Today in History

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 KeĂŻta
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
 

4th June

1805 The first official Trooping The Colour took place at Horse Guards Parade in London.

1913 Suffragette Emily Davison ran out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at Tattenham Corner on the Epsom racecourse. She was trampled, never regained consciousness and died a few days later.

1940 World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ended. British forces completed the evacuation of 300,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost for British morale. Prime Minister Winston Churchill recognised however that the greatest challenge still lay ahead, as Nazi ambitions now turned toward Britain. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivered his famous 'We shall fight on the beaches ... we shall never surrender' speech to the House of Commons.

1977 Five British plane-spotters imprisoned in Greece for alleged spying were released after 10 weeks in jail.
 
June 4th is the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, when the CCP sent the Chinese People's Liberation Army to kill students protesting government suppression. Estimates of the death toll vary from several hundred to several thousand, with thousands more wounded.
 

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 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 GarcĂ­a 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, 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, poet
 
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 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 land 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
 
1844
YMCA{Young Mens Christian Association} was founded in London by George Williams
1882
the electric iron was patented by NY inventor, Henry W. Seely. It weighed 15 pounds but was very slow to heat up
1939
ship MS St Louis which had 907 Jewish refugees from Europe aboard sails back to Europe due to no entry in America. a quarter of those on board would die during the Holocaust
1962
The Beatles meet their producer, George Martin for the 1st time They recorded 'Besame Macho' with the band's original drummer, Pete Best
1983
at the Daytime Emmy Awards, actress/ comedienne, Betty White becomes the 1st woman to win Outstanding Game Show host for NBC"s Just Men'
2002
a near Earth asteroid,10 meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterrian Sea between Greece&Libya. The force of 26 kilotons more powerful than Nagaski atomic bomb
 
June 6th Birthdays:
1923
V.C. Andrews- English author' Flowers in the Attic'
1936
Levi Stubbs singer with "The 4 Tops', 'Its the Same Old Song, Standing in the Shadows of Love'
1947
Robert Englund- actor best known film role' Freddy Krueuger' in 'Nightmare on Elm Street horror movie
1956
Bjorn Borg- retired Swedish tennis player, won 11 Grand Slam titles: 5 Wimbledons, 6 French Opens, He never won Australian or U.S Open
Deaths:
1799
Patrick Henry- American Revoluntary/ Founding Father who famously said in speech' Give Me Liberty or Give me Death' 63
1941
Louis Chevrolet- co founder of Chevrolet Motor Company 62
1976
J.Paul Getty- bilionaire/oily tycoon Getty Oil 83
1979
Jack Haley- vaudville/screen actor/dancer best known film role' The Tin Man' in Wizard of Oz' 81
2005
Anne Bancroft- actress 'The Graduate, The Miracle Worker' 73
2016
Peter Schaffer- British playwright 'Equus, Amadeus' 90
 
7 June 1963
Decca Records releases "Come On", The Rolling Stones first single.
That same night, the group makes their TV debut on the BBC's Thank Your Lucky Stars.
After the show, its producer is reported to have told Stones' manager Andrew Oldham to get rid of "that vile looking singer with the tire-tread lips."
 
On This Day In History, June 7th

989 A Surinam Airways jet crashes on landing in Paramaribo
The pilots were blamed for the disaster. They had attempted to land using the wrong navigation signal. Of the 187 people on board, 11 survived.

1981 Israel destroys Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactors
The attack, triggered by fears of a potential Iraqi atom bomb, prompted international criticism and is considered a political disaster as it caused the quarreling Arab states to unite against their common enemy, Israel

1975 The first Cricket World Cup begins
England hosted the first edition of the event, which today has become one of the world's most important sporting events. The West Indies entered the history books as the first Cricket World Champions.

1968 The world's first Legoland resort opens
The Legoland in Billund, Denmark was the first of six theme parks based around the Lego interlocking plastic bricks. Billund is the home of The Lego Group.

1929 Vatican City becomes an independent state
The Lateran Treaty, which was signed on February 11 of the same year, was ratified by Italy's fascist government on this day. It guarantees the political and territorial sovereignty of Vatican City.
 


Births On This Day, June 7th 🎂

1958 Prince
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actor

1952 Orhan Pamuk
Turkish/American author, screenwriter, academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1952 Liam Neeson
Irish/American actor

1940 Tom Jones
Welsh/American singer, actor

1848 Paul Gauguin
French painter

Deaths On This Day, June 7th 🪦

2015 Christopher Lee
English actor

1980 Henry Miller
American author, painter

1967 Dorothy Parker
American poet, writer

1954 Alan Turing
English mathematician

1329 Robert the Bruce
Scottish king
 
7th June

1628 The Petition of Rights was granted the Royal Assent by Charles I. It set out specific liberties of the subject that the king was prohibited from infringing, including restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, the forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and restrictions on the use of martial law.

1906 Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania was launched at the John Brown Shipyard at Clydebank, Glasgow. At the time she was the world's fastest and largest liner.

1929 Mrs. Margaret Bondfield became the first woman cabinet minister in the Labour government, as Ramsay Macdonald’s Minister of Labour.

1939 King George VI became the first British monarch to visit the United States of America.

1977 More than one million people lined the streets of London to watch the Royal Family on their way to St. Paul's at the start of the Queen's silver jubilee celebrations.

2000 Tony Blair, the UK prime minister was heckled and criticised by the respected Women's Institute members as he gave a speech at their conference.
 
1665
Boston's 1st Baptist Church is one of the oldest Baptist Church in America is founded
1917
Melvin Jones& other Chicago businessmen founded Lions Club,largest service organization in the world
1941
jockey Eddie Arcaro riding 'Whirlaway' wins Belmont Stakes,his 1st Triple Crown win. He won his 2nd Triple Crown in 1948 riding Citation
1958
songwriter, Barry Gordy, Jr founds Tamala Records a precourser to Motown Records in Detroit, MI
1975
Sony introduces Betamax videocassette recorder on sal to the public
2018
in a study in 'Science' magazine, Mars Curosity Rover finds organic matter including methane on Mars
 
June 7th Birthdays:
1848
Paul Gaughin- French post impressionist painter
1909
Jessica Tandy -actress Driving Miss Daisy, Cocoon
1928
Charles Strouse- composer' Bye, Bye, Birdie, Annie
1943
Ken Osmond- actor best known TV role 'Eddie Haskell' on CBS sitcom' Leave It to Beaver'. He became a Los Angeles policeman, now retired
1952
Liam Neesom- Irish actor Schnidler's List, The A-Team, Les Miserables
Deaths:
1937
Jean Harlow- actress Dinner at 8, Bombshell 26{gall bladder infection}
1965
Judy Holliday- actress/ comedienne "Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib 43{cancer}
2008
Jim McKay- U.S sportcaster with ABC Sports 86
 
On This Day In History, June 8th

1987 New Zealand becomes a nuclear-free zone
The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 barred any nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from entering the country. New Zealand was the first country to legislate towards a nuclear-free zone in the 1950s.

1972 Nick Út takes his famous “napalm girl” photo
The Pulitzer Prize-winning image officially entitled “The Terror of War” depicts nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc and other Vietnamese children fleeing a napalm attack. It has become one of the best-known symbols of the indescribable sufferings in armed conflicts.

1949 George Orwell publishes Nineteen Eighty-Four
Orwell's nightmarish description of a totalitarian society set in the year 1984 is one of the most significant works of English literature and one of the best-known novels of all time. The phrase, Big Brother is watching you, stems from this work.

1937 Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is premiered
The cantata, especially Orff's breathless rendition of the medieval poem O Fortuna, has been featured in countless works of popular culture, including The Simpsons, Last of the Mohicans, and Jackass: The Movie.

1887 Herman Hollerith patents his punch card calculator
The U.S. data processing pioneer, one of the grandfathers of the technology company IBM, used his revolutionary machine to process the large amount of data collected during the U.S. census of 1890/1891.
 
Births On This Day, June 8th 🎂

1983 Kim Clijsters
Belgian tennis player

1977 Kanye West
American rapper, producer, director, fashion designer

1921 Suharto
Indonesian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Indonesia

1916 Francis Crick
English biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate

1867 Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect, designed the Price Tower, Fallingwater

Deaths On This Day, June 8th 🪦

2009 Omar Bongo
Gabonese politician, President of Gabon

1982 Satchel Paige
American baseball player

1924 George Mallory
British mountaineer

1809 Thomas Paine
English/American theorist, author

632 Muhammad
Islamic prophet
 
1824
washing machine patent by Noah Cushing in Quebec
1937
world's largest flower bloom in NYC"s Botantical Garden 12 inch calla lily
1963
American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes
1979
"The Source' 1st computer public information service goes on Line
2021
National Geographic announces its offically recognizing the 'South Ocean' as the world's 5th ocean. its located from the extended coast of Antartica to line of latitude 60 degrees south
 
June 8th:
1867
Frank Lloyd Wright- U.S. architect
1916
Francis Crick -British molecular biologist, co discoverer of DNA structure
1940
Nancy Sinatra- singer' These Boots Are Made For Walkin' Something Stupid duet with her dad, Frank
1944
Boz Scaggs- songer/ songwriter, 'Harbor Lights', Lido Shuffle, Lowdown
1955
Tim Berner- Lee British computer scientist, founder of World Wide Web
1966
Julieanna Margulies- actress best known TV roles' Nurse Carol Hathaway' on NBC medical drama' ER', Alicia Florrick in CBS drama' The Good Wife'
Deaths:
1809
Thomas Paine- writer "Common Sense, Age of Reason' 72
1859
Walter Hunt- U.S inventor, sewing machine,safety pin 62
1982
Satchel Paige- Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher in ***** League 75
 
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