013
The 1st articles based on NSA leaked documents by NSA contractor,Edward Snowden are published in British newspaper, The Guardian
 
June 5th Birthdays:
1718
Thomas Chippendale- English furniture maker
1928
Robert Lansing- actor' 12 O'Clock High, A Man For All Seasons, Chariots of Fire
1949
Ken Follett- author who started out writing 'spy novel's e.g. Eye of the Needle, then wrote historic fiction books. His best selling book to date is'Pillars of the Earth' a story of building a 12th century Gothic Cathedral in England
1971
Mark Wahlberg- actor 'Boogie Nights, The Departed, Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor
Deaths:
1900
Stephen Crane- author' Red Badge of Courage 28
1993
Conway Twitty- country singer/songwriter Honkey Tonk Heroes' 59
1999
Mel Torme- singer nickname ' The Velvet Fog',he co -wrote 'The Christmas Song' 73
2004
Ronald Reagan-actor/politican 'Bedtime for Bonzo' , President of Screen Actors Guild '47-'52, Gov of Calif '67-'75, 40th President of United States '81-'89 93
 
On This Day In History, June 6th

1984 The video game Tetris is published
Russian computer engineer, Alexey Pajitnov, created the puzzle game. With over 100 million copies sold, it is one of the most successful video games in history.

1982 Israeli forces invade Lebanon
The 1982 Lebanon War was triggered by the attack on the Israeli ambassador, Shlomo Argov, in London on June 3. Thousands of civilians died during the war, which lasted three years.

1946 The National Basketball Association (NBA) is founded
The NBA, which comprises teams in the United States and Canada, is considered the world's premier men's professional basketball league.

1944 On D-Day, 160,000 Allied soldiers landed in Normandy, France
The World War II invasion of Normandy established a new major front against the Germans in the west and helped Soviet forces face the bulk of German troops in the east. Germany capitulated on May 7, 1945.

1930 Frozen food is sold in retail stores for the first time
18 stores in Springfield, Massachusetts took part in a trial to test consumer acceptance. Clarence Birdseye, the founder of the Birds Eye Frozen Food Company, is considered to be the father of the modern frozen food industry.
 
Births On This Day, June 6th 🎂

1963 Jason Isaacs
English actor, producer

1901 Sukarno
Indonesian politician, 1st President of Indonesia

1868 Robert Falcon Scott
English navy officer, explorer

1850 Karl Ferdinand Braun
German/American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1799 Alexander Pushkin
Russian author, poet

Deaths On This Day, June 6th 🪦

2013 Esther Williams
American actress, swimmer

1968 Robert F. Kennedy
American politician, 64th United States Attorney General

1961 Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist

1891 John A. Macdonald
Canadian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada

1832 Jeremy Bentham
English jurist, philosopher
 
6th June

1844 The Factory Act in Britain restricted female workers to a 12-hour day; children between eight and 13 years were limited to six-and-a-half hours.

1921 The Southwark Bridge in London was opened to traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.

1944 World War II: The Battle of Normandy began. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commenced with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France to liberate Western Europe from German occupation.The allied soldiers quickly broke through the Atlantic Wall and pushed inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.

1949 Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s prophetic novel of a world ruled by Big Brother, was published.

1962 An unknown British group, The Beatles, played at an audition for EMI record producer George Martin.
 
1844
YMCA{Young Men's Christian Assoc} was founded by George Williams in London
1882
Henry Seely in NYC patents electric iron
1896
Frank Samuelson&George Hanbo leave NYC harbor, row across the Atlantic Ocean in 55 days. Their record wasn't broken until 114 yrs later
1925
Walter Chrysler found automobile maufacturer, Chrysler Coro
1949
Allied Forces land at beaches of Normandy,France, the start of liberating W.Europe from Nazi Germany
1983
at Daytime Emmy Awards, comedienne, Betty White becomes the 1st woman to win 'Outstanding Game Show host' for NBC's 'Just Men'
 
June 6th Birthdays:
1936
Levi Stubbs- singer with group 'The 4 Tops', 'Its The Same Old Song,Standing in the Shadows of Love'
1954
Harvey Fierstein- playwright' Torch Song Trilogy'
1956
Bjorn Borg- Swedish pro tennis player,who won 11 grand Slam Titles retired at age 26
Deaths:
1891
John A. McDonald- Canada's 1st Prime minister 76
1961
Carl Jung- Swiss psychiatrist 85
1979
Jack Haley- vaudeville/screen actor/singer/ dancer,best known movie role' Tin Man' in Wizard of Oz 81
1991
Stan Getz- smooth jazz tenor saxophonist 64
2005
Anne Bancroft- actress,'The Graduate, 84 Charing Cross Road,'The Miracle Worker' she won best actress Oscar for Worker, won Tony award for same role' Annie Sullivan' 73, wife of comedian, Mel Brooks
2016
Peter Schaffer- British playwright 'Amadeus, Equus' 90
 
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