Today in History

9th June

1549 The Church of England adopted the Book of Common Prayer, compiled by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer.

1667 The Raid on the Medway, sometimes called the Battle of Chatham began. It lasted for five days and resulted in a decisive victory for the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch bombarded and then captured the town of Sheerness and sailed up the River Medway to Chatham, where they burned ten naval vessels and towed away the HMS Unity and the HMS Royal Charles, the pride of the English fleet. It was the worst defeat in the Royal Navy's history.

1873 Alexandra Palace in London burned down, after being open for only 16 days. It was built as a public centre of recreation, education and entertainment and as North London's counterpart to the Crystal Palace in South London. With typical Victorian vigour, the palace was quickly rebuilt and it reopened on 1st May 1875.

1904 Musicians who left the Henry Wood Orchestra after a disagreement, formed the London Symphony Orchestra.

1960 It was announced that one of Britain's oldest quality cars, the Armstrong Siddeley, was to go out of production.

1975 The first live transmission from the House of Commons was broadcast by BBC Radio and commercial stations.
 
The first “witch” hanged in Salem Village. Being found guilty of “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries,” Bridget Bishop on this day in 1692 became the first person to be hanged during the Salem witch trials in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The evidence from four witchnesses did it for poor Bridget.

Fitted sheets were originally invented in 1682 in Salem, MA. Unfortunately, they didn't catch on at that time since anyone who could actually fold them was accused of witchcraft and subsequently burned at the stake. You might, however, be spared capital punishment, but you would certainly go on the hex offenders register.

​

 
1822
Charles Graham of NYC patents poreclain false teeth
1934
1st appearance of Donald Duck in cartoon' The Wise Little hen'
1960
Roy Orbison releases single' Only the Lonely' his 1st major hit. It debut at #2 on music charts, stayed there for 3 wks
1973
horse, Secretariat becomes the 1st Triple crown winner in 25 yrs with jockey Ron Turcotte aboard
2019
Ali Stroker becomes the 1st actress in a wheelchair to win Tony award for her performance in revival of musical 'Oklahoma'
 
June 9th birthdays:
1791
Thomas Jennings- U.S. tailor/inventor of 'dry cleaning'
1891
Cole Porter- composer/ lyricist 'Anything Goes, Night&Day, I've Got You Under My Skin'
1915
Les Paul- guitarist/inventor of solid body electric guitar
1939
Dick Vitale- basketball sportscaster with ESPN
1961
Michael J.Fox- actor best known TV role' Alex P. Keaton' in NBC sitcom Family Ties', best known film role' Marty Mc Fly' in Back to the Future movies
Deaths:
1870
Charles Dickens- British writer' Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol 58{ stroke}
1958
Robert Donat- British actor, Citadel, Goodbye Mr. Chips 53
1980
Allen Ludden- TV personality/ original host of game show' Password' husband of Betty White 63{ stomach cancer}
2017
Adam West- actor best known TV role' Batman' on ABC's 60's sitcom 'Batman' 88
 
On This Day In History, June 10th

1999 The Kosovo War ends
Slobodan Milošević, then President of Serbia, agreed to withdraw his troops from the disputed territory following a massive NATO bombing campaign. NATO's involvement has been criticized for its lack of a U.N. mandate.

1967 The Six-Day War ends
Israel and Syria agreed to observe a ceasefire mediated by the United Nations, ending six days of armed conflict. On the previous day, Israel had occupied the Golan Heights.

1936 The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is established
The film studio produced a total of 1530 movies, among them some of the best-known films of the Soviet era, such as Hedgehog in the Fog and The Bremen Town Musicians.

1935 Alcoholics Anonymous is founded
Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith established the mutual aid fellowship to battle alcoholism. Today, the organization is active in many countries around the world.

1907 Autochrome Lumière color photography is introduced
The process was invented by the legendary Lumière brothers in 1903. It was the first practical and commercially successful technology for the production of color photos.
 
Births On This Day, June 10th 🎂

1953 John Edwards
American politician, lawyer

1922 Judy Garland
American actress, singer

1921 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Greek/English husband of Elizabeth II

1910 Howlin' Wolf
American singer-songwriter, musician

1895 Hattie McDaniel
American actress

Deaths On This Day, June 10th 🪦

2004 Ray Charles
American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor

1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder
German actor, director, screenwriter

1967 Spencer Tracy
American actor

1934 Frederick Delius
English composer

1926 Antoni Gaudí
Spanish architect designed the Park Güell
 
1760
NYS passes 1st effective law regulating the practice of medicine
1847
Chicago Tribune newspaper begins publishing
1902
H.F. Callaghan granted patent for window envelope
1935
Dr Robert'Bob' Smith in Akron,Ohio, Bill Wilson in NYC form Alcholics Annoymous. This date is when Smith took his last drink. There are AA branches around the world with estimated membership over 2 million
1972
Sammy Davis,Jr's version of 'The Candy Man' is released ,from movie' Willie Wonka&The Chocolate Factory, written by Anthony Newley&Leslie Bricusse. It was #1 single on music charts for 3wks.
2018
a planetary dust storm causes NASA"s Opportunity Rover to cease communications on Mars
 
June 10th Birthdays:
1891
Al Dubin- lyrcist"Tip Toe Through The Tulips', I Only Have Eyes for You'
1901
Frederick Lowe- composer 'My Fair Lady, Camelot
1922
Judy Garland -actress Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St, Louis, Easter Parade,singer 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow, The Man That Got Away'
1928
Maurice Sendak- author/illustrator Where The Wild Things Are'
1951
Dan Fouts- retired Football Hall of Fame QB with San Diego Chargers/CBS sportscaster
1982
Tara Lipinski- retired women's figure skater, won Gold Medal at '88 Winter Games/ now a NBC commentator with Johnny Weir
Deaths:
1967
Spencer Tracy- actor Captians Courgaeous,Boy's Town{ won back to back Best Actor Oscars} Adam's Rib, Father of the Bride,Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 67
1973
William Inge- playwright' Come Back Little Sheba' 60
2004
Ray Charles- R&B singer 'Georgia On My Mind, Hit The Road Jack 73
2016
Gordie Howe- Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing with Detroit Red Wings 88
 
On This Day In History, June 11th

2010 Africa hosts the FIFA World Cup for the first time
The 19th association football world cup was opened in Johannesburg, South Africa. The winner of this historic edition was Spain.

1959 Christopher Cockerell first presents the hovercraft
The amphibious air-cushion vehicle first crossed the English Channel just weeks after Cockerell first demonstrated his prototype, the SR.N1. The scheduled “flights” between Dover (U.K.) and Calais (France) were discontinued in 2000.

1955 More than 80 people die in the Le Man's car race disaster
In one of history's worst car racing accidents, Pierre Levegh's Mercedes crashed into a crowd of spectators and burst into flames.

1938 China launches the 1938 Yellow River flood
In what Steven Dutch, a Professor at the University of Wisconsin, called “the world's largest act of environmental warfare in history”, the Chinese government created the flood to halt invading Japanese forces.

1817 The first predecessor of the bicycle is demonstrated
Using his revolutionary Laufmaschine, also known as Draisine, a two-wheeler without pedals, German inventor Karl Drais completed a 14 km test run in less than an hour, presenting a viable alternative to transportation by horse.

bike.jpg
 

Births On This Day, June 11th 🎂

1956 Joe Montana
American football player

1933 Gene Wilder
American actor

1910 Jacques Cousteau
French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung

1864 Richard Strauss
German composer, conductor

1572 Ben Jonson
English writer

Deaths On This Day, June 11th 🪦

1979 John Wayne
American actor, director, producer

1974 Julius Evola
Italian philosopher

1936 Robert E. Howard
American author

1934 Lev Vygotsky
Russian psychologist

1859 Klemens von Metternich
German/Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire
 
11th June

1381 Wat Tyler led the peasants of Southern England in a march to London; the first popular rebellion in English history. His leadership proved one of the chief factors in the success of protest against the harsh taxation of the poorer classes.

1509 Eighteen year old King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon, the first of his six wives. When Catherine failed to produce a male heir, Henry divorced her against the will of the Roman Catholic Church, thus precipitating the Protestant Reformation in England.

1770 Captain James Cook, in his ship Endeavour, ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef during his first voyage of exploration. The ship was badly damaged and his voyage was delayed for almost seven weeks while repairs were carried out on the beach. When he eventually arrived at Possession Island, he claimed the entire coastline he had just explored as British territory.

1847 Sir John Franklin, English naval officer and Arctic explorer, died aboard HMS Erebus near King William Island, Nunavut in an attempt to discover the North-West Passage.

1997 The British House of Commons voted for a total ban on handguns in a free vote.
 
1895
Charles Duryea patents a gas driven automobile
1905
Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in the world NY-Chicago took 18 hrs
1962
brothers John&Clarence Anglin along with fellow inmate,Frank Morris escape from Alcatraz Island prison,the only ones to do so. They were never seen again
1979
rock n roll guitarist, Chuck Berry pleas guilty to income tax evasion sentenced to 4 months in jail
1993
movie' Jurassic Park' based on novel by Michael Crichton,directed by Steven Speilburg is released. The story of a billionaire{Richard Attenborough} who invites a mathmatician{Jeff Goldblum} 2 paleontogists{Sam Neill, Laura Dern} his 2 grandkids{Ariana Richards, Joseph Mazzello} to inspect his amusement park populated with dinosaurs. The movie set a weekend box office record with $502 million,won 3 Oscars visual effect, sound & sound effects Crichton co wrote the screenplay
2019
in NYT article its revealed over 500,000 song titles including master tapes of Chuck Berry, Ella Fitzgerald,Louis Armstrong were lost in the 2008 warehouse fire on backlot at Universal Studios in Los Angeles
 
June 11th Birthdays:
1867
Charles Fabry- French physicist who discovered ozone layer in upper atmosphere
1910
Jacques Cousteau-French oceanic explorer{Calypso}
1933
Gene Wilder- actor Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silver Streak,Willy Wonka&The Chocolate Factory
1950
Graham Russell- Australian pop singer/guitarist w Air Supply' All Out Of Love'
1956
Joe Montana- NFL Hall of Fame QB with San Francisco 49'ers, Kansas City Chiefs
1959
Hugh Laurie- British actor,best known TV role 'Dr Gregory House' on Fox medical show 'House'
Deaths:
1958
Clarence De Mar- U.S. marathon runner, winner of Boston Marathon 7 times 70
1979
John Wayne- actor, True Grit, Green Berets, Rooster Cogburn 72
1999
DeForest Kelly- actor best known TV role' Dr Bones' Mc Coy' on NBC sci/fi show' Star Trek' 79
 
On This Day In History, June 12

2016 Mass Shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida Kills 49 People
In what is now thought to be one of the deadliest incidents of violence against LGBTQ people in history, the shooting committed by 29-year-old Omar Mateen is also the second deadliest terrorist attack on US soil since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

1994 The world's largest twinjet takes off on its maiden flight
The Boeing 777, or Triple Seven, typically transports up to 451 passengers. It is one of Boeing's commercially successful planes.

1991 Boris Yeltsin becomes Russia's first President
After the end of the Soviet Union, Yeltsin launched radical economic reforms that aimed at dismantling socialism and restoring capitalism.

1987 Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”
The U.S. President held his famous speech near the Berlin Wall, one of the most important symbols of the division between East and West during the Cold War. The wall was dismantled in 1989, but many observers doubt that Reagan's famous catchphrase had any impact on this decision.

1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison
The South African anti-apartheid activist spent 27 years in prison. In 1993, he received the Nobel Peace Prize, and one year later he became President of South Africa.
 
Births On This Day, June 12 🎂

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 12 🪦

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
 
1792
Capt George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, British Columbia
1917
U.S. Secret Service expands its protection of a U.S. President to include family members
1948
jockey, Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins 80th Belmont Stakes, his 2nd Triple Crown title
1954
Bill Haley&Comets release hit single' Rock Around the Clock' which hits #1 on music charts, stays there for 8wks
1987
Pres, Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall' meaning Berlin Wall Two yrs later, happy East&West Germans did that
1997
the 1st ever baseball regular season inter-league game was between San Francisco Giants vs Texas Rangers, Giants won 4-3
2019
an article published in' Science Advances' earliest evidence of humans smoking cannabis was discovered in 2,500yr old grave in Pamir Mountains in China
 
June 12th Birthdays:
1910
Bill Naughton -British playwright 'Alfie'
1915
David Rockefeller- CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank/philanthropist
1928
Richard Sherman- composer/ lyricist' Mary Poppins'
1930
Barbara Harris- 1st U.S. woman Episcopal bishop
1957
Timothy Busfield- actor best known TV role' Elliott' in ABC drama' Thirtysomething' in movie' Field of Dreams', he plays Kevin Costner's brother in law who at first doesn't see the baseball players on the field
Deaths:
1957
Jimmy Dorsey- big band jazz saxophonist/ bandleader'Green Eyes, Pennies From Heaven' 53{throat cancer}'
2003
Gregory Peck- actor 'To Kill a Mockingbird'{best actor Oscar}, The Yearling, Roman Holiday, MacArthur 87
 
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 the 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.
 

Back
Top