Today in History



Births On This Day, June 24th 🎂

1987 Lionel Messi
Argentine footballer

1978 Juan Román Riquelme
Argentine footballer

1895 Jack Dempsey
American boxer

1850 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
English field marshal

1533 Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Deaths On This Day, June 24th 🪦

2000 Rodrigo
Argentinian singer-songwriter

1987 Jackie Gleason
American actor, singer

1908 Grover Cleveland
American lawyer, politician, 22nd President of the United States

1604 Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
English courtier

1398 Hongwu Emperor of China
Founder of the Ming Dynasty
 

1901
19yr old, Pablo Picasso an unknown but talented painter at the time has his 1st exhibition 75 of his paintings in Paris A couple Paris art critics liked what they saw
1922
charter NFL club, Chicago Staleys is renamed Chicago Bears by team owner&head coach, George Halas
1964
FTC{Federal Trade Commission} rules health warnings must be put on cigarette packages in the U.S.
1992
singer/songwriter, Billy Joel receives his high school diploma from Hicksville,NY,25 yrs after he left. He was missing an English credit, he submitted samples of his writing to earn his degree
2010
in the longest tennis match in history at Wimbledon, U.S. player, John Isner defeated French player, Nicolas Mahut in 5 sets 6-4,3-6,6-7,7-6,70-68. It took 11hrs, 5 min over 3 days to complete
 
  • 1497 John Cabot claims parts of North America (what is now Eastern Canada) for England believing he has found Asia in Newfoundland
  • 1509 Henry VIII is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, London
  • 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand ArmĂ©e numbering half a million begin their invasion of Russia by crossing the Nieman River
  • 1853 US President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670 square-miles (76,800 square km) from Mexico for $10 million (now southern Arizona and New Mexico)
  • 1930 First detection of an airplane using reflected radio waves, a precursor to radar, by US Naval Research Laboratory engineers in Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
 

On This Day In History, June 25th

1993 Both Canada and Turkey elect female heads of government for the first time
Kim Campbell became Canada's and Tansu Çiller Turkey's Prime Minister on this day. Worldwide, women in top political positions are still the exception.

1967 The world's first live global satellite TV program is aired
The BBC program “Our World” featured artists from 19 countries. The Beatles premiered their song “All You Need Is Love” on the show. Some 400 million viewers tuned in.

1950 The Korean War begins as North Korea invades South Korea
The war soon evolved into an international conflict and a proxy war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, leading to fears of a new World War. It was ended by an armistice in 1953.

1947 The Diary of Anne Frank is published
The Jewish girl's account of her life in hiding from the Nazis has become a well-known work of world literature and made Anne one of the most prominent victims of the Nazi regime. She died at age 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

1910 Igor Stravinsky's ballet “The Firebird” is premiered
The work was performed by Sergei Diaghilev's legendary ballet company “Ballets Russes”. It was a huge success, catapulting Stravinsky to stardom.
 
Births On This Day, June 25th 🎂

1963 George Michael
English singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor

1961 Ricky Gervais
English comedian, actor, writer

1924 Sidney Lumet
American director

1903 George Orwell
English author

1852 Antoni GaudĂ­
Spanish architect designed the Park GĂĽell

Deaths On This Day, June 25th 🪦

2009 Michael Jackson
American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, actor

1997 Jacques Cousteau
French biologist, author, inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung

1984 Michel Foucault
French philosopher

1822 E. T. A. Hoffmann
German jurist, author

1767 Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
 
26th June 1971
Don McLean's 8:36 minutes long epic "American Pie" debuts on WNEW-FM radio in New York.
McLean would later say, "The song starts off with my memories of the death of Buddy Holly.
But it moves on to describe America as I was seeing it and how I was fantasizing it might become, so it's part reality and part fantasy, but I'm always in the song as a witness or as even the subject sometimes in some of the verses."
The single would rise to #1 in the US, #2 in the UK and reached the Top Ten in fifteen other countries.
 
On This Day In History, June 26th

1963 U.S. President John F. Kennedy holds his iconic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech
The speech was a welcome gesture of support for the people of West Berlin. East Germany had erected the Berlin Wall just two years earlier to stop mass emigration to the West.

1945 The United Nations Charter is signed
The United Nations is the world's most important international organization.

1936 The world's first practical helicopter lifts off
The twin-rotor Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was first tested in Bremen, Germany. None of the first prototypes survived World War II but a replica can be seen at the Hubschraubermuseum in BĂĽckeburg, Germany.

1925 Charlie Chaplin's film “The Gold Rush” receives its premiere
The comedy featuring Chaplin in his famous Little Tramp role is a classic of the silent film genre. The English star actor repeatedly stated that this is the film he wants to be remembered for.

1906 The first Grand Prix car race is held
The competition was held on a circuit around Le Mans, France and organized by the Automobile Club de France (ACF). Renault's Ferenc Szisz won the competition.
 
Births On This Day, June 26th 🎂

1980 Michael Vick
American football player

1961 Greg LeMond
American cyclist

1942 Gilberto Gil
Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, politician

1909 Colonel Tom Parker
Dutch/American talent manager

1908 Salvador Allende
Chilean physician, politician

Deaths On This Day, June 26th 🪦

1975 Josemaría Escrivá
Spanish priest, saint, founded Opus Dei

1957 Alfred Döblin
German writer

1856 Max Stirner
German philosopher

1830 George IV of the United Kingdom

1810 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon
 
27th June 1987
Whitney Houston becomes the first female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 album chart when her self-titled CD reaches the top.
At the same time, her single "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" led the Hot 100 singles list.
 
On This Day In History, June 27th

1991 Yugoslav troops invade Slovenia
The attack, which marked the beginning of the Ten-Day War, followed Slovenia's declaration of independence. It was the first of the Yugoslav Wars, a number of ethnic conflicts leading to the break-up of Yugoslavia and resulting in at least 140,000 deaths.

1986 The 1980s U.S. intervention in Nicaragua is declared illegal
The International Court of Justice condemned the U.S. paramilitary campaign to overthrow the left-wing Nicaraguan government. The social democratic Sandinistas had begun to redistribute the country's wealth and improve education.

1972 Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney found Atari, Inc.
The pioneering video game and home computer company produced arcade classics like the two-dimensional tennis simulator Pong. Especially in the 1970s and 1980s, its products had a large impact on the electronic entertainment industry.

1956 The film Moby Dick is premiered
John Huston's adaptation of Herman Melville's homonymous novel, while not having been a great box office success, is today considered an outstanding work, especially for its use of light and colour.

1954 The world's first nuclear power plant is activated
The reactor at Obninsk in present-day Russia remained in operation for 48 years. Today, there are some 400 atomic power plants worldwide. The technology remains controversial, especially due to the unsolved long-term storage of the highly dangerous nuclear waste.
 
Births On This Day, June 27th 🎂

1985 Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russian tennis player

1969 Viktor Petrenko
Ukrainian figure skater

1886 Charlie Macartney
Australian cricketer

1869 Emma Goldman
Lithuanian/American activist, writer

1846 Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish politician, founder of the Irish Parliamentary Party

Deaths On This Day, June 27th 🪦

2001 Jack Lemmon
American actor, singer, director

1999 Georgios Papadopoulos
Greek colonel, politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece

1844 Joseph Smith
American religious leader, founder, and leader of the Latter Day Saint movement

1839 Ranjit Singh
Indian founder of the Sikh Empire

1831 Sophie Germain
French mathematician, physicist, philosopher
 
On This Day In History, June 28th

1969 A police raid of a gay tavern sparks a series of violent clashes
The Stonewall Riots in New York City marked the beginning of the gay rights movement in the United States. The Christopher Street Day, a yearly observance for Gay Pride in some European countries, is named after the bar's location.

1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
From Israel's point of view, the annexation affected the reunification of its capital city. However, the international community declared it illegal and views East Jerusalem as Palestinian territory occupied by Israel.

1939 The world's first scheduled transatlantic flight takes off
The Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat was operated by Pan Am. It took about 24 hours to reach Marseille, France. The scheduled service was soon discontinued again because of the outbreak of World War II.

1914 Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are assassinated
Gavrilo Princip's attack effected a crisis among Europe's major powers (July Crisis). This ultimately triggered the First World War, which with over 37 million deaths was one of the bloodiest war of all time. Five years later to the day, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended the war.

1846 The saxophone is patented
Belgian musician Adolphe Sax developed the woodwind instrument typically made of brass, which in recent decades has heavily influenced the sound of the jazz, military band, rock, and pop musical genres.
 
Births On This Day, June 28th 🎂

1940 Muhammad Yunus
Bangladeshi economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1926 Mel Brooks
American actor, director, producer, writer

1712 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss philosopher, polymath

1577 Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish painter

1491 Henry VIII of England

Deaths On This Day, June 28th 🪦

2001 Mortimer J. Adler
American philosopher, author

1981 Terry Fox
Canadian athlete, activist

1975 Rod Serling
American screenwriter, producer, created The Twilight Zone

1962 Mickey Cochrane
American baseball player, manager

1836 James Madison
American politician, 4th President of the United States
 
On This Day In History, June 29th

2007 Apple released the first iPhone
The iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry and for a while made Apple one of the world's most valuable companies.

1995 The Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir
The rendezvous in space marked a new age of cooperation between the former Cold War adversaries. The docking created the largest man-made Earth satellite in history.

1990 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are banned to protect the ozone layer
The London Amendment to the Montreal Protocol stipulated that CFCs be phased out by 2000 in developed countries and by 2010 in developing countries. CFCs are one of the substances most harmful to the ozone layer, escalating the greenhouse effect and global warming.

1986 Richard Branson breaks the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing by boat
The British businessman took about three days to cross the ocean in his speedboat “Virgin Atlantic Challenger II”. He was denied the prestigious Blue Riband for the fastest crossing because he refuelled on the way.

1927 Two U.S. aviators complete the first transpacific flight
Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger had taken off from Oakland Municipal Airport the previous day. Their “Bird of Paradise” aircraft touched down in Oahu, Hawaii 25 hours and 50 minutes later.
 
Births On This Day, June 29th 🎂

1978 Nicole Scherzinger
American singer, dancer, actress

1968 Theoren Fleury
Canadian ice hockey player

1936 Harmon Killebrew
American baseball player

1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer

1798 Giacomo Leopardi
Italian poet

Deaths On This Day, June 29th 🪦

2003 Katharine Hepburn
American actress, singer

1967 Jayne Mansfield
American model, actress, singer

1940 Paul Klee
Swiss/German painter

1933 Roscoe Arbuckle
American actor, director, screenwriter

1895 Thomas Henry Huxley
English biologist
 
This Day In History, June 30th

1972 The first leap second is added to UTC
Leap seconds are added to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) from time to time to account for the Earth's slowing rotation. UTC is the basis for the calculation of local times worldwide.

1971 The crew of the Soviet spacecraft “Soyuz 11” dies after the loss of air supply
The cause of the tragedy was a faulty valve. The three cosmonauts had previously achieved the first docking of a spacecraft to a space station in history.

1936 The novel “Gone with the Wind” is published
Margaret Mitchell's story set in the American South during the American Civil War became one of the United States' biggest best-sellers. The 1939 movie version starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable was similarly successful.

1908 The Tunguska event leaves 2000 square km of Siberian forest flattened and scorched
The devastation is believed to have been caused by the explosion of an asteroid or comet. It is the largest impact event in recorded history.

1905 Albert Einstein submits a paper outlining his theory of special relativity
The text “Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper” comprises the currently accepted theory about the relationship between space and time. The theory of special relativity is the basis for his theory of general relativity, which he published in 1916.
 
Births On This Day, June 30th 🎂

1985 Michael Phelps
American swimmer

1985 Cody Rhodes
American wrestler, actor

1983 Cheryl Cole
English singer-songwriter, dancer, model

1975 Ralf Schumacher
German race car driver

1966 Mike Tyson
American boxer, actor

Deaths On This Day, June 30th 🪦

2012 Yitzhak Shamir
Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel

2001 Chet Atkins
American musician, songwriter, producer

1984 Lillian Hellman
American playwright

1974 Vannevar Bush
American engineer

1934 Kurt von Schleicher
German general, politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany
 
1864
Pres Abraham Lincoln signs Yosemite Grant Act which gave Calif 200,000 acres, establishes America's 1st state controlled park
1908 future Hall of Fame pitcher,Cy Young becomes the oldest ,age 41 to record a 3rd no hitter as Boston Red Sox defeat, NY Highlanders 8-0
1953
The 1st Chevrolet Corvette is manufactured at GM's Flint Michigan facility,cost was $3,498. 300 were built.
As of 2019, 200 still exist
1982
Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 state short of ratification
1994
U.S. Ice Skating Federation bans skater, Tonya Harding for life
2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson age 51, sworn in as 104th U.S. Supreme Court Justice. She replaces retiring justice,Stephen Breyer,becomes the 1st black woman & 6th female to be seated
 
On This Day In History, July 2nd

2002 American businessman, Steve Fossett completes the first solo around-the-world Balloon Flight
This was Fossett's 6th attempt to circumnavigate the world. It took him 13 days in a balloon called Spirit of Freedom to cover 20,000 miles.

2001 World's First Self-Contained Artificial Heart Transplant
59-year-old American Robert L. Tools became the first person to receive a self-contained artificial heart transplant called the AbioCor at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The AbioCor is an artificial heart that is not connected to wires or an external pump.

1937 American aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan are heard for the last time before disappearing
They were attempting to make the first around-the-world flight in a Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Neither they nor the plane has ever been found and that has led to speculation about what happened to them. An accomplished pilot, Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

1900 The Zeppelin Takes Off for the First Time
The rigid aircraft named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the inventor of the dirigible and founder of the Zeppelin Airship Construction Company, made its first flight over Lake Constance in Germany. Unlike blimps or balloons, Zeppelins are built by stretching material over a rigid framework, usually made of metal. Zeppelins can be steered and they were used by the German Air Force to conduct aerial attacks during the First World War.

1843 Alligator Falls Out of the Sky in Charleston, South Carolina during a thunderstorm.
It is believed that the strange incident happened when a waterspout carried an alligator from a body of water and dropped in on the city.
 
Births On This Day, July 2nd 🎂

1986 Lindsay Lohan
American actress, singer

1925 Patrice Lumumba
Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1925 Medgar Evers
American civil rights activist

1877 Hermann Hesse
German writer, Nobel Prize laureate

1489 Thomas Cranmer
English Archbishop of Canterbury

Deaths On This Day, July 2nd 🪦

1977 Vladimir Nabokov
Russian/American author

1961 Ernest Hemingway
American writer, Nobel Prize laureate

1914 Joseph Chamberlain
British politician

1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss philosopher, polymath

1566 Nostradamus
French astrologer
 

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