Today in History

Births On This Day, June 12th 🎂

1971 Mark Henry
American weightlifter, wrestler

1941 Roy Harper
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, poet, actor

1929 Anne Frank
German/Dutch author, Holocaust victim

1924 George H. W. Bush
American politician, 41st President of the United States

1897 Anthony Eden
British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Deaths On This Day, June 12th 🪦

2010 Al Williamson
American illustrator

2006 György Ligeti
Romanian/Austrian composer

1994 Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Russian/French rabbi

1980 Billy Butlin
South African/English businessman, founded Butlins

1963 Medgar Evers
American civil rights activist
 

1849
Lewis Haslett in Louisville, Kty patents the gas mask
1923
magican/escape artist,Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while upside down 40 ft above the ground in NYC
1939
Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown,NY
1954
Bill Haley&The Comets single' Rock Around the Clock is released goes to #1 on music charts stays there for 8 weeks
1977 orginal Broadway musical 'Pippin' runs for 1,944 shows.The story is about a young prince who searches for the meaning in his life. The show starred John Rubenstein,Ben Vereen, Irene Ryan,was directed/choregraphed by Bob Fosse. The musical won 4 Tony awards for Vereen, Fosse, Tony Walton for scenic/lighting design
1981
movie' Raiders of the Lost Ark' is released directed by Stephen Speilberg,its the 1st Indiana Jones movie It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen JohnRhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott. Ford plays Jones a archelogist/adventures who goes around the world searching for unique religious artifacts. The movie won 4 Oscars, visual effect, art direction, editing, sound effects editing.
 
June 12th Birthdays:
1877
Johanna Spyri Swiss children's author' Heidi'
1916
Irwin Allen- film/TV producer' Land of the Giants, The Poseidon Adventure
1930
Barbara Harris- 1st U.S. Episcopal woman bishop
1941
'Chick' Corea- Grammy winning jazz fushion pianist
1959
Scott Thompson- Canadian comedian with comedy group,The Kids in The Hall
Deaths:
1957
Jimmy Dorsey- orchestra leader 53
1983
Norma Shearer- actress 'Escape' 82
2003
Gregory Peck- actor' Roman Holiday, To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur, Arabesque 87. He won Best Actor Oscar as 'Atticus Finch' in Mockingbird
 

On This Day In History, June 13th

2002 The United States withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
The ABM Treaty was signed in 1972 by the Soviet Union and the United States. It regulated the establishment of anti-ballistic missile shields against nuclear missiles. Critics bemoaned the treaty's termination for its potential negative effect on nuclear proliferation.

2000 The leaders of South Korea and North Korea meet in a historic summit
The talks were initiated by then President of South Korea, Kim Dae-Jung. For the implementation of his “Sunshine Policy”, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000.

1983 Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central solar system
The U.S. space probe crossed the orbit of Neptune, which at the time was classified as the furthest planet from the Sun.

1971 The New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers
The secret study of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War revealed the government's lies concerning the scale of U.S. activities in Vietnam and neighboring countries. Daniel Ellsberg, an employee of the RAND Corporation, leaked the documents to the New York Times, and he was later tried but not convicted of espionage.

1950 South Africa implements the Group Areas Act
The law assigned geographically separate residential and business areas for different racial groups, forcing non-whites from the most developed areas. It was a major pillar of the apartheid system of racial segregation and oppression.
 
Births On This Day, June 13th 🎂

1944 Ban Ki-moon
South Korean diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

1897 Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner

1888 Fernando Pessoa
Portuguese poet

1884 Gerald Gardner
English occultist

1865 W. B. Yeats
Irish poet, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths On This Day, June 13th 🪦

2006 Charles Haughey
Irish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Ireland

1979 Demetrio Stratos
Egyptian/Italian singer-songwriter

1918 Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia

1886 Ludwig II of Bavaria

1645 Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, author
 
13th June

1652 George Fox preached from this wild and remote spot on Firbank Fell, Cumbria to a congregation of about 1,000 for 3 hours. "The meeting proved of first importance in gathering the Society of Friends, known as Quakers."

1842 Queen Victoria travelled by train for the first time, from Slough (near Windsor Castle) to Paddington, accompanied by Prince Albert. A special coach had been built earlier, but the Queen had been reluctant to try this new form of travel. On her first journey, the engine driver was assisted by the great civil engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

1917 The deadliest German air raid on London during World War I was carried out by Gotha G bombers and resulted in 162 deaths, including 46 children, with a further 432 people injured.

2013 A man was given a warning after he dialled 999 to complain about a prostitute's looks. A police spokesperson said "The caller claimed that the woman had made out that she was better looking than she actually was and he wished to report her for breaching the Sale of Goods Act." The Sale of Goods Act 1979 gives consumers legal rights, stipulating goods which are sold must be of satisfactory quality, be fit for purpose and must match the seller's description.
 
1777
Leonard Norcross patents submarine diving suit
1922
Charlie Osborne holds the longest record of continous hic cups which lasted for 68 yrs. 11 months after they stopped he died
1971
NYTimes begins to publish excerpts from 'The Pentagon Papers',classified documents of U.S. history in Vietnam. They were leaked by Daniel Ellsberg,who was ex Dept of Defense analyst who worked on papers. The Supreme Court ruled in landmark decsion what the Times did is legal 'people have the right to know'
1994
jury in Anchorage Alaska blame Capt Joseph Hazelwood with recklessness for causing the oil explosion on oil tanker Exxon Valdez. The jury allowed victims of oil spill to seek $ 15 mill in damages
 
June 13th Birthdays:
1910
Mary Wickes- character actress who mostly was in supporting roles 'The Man Who Came to Dinner, White Christmas, The Music Man, The Trouble With Angels, "Sister Act' movies
1951
Richard Thomas- actor, best known TV role' John Boy' in TV show' The Waltons
1953
Tim Allen-comedic actor, best known TV roles' Tim'Tool Time Man' in 'Home improvement,'Mike Baxter' Last Man Standing, movies' voice of 'Buzz Lightyear' in 'Toy Story' movies, "Santa Claus' movies
Deaths:
1977
Matthew Garber- British actor, best known movie role'Michael Banks' in "Mary Poppins' 27{pancreatitis}
1986
Benny Goodman- clarinest/bandleader 'King of Swing' 77
2008
Tim Russert-TV journalist, moderator of NBC's Meet The Press' '91-'08 58
2017
A.R. Gurney- playwright 'Love Letters The Cocktail Hour,The Dining Room 86
 
On This Day In History, June 14th

2002 A large asteroid just misses the Earth
2002 MN, a 73-meter lump, was three times closer to Earth than the Moon. It was first discovered three days after its closest approach.

1982 The Falklands War ends
After 74 days of fighting, British troops captured the capital, Stanley, prompting the Argentine forces to surrender and return the islands to British control.

1949 Albert II becomes the first monkey in space
The rhesus monkey was one of several animals used for testing purposes before sending humans into space. Albert II survived his ascent to 134 km (83 mi) altitude but died on his return to Earth due to a parachute failure.

1940 German troops occupy Paris
The fall of Paris marked the end of Germany's attacks on the western front. In the Armistice of Compiègne, three-fifths of France was declared occupied.

1919 Alcock and Brown take off for the first non-stop transatlantic flight
The British aviators began their journey in St. John's, Newfoundland, and reached Galway in Ireland less than 16 hours later. One month earlier, Albert Cushing Read flew across the Atlantic, but his flight included a stop in the Azores Islands.
 
Births On This Day, June 14th 🎂

1969 Steffi Graf
German tennis player

1961 Boy George
English singer-songwriter, producer

1950 Rowan Williams
Welsh bishop, poet, theologian, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury

1946 Donald Trump
American businessman, 45th President of the United States

1928 Che Guevara
Argentine/Cuban physician, author, intellectual, diplomat, theorist

Deaths On This Day, June 14th 🪦

1986 Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer

1928 Emmeline Pankhurst
British political activist, suffragette

1920 Max Weber
German economist, sociologist

1886 Alexander Ostrovsky
Russian playwright

1662 Henry Vane the Younger
English/American politician
 
14th June

1381 Richard II met leaders of Wat Tyler's Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London was stormed by rebels who entered without resistance. The revolt later came to be seen as a mark of the beginning of the end of serfdom in medieval England. Although the revolt itself was a failure it increased awareness in the upper classes of the need for the reform of feudalism in England and the appalling misery felt by the lower classes as a result of their enforced near-slavery.

1645 The Battle of Naseby (Northamptonshire) was fought. It was the key battle of the first English Civil War. 12,000 Royalist forces of King Charles I were beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.

1789 English Captain William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift from the H.M.S. Bounty, reached the island of Timor (Southeast Asia) after travelling nearly 4,000 miles in a small, open boat. The Bounty had been sailing from Tahiti when crew members mutinied.

1822 Englishman Charles Babbage proposed an automatic, mechanical calculator (he called it a difference engine). He is considered by some to be the 'father of the computer' and is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs.
 
1775
U.S. Army is 1st formed as the Continnetial Army to fight in the American Revoluntery War
1834
Isaac Fisher Jr in Springfield, Vermont patents sandpaper
1946
singer, Nat King Cole records 'The Christmas Song' co written by Mel Torme
1989
ground breaking begins in Bloomington Minnesota on the world's largest Mall 'The Mall Of America' which opened in April 1992
 
June 14thBirthdays:
1811
Harriet Beecher Stowe- author' Uncle Tom's Cabin'
1909
Burl Ives- singer/ actor 'A Little Bitty Tear,Silver&Gold
1919
Gene Barry- actor, best known TV role in Western' Bat Masterson' lead role
1929
Cy Coleman- songwriter "Sweet Charity,Witchcraft
1958
Eric Heiden- retired speed skater, won 5 Gold Medals at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid,NY
deaths:
1936
G.K. Chesterson- British writer/poet'Father Brown' 62
1986
Alan Jay Lerner- stage/screen lyricist' My Fair Lady,Gigi, Camelot 67
1994
Henry Mancini- movie/TV composer 'Days of Wine&Roses, Moon River, Two for The Road, Pink Panther, Victor/Victoria, Charade TV show themes he wrote' Peter Gun,Remington Steele, Newhart, Hotel,mini series' The Thornbirds
He won 4 Oscars best orignal song-Moon River,best scoring Days of Wine&Roses, orignal score for Victor/Victoria 70
 
On This Day In History, June 15th

1991 Mount Pinatubo explodes
The stratovolcano's eruption was one of the most violent of the 20th century. About 800 people died, but the event had also global consequences. For example, it caused a global temperature drop of 0.5 °C (0.9 °F).

1977 Spain holds the first free elections since 1936
The transition to democracy followed nearly four decades of right-wing dictatorship under Francisco Franco. Adolfo Suárez became Spain's first democratically elected Prime Minister.

1954 The Union of European Football Associations is founded
The UEFA is the umbrella organization for association football in Europe. It comprises 54 member countries in Europe and Asia.

1844 Charles Goodyear patents vulcanization
The American inventor is credited with developing the basic concept of strengthening rubber by adding sulfur or similar materials. Vulcanized rubber is today used for a wide array of products, such as tires and shoe soles.

1667 The first human blood transfusion is administered :eek:
Jean-Baptiste Denys, a physician to King Louis XIV of France, transfused sheep blood into a 15-year-old boy. He survived, most likely due to the relatively small amount of blood used.
 
Births On This Day, June 15th 🎂

1984 Tim Lincecum
American baseball player

1969 Oliver Kahn
German footballer

1964 Michael Laudrup
Danish footballer

1941 Neal Adams
American artist

1941 Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter, musician

Deaths On This Day, June 15th 🪦

1996 Ella Fitzgerald
American singer

1993 James Hunt
English Grand Prix driver, 1976 World Drivers' Champion

1941 Evelyn Underhill
English poet

1888 Frederick III, German Emperor

1849 James K. Polk
American politician, 11th President of the United States
 
1219
The flag of Denmark,Danneborg is the world's oldest flag,acc to legend it fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanesee,changing Danes luck
1911
Tabulating Computing Recording Corp is incorporated,name is later changed to IBM
1959
The Galapagos Island becomes Ecuador's 1st National park
1960
movie' The Apartment' directed by Billy Wilder is released .The story is about a insurance clerk {Jack Lemmon}who tries to move up in corporate world by loaning out his apt for executives in company for their extra martial trysts. He falls for the elevator operator at the company{Shirley MacLaine} not knowing she is seeing his boss {Fred McMurray} The movie won 5 Oscars incl Best picture,director
1974
book' All The Presidents Men is published, Washington Post reporters, Carl Bernstein/Bob Woodward's detailed investigation into Watergate which became major politcal scandal for Pres Richard Nixon.The movie version came out '76
2012
Apple 1 computer sells for a record $374,500
 
June 15th Birthdays"
1923
Erroll Garner- jazz pianist 'Misty'
1941
Harry Nilsson-singer/songwriter 'Everybody's Talkin, One, Without You
1949
Russell Hitchcock- Australian singer 1/2 of duo 'Air Supply'
1963
Helen Hunt- TV/movie actress her best known TV role' Jamie Buchanan' on NBC sitcom'Mad About You'. She won 4 best actress Emmys.Her movies' Castaway, Twister,As Good as It Gets, Pay It Forward.She won Best Actress Oscar for 'Gets
1973
Neil Patrick Harris- actor best known TV roles lead role in'Doogie Howser,MD 'Barry Stinson in 'How I Met Your Mother'
Deaths:
1968
Wes Montgomery- jazz guitarist 45{heart attack}
1996
Ella Fitzgerald-jazz/swing/ pop singer nickname' The 1st Lady of Song' 78{stroke}
2003
Hume Cronyn- actor 'Lifeboat, Cocoon,To Dance with White Dog' 91, husband of actress, Jessica Tandy
2014
Casey Kasem- U.S. radio disc jockey, creator of' America's Top 40', voice of cartoon character' Scooby-Do' 82
 
On This Day In History, June 16th

2010 The world's first country-wide total tobacco ban goes into effect
Bhutan banned the cultivation, harvesting, production, and sale of tobacco and tobacco products. It is still legal in South Asian country to smoke in a private setting, but obtaining tobacco products legally is close to impossible.

1976 South African police kill hundreds of protesting schoolchildren
An estimated 20,000 youth were protesting against the introduction of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in their schools when police officers started firing into the crowd. The “Soweto uprising” is today commemorated on Youth Day each year.

1967 The Monterey Pop Festival opens
The three-day concert event featured historic performances by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Ravi Shankar, and Janis Joplin.

1963 Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
The Soviet cosmonaut completed 48 orbits on board the spaceship “Vostok 6” before returning safely to Earth. The former textile worker was declared “Hero of the Soviet Union” and received the United Nations Gold Medal of Peace.

1960 Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho is premiered
The horror-thriller starring Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles has become one of the classics of the genre. The shower scene is one of the best-known murder scenes in the history of film.
 
Births On This Day, June 16th 🎂

1971 Tupac Shakur
American rapper, producer, actor

1912 Enoch Powell
British politician

1890 Stan Laurel
English actor, comedian

1882 Mohammad Mosaddegh
Iranian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran

1723 Adam Smith
Scottish philosopher, economist

Deaths On This Day, June 16th 🪦

2014 Tony Gwynn
American baseball player, coach

1993 Lindsay Hassett
Australian cricketer

1977 Wernher von Braun
German physicist, engineer

1969 Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
English field marshal, 17th Governor General of Canada

1722 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
English general, politician
 
1884
The 1st roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island in Brooklyn,NY It was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson.The coaster traveled 6 mph cost of ride was 5 cents
1902
Pepsi Cola Company was formed by Caleb Bradham, pharmacist/businessman who developed the soft drink,Pepsi.He received his patent in 1903
1929
Otto E. Frank ,age 62 completed his marathon walk.He started in NY ended in San Francisco,walked 4,165 miles took him 183 days
1963
Valentina Tereshovka, became the 1st woman in space aboard Soviet spacecraft, Vostok 6
2016
Philadelphia, PA became the 1st U.S. city to tax soft drinks
 
June 16th Birthdays:
1890
Stan Laurel- British actor/ comedian, half of comedy duo Laurel&Hardy
1907
Jack Albertson- movie/TV actor 'The Subject was Roses, The Poseidon Adventure, Willy Wonka&Chocolate Factory,he won best supp actor Oscar for'Roses'. His best known TV role'Ed Brown'{the Man} in NBC sitcom'Chico&The Man'
1917
Katherine Graham- U.S. newspaper publisher of Washington Post
1943
Joan Van Ark- actress best known TV role' Valene' in CBS drama'Knots Landing'
1955
Laurie Metcalf-actress best known TV roles 'Jackie' on ABC sitcom'Rosanne' won 3best supp actress Emmys
'Mary Cooper' on CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory' ,she played 'Sheldon's{Jim Parsons} funny mother
Deaths:
1959
George Reeves- actor, best known TV role' Adventures of Superman' 45{suicide}
1970
Brian Piccolo- NFL running back with Chicago Bears'65-'69. His story was the basis of TV movie'Brian's Song 26{cancer} The movie starred James Caan,Billy Dee Williams
2017
John G.Avildsen- film director,'Rocky, The Karate Kid' 81
 
16th June

1779 Spain declared war on Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar began. In February 1783 the siege was lifted and the French and Spanish troops retired, disheartened and defeated, after three years and seven months' conflict. The final peace treaty left Gibraltar with the British, but the victorious British garrison sustained a loss of 1,231 men, and expended 8,000 barrels of gunpowder.

1880 The distinctive Salvation Army ladies' bonnets were worn for the first time when they marched in procession in London.

1915 The foundation of the Women's Institute, regularly referred to as simply the WI. Its two aims were to revitalise rural communities and to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. It is now the largest women’s voluntary organisation in the UK.

1930 Mixed bathing was permitted for the first time in Hyde Park, London.

1958 Yellow ‘No Waiting’ lines were introduced to British streets.
 
This Day In History, June 17th

1972 The arrest of five White House operatives sets off the Watergate scandal
The men were caught attempting to wiretap the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex. The scandal ultimately led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation.

1944 Iceland becomes a republic
The Nordic island country had previously been included in the Norwegian and Danish monarchies. The republic's first President was Sveinn Björnsson.

1940 The three Baltic states fall under Soviet occupation
While the world's attention was focused on the recent German invasion of Paris, the Soviet Union annexed Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

1928 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic
Wilmer Stultz piloted the Fokker F.VII aircraft, and Earhart kept the flight log. They arrived at Burry Port in Wales, the United Kingdom, 20 hours and 40 minutes later.

1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York
Hundreds of thousands of spectators welcomed the emblematic statue, which was a gift to the United States from the people of France and has become one of the country's most recognized symbols.
 
Births On This Day, June 17th 🎂

1980 Venus Williams
American tennis player

1945 Ken Livingstone
British politician

1945 Eddy Merckx
Belgian cyclist

1898 M. C. Escher
Dutch illustrator

1882 Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer

Deaths On This Day, June 17th 🪦

2012 Rodney King
American victim of police brutality

1996 Curt Swan
American illustrator

1981 Richard O'Connor
British army general

1898 Edward Burne-Jones
British artist

1025 Bolesław I Chrobry
 
1631
Shah Jahan 1 builds the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife, Muntaz who died during childbirth. It took him 20 yrs to complete
1837
chemist/inventor, Charles Goodyear receives his 1st rubber patent
1958
wooden roller coaster at Playland which is at Pacific National Exhibtion in Vancouver, Canada opens,45 cents to ride it. Its the oldest coaster in Canada, 2,840 ft long,speeds up to 47mph. Its cost $200,00 to make
1971
album'Tapestry' by singer/songwriter, Carole King debuts #1 on music charts stays there for 15 weeks
 

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