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This Day in History for 2nd June


Historical Events

                                   
King of England King Charles I                Abolitionist Harriet Tubman                  US President Grover Cleveland

                                   
Baseball Great Babe Ruth                             Queen Elizabeth II                              US Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg

                                   
264th Pope John Paul II                       Comedian/Actor Robin Williams                   Director Steven Spielberg


455 - A D Gaiseric & the Vandals sacked Rome
575 - Benedict I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
657 - St Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1615 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
1619 - England & Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies
1625 - Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
1627 - English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company
1633 - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne
1676 - Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet
1697 - Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic
1746 - Russia & Austria sign agreements
1763 - Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort
           Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a
           ball into the fort.
1774 - Intolerable Acts: Amendment to original Quartering Act enacted, allowed governor in colonial
           America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings
           if suitable quarters not provided.
1780 - Anti Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London
1780 - The Derby horse race is held for the first time.
1797 - 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)
1834 - 5th national black convention meet (NYC)
1835 - P T Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of US
1848 - The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
1851 - 1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
1855 - The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.
1857 - James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
1858 - Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer
1862 - Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA & NC
1862 - Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington DC
1863 - Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
1864 - Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
1865 - At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept
1866 - Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces
1869 - Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings)
1873 - Construction begins on Clay St (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad
1875 - James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
1876 - Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina
1881 - Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens
1882 - Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris
1883 - 1st night baseball under lights, Ft Wayne Indiana
1883 - Chicago's "El" opens to traffic
1886 - Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)
1896 - 30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5
1896 - Guglielmo Marconi applies to patent the radio, accepted 2 July 1897
1899 - Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
1901 - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
1902 - 2nd statewide initiative & referendum law adopted, in Oregon
1903 - Netherlands Korfball League forms
1903 - Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers
1904 - Professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis
1908 - 33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4
1909 - 43rd Belmont: Eddie Dugan aboard Joe Madden wins in 2:21.6
1909 - Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1910 - 1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls, England)
1910 - Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
1913 - 1st strike settlement mediated by US Dept of Labor-RR clerks
1913 - Demonstrations for general voting right in Neth
1914 - Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome
1916 - German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
1919 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers)
1920 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Beyond the Horizon)
1922 - Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances
1924 - Snyder Act: US citizenship granted to all American Indians
1925 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak
1928 - Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft
1930 - Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in US, Cincinnati
1932 - Franz von Papen "Cabinet of the Baron" premieres
1933 - FDR authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House
1933 - WNJ-AM in Newark NJ goes off the air
1935 - Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player
1936 - Gen Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
1940 - Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach
1942 - Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator
1943 - 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy)
1943 - German assault on Sebastopol Krim, begins
1944 - Generals Eisenhower & Montgomery dine in Portsmouth
1944 - Judendurchgangslager Vught disbands
1946 - Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
1947 - "Louisiana Lady" opens at Century Theater NYC for 4 performances
1947 - Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns
1949 - Transjordan renamed Jordan
1950 - ST Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Wash Senators
1951 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones
1952 - 650,000 metal workers go on strike in US
1952 - Maurice Olley of General Motors begins designing the Corvette
1953 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
1954 - John Costello (Cons) becomes premier of Ireland
1955 - The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between
           both countries, discontinued since 1948.
1956 - Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow
1957 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1957 - US TV interviews Khrushchev
1958 - Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio
1958 - Brooks Robinson, hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays
1958 - Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record
1959 - Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF
1960 - Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity)
1962 - 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1964 - "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
1964 - Lal Bahadur Sjastri elected premier of India
1964 - Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass
1965 - 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)
1966 - US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing
1967 - Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston
1968 - Canadians must get government permission to export silver
1968 - WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, KY (ABC) 1st broadcast
1969 - Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74
           (South Vietnam)
1969 - Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies Golf Open
1971 - Ajax wins 16th Europe Cup 1
1973 - "Nash at Nine" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 21 performances
1974 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Baltimore Golf Classic
1974 - Mali adopts constitution
1974 - Malta's constitution goes into effect
1975 - 1st time snow fell in London in June
1975 - James A Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)
1975 - VP Rockefeller finds no pattern of illegal activities at CIA
1976 - East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia
1977 - NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
1979 - John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
1979 - NASA launches space vehicle S-198
1980 - "Your Arm's Too Short to Box..." opens at Ambassador NYC for 149 perfs
1981 - Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
1982 - "Blues in the Night" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 53 performances
1983 - 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," released in Germany
1983 - Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati
1984 - "Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV
1984 - Actress Jill Ireland has a radical mastectomy
1984 - Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines
1985 - 31st LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
1985 - 39th Tony Awards: Biloxi Blues & Big River win
1985 - Andreas Papandreous PASOK-party wins election in Greece
1985 - RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco
1986 - NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token
1986 - Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins
1987 - Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr #1
1988 - 61st Natl Spell Bee: Rageshree Ramachandran wins spelling elegiacal
1988 - Consumer Reports calls for a ban on the Suzuki Samurai automobile
1989 - "Dead Poets Society" starring Robin Williams, premieres
1989 - 14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win 1989 Spelling Bee
1989 - Cincinnati Red Eric Davis hits for cycle
1989 - 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating
           for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing
1990 - "Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13
1990 - Seattle's Randy Johnson, no-hits Tigers, 2-0
1991 - 45th Tony Awards: Lost in Yonkers & Will Rogers Follies win
1991 - 4th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1991 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1991 - Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318' 1"
1991 - Three Andrettis finished 1-2-3 in the Miller 200 at Wisconsin
1992 - Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery
1992 - Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows & Light"
1994 - 67th National Spelling Bee: Ned Andrews wins spelling antediluvian
1994 - Chinook helicopter crashes in North Scotland (29 killed)
1994 - Indonesian censors ban Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List"
1994 - Sharon Stone files $12m lawsuit against her jeweler
1995 - John Valentin hits 3 HRs
1996 - 50th Tony Awards: Master Class & Rent win
1996 - 51st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
1996 - 9th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1997 - Albert Belle's Chic White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends
1997 - Liberals beat Conservatives in France
1997 - Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168
1998 - The CIH computer virus is discovered in Taiwan.
1999 - The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first
           time.
2003 - Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars
           Express probe launches from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
2004 - Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!.

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This Day in History for 2nd June


Famous Weddings

1129 - Fulco V's son Godfried marries king Henry I's daughter Mathildis
1886 - 22nd and 24th US President Grover Cleveland (49) weds Frances Folsom (21) in the Blue
           Room at the White House
1951 - "The Thin Man" actress Myrna Loy (45) weds UNESCO delegate Howland H. Sargeant
1989 - Rolling Stones Bill Wyman marries Mandy Smith
2012 - Actress Drew Barrymore (37) weds writer Will Kopelman in Montecito, California
2012 - Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley Biden (30) weds Dr. Howard David Krein at St.
           Joseph on the Brandywine in Wilmington, Delaware

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This Day in History for 2nd June


Famous Birthdays

                 
Drummer Charlie Watts (1941)                  Actor Wayne Brady (1972)


926 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)
1504 - George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht
1535 - Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)
1577 - Giovanni Righi, composer
1614 - Benjamin Rogers, composer
1624 - Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)
1715 - Herman-Francois Delange, composer
1732 - Martha Washington, 1st, 1st lady (1789-97)
1740 - Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)
1751 - Antoni Weinert, composer
1758 - Cornelis R T Krayenhoff, Dutch fortress engineer/cartographer
1759 - Jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter
1773 - John Randolph, U.S. Senator from Virginia (d. 1833)
1774 - William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850)
1777 - Christian Traugott Tag, composer
1802 - Adrian van der Hoop Jr, Dutch poet/critic
1806 - Isaac Strauss, composer
1807 - Robert Fuhrer, composer
1815 - Philip Kearny, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1821 - Ion Bratianu, (Lib), premier of Romania (1876-88)
1823 - Gédéon Ouimet, French Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1828 - James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer
1830 - Olivier Metra, composer
1831 - Benjamin Hardin Helm, Brigadier General (Conf)/Lincoln's brother-in-law
1831 - Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer
1835 - Pius X, [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)
1838 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna (d. 1900)
1840 - Thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)
1842 - Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher
1849 - Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (La femme)
1857 - Edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp & Circumstance)
1857 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Denmark, poet (Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917)
1858 - Harry Rowe Shelley, composer
1863 - Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
1864 - Ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)
1865 - George Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)
1869 - Jack O'Connor, baseball player (d. 1937)
1876 - Hakon Borresen, composer
1879 - Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)
1883 - Bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author (Lock of Hair)
1887 - Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941)
1890 - Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], PA, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat)
1891 - Ernst Kunz, composer
1891 - Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)
1899 - Royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)
1900 - David Wynne, composer
1901 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days)
1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, actor (Tarzan)/100m swimmer (Oly-5 gold-1924, 28)
1904 - Frank Runacres, English artist (d. 1
1907 - Dorothy West, US journalist/author (Living is Easy)
1908 - Gordon Weir, cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37)
1909 - Robin Orr, composer
1911 - Xia Hong, writer
1913 - Barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye), (d. 1980)
1913 - Bert Farber, Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone)
1913 - Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer and author (d. 1992)
1915 - Lester del Rey, US, sci-fi author (Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars)
1915 - Robert Moffat Palmer, composer
1915 - Walter Tetley, NYC, animation voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show)
1915 - Alexandru Nicolschi, Russian communist (d. 1992)
1915 - Florence Holway, Massachusetts, 75 year old rape victim and activist, (d. 2012)
1917 - Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)
1917 - Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker (d. 2006)
1918 - Ruth Atkinson, American cartoonist (d. 1997)
1919 - Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)
1920 - Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist
1920 - Yolande Donlan, NJ, actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess)
1920 - Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born cr
1920 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (d. 2003)
1920 - Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
1921 - Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman)
1922 - Charlie Sifford, American go
1922 - Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1923 - Del Simmons, rocker (Capt Beefheart)
1924 - June Callwood, Canadian jounalist and activist (d. 2007)
1926 - Milo O'Shea, Dublin Ireland, actor (Barbarella, Romeo & Juliet)
1927 - Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera)
1927 - Phillip Burton, historian (Vanishing Eagles)
1927 - W. Watts Biggers, American novelist and animator, (d. 2013)
1928 - John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher
1929 - Alcides Lanza, composer
1929 - Frederic Devreese, composer
1929 - Willaim Brown, television executive
1929 - Norton Juster, American author and archi
1929 - Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player
1930 - Charles Pete Conrad Jr, Phila, USN/astro (Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2)
1930 - Bob Lillis, baseball player
1931 - Larry Jackson, baseball player
1932 - Sammy Turner, Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods)
1932 - Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovyanov, cosmonaut
1933 - Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orchestra leader (Tony Orlando, Marie)
1933 - Jerry Lumpe, baseball player
1934 - Johnny Carter, US singer (Give your baby a standing ovation)
1935 - Carol Shields, American-born novelist (d. 2
1935 - Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
1935 - Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek turkologist
1936 - Sally Kellerman, Long Beach Cal, actress (M*A*S*H, Back to School)
1936 - Vladimir Golubnichy, USSR, 20K walker (Olympic-gold-1960, 68)
1937 - Jimmy Jones, rocker
1938 - Frits Wols, [Eugene W Wong Loi Sing], Suriname, sec-gen (UNESCO)
1938 - Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger (NY Yankees)
1938 - Kevin Brownlow, English film historian and author
1939 - Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist (War)
1940 - Christopher Bernau, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Guiding Light)
1940 - Constantine II, deposed King of Greece (1964-73)
1940 - Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
1940 - Jim Maloney, baseball pitcher
1941 - Charlie Watts, drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
1941 - Oda Mayumi, Tokyo, resident artist (Green Gulch Zen Center)
1941 - Stacy Keach, Savannah Ga, actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)
1941 - William Guest, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight Show)
1942 - Marie Cheatham, Oklahoma, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light)
1943 - Charles Haid, SF Ca, actor (Andy Renko-Hill St Blues, Altered States)
1943 - John Lilipaly, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1943 - Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66)
1943 - Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer
1944 - Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins)
1944 - Marvin Hamlisch, NYC, composer/pianist (Sting, Chorus Line), (d. 2012)
1944 - Poul Jensen, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1945 - Bob Benrit, rocker
1946 - Roger Freed, baseball player
1946 - Peter Sutcliffe, English murd
1947 - Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
1947 - Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor
1948 - Albert Innaurato, Phila, playwright/director (Age in Soho)
1948 - Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Beaver-Leave It To Beaver)
1949 - Heather Couper, British astron
1950 - Joanna Gleason, Toronto Canada, actress (Morgan-Hello Larry)
1950 - Toni Alessandrini, Chicago Ill, actress (Vice Academy Part 2)
1950 - [Antone] Chubby Tavares, rocker (Tavares)
1951 - Larry Clark Robinson, NHL defenseman (Mont Canadiens, Norris-77, 80)
1951 - Steve Brookins, rocker (.38 Special)
1952 - Gary Bettman, American National Hockey League commissioner
1953 - Craig Robert Stadler, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (Masters 1982)
1954 - Michael Steele, rocker (Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian)
1955 - Dennis Haysbert, San Mateo California, actor (Code Red)
1955 - Gary Grimes, SF, actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44)
1955 - Dana Carvey, Missoula MT, comedian (SNL, Garth-Wayne's World)
1955 - Chantal Hochuli, Swiss-born socialite
1956 - Mark L Polansky, Paterson NJ, pilot/astronaut
1956 - Mani Ratnam, Indian dire
1956 - Malcolm Garrett, English graphic designer
1957 - King Lizzard, American enterta
1957 - Mark Lawrenson, English Football Pundit
1958 - Lex Lugar, [Larry Pfohl], Atlanta Ga, wrestler (WWF/WCW/NWA)
1959 - Charlie Huddy, Oshawa, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
1959 - Lydia Lunch, US singer/poetess (Teenage Jesus, Jerks)
1960 - Tony Hadley, rock vocalist (Spandau Ballet-True)
1960 - Kyle Petty, American race car dr
1961 - John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw)
1961 - Kerry Junna-Saxby, Australian 10k walker (Olympics-15th-1992, 96)
1961 - Dez Cadena, American musician (Black Flag)
1962 - Darnell Coles, baseball player
1962 - Laura Witvoet, Alberta Canada, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning-52nd)
1963 - Brian Harvey, baseball umpire (NL)
1963 - Jay B Cooper, Coral Gables Fla, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Jamaica)
1963 - Tim Balmer, Milwaukee Wis, Canadian Tour golfer (Bermuda Open-1990)
1964 - Caroline Link, German film director and screenwriter
1965 - Mark Waugh, cricketer (twin of Steve mighty batsman for Australia)
1965 - Steve Waugh, cricketer (twin of Mark mighty batsman for Australia)
1965 - Jim Knipfel, American autobiographer and journa
1966 - Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter and singer
1967 - Mike Evans, WLAF DL (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 - Mike Stanton, Houston TX, pitcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox)
1967 - Randy Hilliard, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos)
1968 - Beetlejuice, member of Howard Stern's Wack
1968 - Jon Culshaw, British comedian
1969 - David Wheaton, Minneapolis Minn, tennis star (1987 US junior boys)
1969 - Kurt Abbott, Zanesville OH, infielder (Florida Marlins)
1969 - Cy Chadwick, English actor
1970 - Andy McCollum, NFL center/guard (New Orleans Saints)
1970 - Eric Riley, NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves)
1970 - Marty Mcinnis, Weymouth, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
1970 - Mike Kelly, baseball player
1970 - Randy Fuller, NFL defensive back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1970 - B-Real, American rapper (Cypress Hill)
1971 - Martin Suji, cricketer (Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
1971 - Steve Brooks, WLAF tight end (Frankfurt Galaxy, London Monarchs)
1971 - Anthony Montgomery, American a
1971 - Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician
1972 - Brad Ottis, tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
1972 - Dwayne Joseph, NFL cornerback (Chic Bears)
1972 - Renee Heiken, Peoria IL, LPGA golfer (1994 Florida Women's Open)
1972 - Wayne Brady, Columbus, Georgia, American actor and comedian (The Wayne Brady Show,
           Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
1972 - Wentworth Miller, American actor
1972 - Simon Staho, Danish film director
1973 - Jayantha Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995)
1974 - Tammy Holmes, Berkeley California, female outfielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
1974 - Matt Serra, American mixed martial ar
1974 - Gata Kamsky, American chess player
1975 - Dontae' Jones, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
1975 - Sally Newmarch, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1976 - Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
1976 - Elly Hutton, Australian 100m sprinter (Olympics-96)
1976 - Josef Marha, Havl-brod Cze, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
1976 - Rachel White, Columbus Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska (1997)
1976 - Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso, Queen consort of Lesotho
1976 - Earl Boykins, American basketball pl
1976 - Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane)
1976 - Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1977 - Zachary Quinto, American actor
1978 - Nikki Cox, actress (Unhappily Ever After)
1978 - A.J. Styles, American professional wrestler
1978 - Dominic Cooper, English a
1978 - Justin Long, American actor
1980 - Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Stro
1980 - Abby Wambach, American Soccer player
1981 - Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
1981 - Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis pl
1981 - Tucker Rountree, American guitarist and composer.
1982 - Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
1983 - Christopher Higgins, American ice hockey pl
1983 - Brooke White, American singer
1985 - Ana Cristina, Cuban American singer,composer, and actress
1987 - Darin Zanyar, Swedish Singer
1988 - Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer
1988 - Patrik Berglund, Swedish hockey player
1989 - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer
1990 - Brittany Curran, American actress
1994 - Prima Sellecchia Tesh, daughter of John Tesh & Connie Sellecca

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This Day in History for 2nd June


Famous Deaths

Murderer Lizzie Borden (1927)


657 - Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies
910 - Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia
1418 - Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile
1564 - Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies
1567 - Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain
1572 - Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36
1575 - Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65
1581 - James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland
1597 - Diederik Sonoy, German/Neth governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67
1632 - Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58
1639 - Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62
1678 - Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63
1693 - John Wildman, English soldier and politician
1701 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1607)
1716 - Ogata Korin, Japanese painter
1750 - Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68
1754 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (b. 1680)
1761 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
1785 - Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician (b. 1713)
1812 - John W de Winter, Dutch vice-adm, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51
1833 - Simon Byrne, Irish bare-knuckle prize fighter (b. 1806)
1839 - Wijnand YY Nuijen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26
1864 - George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34
1865 - John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59
1865 - Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (b. 1783)
1873 - Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65
1875 - Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806)
1879 - E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23
1881 - Émile Littré, French lexicographer (b. 1801)
1882 - Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74
1896 - Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies
1901 - James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies
1901 - George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary (b. 1844)
1908 - Redvers H Buller, English general, dies at 68
1927 - Eduard GHH Cuypers, architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67
1927 - Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85
1927 - Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer, dies at 68
1929 - Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies
1933 - Frank Jarvis, American athlete (b. 1878)
1937 - Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66
1940 - Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies
1941 - Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37
1941 - Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1947 - Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64
1948 - Viktor Brack, Nazi physician (b. 1904)
1948 - Karl Brandt, personal physician of Adolf Hitler (b. 1904)
1948 - Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (b. 1897)
1948 - Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
1948 - Wolfram Sievers, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1949 - Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82
1949 - Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91
1950 - Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70
1951 - Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher, dies at 83
1951 - John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71
1956 - Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69
1961 - George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72
1961 - Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor/director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70
1962 - Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies
1962 - V Sackville-West, writer, dies at 70
1967 - Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74
1967 - Benno Ohnesorg, German student (b. 1940)
1968 - André Mathieu, Quebec pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1970 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer, and founder of eponymous race team (b.
           1937)
1970 - Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (b. 1888)
1970 - Albert Lamorisse, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1971 - Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66
1972 - Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81
1974 - Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66
1974 - Waldemar F Eric Marx, cricketer (3 Tests South Africa v Aust 1921-22), dies
1974 - Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver (b. 1949)
1975 - Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74
1976 - Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52
1976 - Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic, dies at 73
1976 - Juan José Torres, former President of Bolivia, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor
1977 - Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77
1977 - Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91
1977 - Stephen Boyd, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur, Lisa), dies at 48
1979 - Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45
1982 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (b. 1904)
1983 - Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire
1984 - Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (b. 1908)
1986 - Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Elegie), dies at 80
1986 - Aurel Joliat, Canadian hockey player (b. 1901)
1987 - Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94
1987 - Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
1988 - Horace A Hildreth, (Gov-Maine, 1945-49), dies at 85
1989 - Ted a'Beckett, cricketer (4 Tests 1928-32), dies
1990 - Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76
1990 - Jack Gilford, actor (Cracker Jacks), dies at 82
1990 - Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82
1990 - Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies
1990 - Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies
1992 - Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84
1993 - French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86
1993 - Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80
1994 - David Stove, Australian philosopher (b. 1927)
1996 - John Alton, cinematographer, dies at 94
1996 - Leon Garield, writer, dies at 74
1996 - Peter Bird, ocean rower, dies at 49
1996 - Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (b. 1937)
1997 - Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91
1998 - Sylvester Ritter, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
1999 - Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican musician (The Wailers) (b. 1949)
2000 - Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist (b. 1927)
2000 - Gerald Whitrow, British mathematician (b. 1912)
2001 - Imogene Coca, American actress (b. 1908)
2001 - Frank Stagg, Baptist Theologian (b. 1911)
2001 - Joey Maxim, American boxer (b. 1922)
2003 - Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (b. 1918)
2004 - Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcaster (b. 1909)
2005 - Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian Nordic combined skier and sports official (b. 1930)
2005 - Chloe Jones, Model and pornographic actress (b. 1975)
2005 - Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and teacher (b. 1950)
2005 - Melita Norwood, British spy (b. 1912)
2006 - Keith Smith, English professional rugby player (b. 1952)
2006 - Vince Welnick, musician, keyboardist (The Grateful Dead) (b. 1951)
2007 - Huang Ju, Chinese Vice-Premier
2007 - Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (b. 1949)
2008 - Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)
2008 - Mel Ferrer, American actor, film director and film producer (b. 1917)
2009 - David Eddings, American fantasy writer. (b. 1931)
2011 - Willem Duys, Dutch commentator and music producer (b. 1928)
2012 - Kathryn Joosten, american actress, dies from lung cancer at 72
2012 - Richard Dawson, English-American actor, dies from esophageal cancer at 79

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This Day in History for 3rd June


Historical Events

                                   
Outlaw Jesse James                              Inventor Alexander Graham Bell             US President John F. Kennedy

                                   
Beatles Drummer Ringo Starr              Baseball Player Darryl Strawberry               264th Pope John Paul II


Golfer Tiger Woods


350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor,
         entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
1083 - Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St Peter's Cathedral
1098 - After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey
1140 - French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
1326 - Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
1357 - Peace of Aat
1539 - Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
1540 - Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so
1620 - Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges,
           begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
1621 - Dutch West India Company (WIC) receives charter for The West Indies (included, The
           Americas, Caribbean and West Africa)
1658 - Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
1665 - Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft
1748 - Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service
1752 - Moscow houses & churchs destroyed by fire
1770 - Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in Calif
1781 - Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack
1789 - Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada)
1818 - Maratha Wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends
1833 - 4th national black convention meets (Phila)
1851 - 1st baseball uniforms worn, NY Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt & blue long
           trousers
1856 - Cullen Whipple patents screw machine
1860 - Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes
1861 - 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV
1864 - Gen Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor
1871 - Jesse James & his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000
1875 - Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission
1876 - Lacrosse introduced in Britain & Canada
1884 - John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party natl convention chair
1886 - 24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda
1888 - "Casey at the Bat" published (SF Examiner)
1889 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast.
1899 - W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
1906 - Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession
1907 - Centro Escolar University is established by Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna in Manila,
          Philippines.
1911 - "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1
1913 - Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws
1916 - National Defense Act establishes ROTC
1918 - Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional
1919 - Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks
1921 - A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado
1924 - Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service
1925 - Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits
1925 - Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin)
1925 - White Sox manager Eddie Collins gets 3,000 hit
1929 - 1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center (electric light)
1929 - Border dispute between Peru & Chile resolved
1929 - Chile, Peru & Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area
1930 - Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies
1932 - John McGraw, who came to NY in 1902, resigns as manager of Giants
1932 - Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13
1932 - Von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament
1933 - A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th & win 17-11
1933 - Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain"
1934 - Dr Frederick Banting co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted
1935 - French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours
1935 - One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British
           Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario.
1937 - Josh Gibson HR's just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium (580' drive)
1938 - German law on "Entartete Art" legalizes art robbery
1939 - 71st Belmont: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:29.6
1939 - Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe
1940 - Last British/French troop leave Dunkirk
1941 - Attack on telephone exchange in Schiphol
1941 - German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports
1943 - United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration forms
1943 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be
           Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots.
1944 - 76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
1944 - Generals Giraud & de Gaulle reach agreement on constitution
1944 - Nazis pull out of Rome
1946 - 1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris)
1946 - Intl Milt Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals
1946 - US Supreme court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional
1947 - British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan
1948 - "Sleepy Hallow" opens at St James Theater NYC for 12 performances
1948 - 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory
1948 - Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore
1949 - 1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)
1949 - Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)
1949 - GN Clark becomes 1st female US treasurer
1950 - French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
1952 - Romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president
1953 - Congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving
1953 - KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins
1953 - Alexander Cartwright officially credited by U.S. Congress as founder of baseball
1955 - KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - Stan Musial hits his 300th HR
1956 - 3rd class travel on British Railways ends
1956 - KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Pittsburgh Golf Open
1957 - Howard Cosell's 1st TV show
1958 - Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers
1959 - 1st US Air Force Academy graduation
1959 - 1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo
1959 - Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon
1959 - Real Madrid wins 4th Europe Cup 1
1959 - Singapore adopts constitution
1961 - "Wildcat" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 172 performances
1961 - 93rd Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Sherluck wins in 2:29.2
1961 - JFK & Khrushchev meet in Vienna
1962 - Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130
1962 - Betsy Rawls & Kathy wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1962 - Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal Neth
1962 - WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 - A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, killing
           101.
1964 - Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis & pharyngitis
1964 - Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee)
1965 - Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt & White)
1966 - European DX Council forms in Copenhagen (shortwave listeners)
1966 - Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford & Cernan)
1967 - 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8
1967 - Aretha Franklin's "Respect" reaches #1
1968 - Canada announces it will replace silver with nickel in coins
1968 - Poor Peoples March on Washington
1968 - Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
1968 - Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting
           him three times.
1969 - Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder)
1970 - 1st artificial gene synthesized
1970 - Ray Davies of Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to
           Cherry Cola) because of BBC coml reference ban
1971 - Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 1-0
1971 - Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Engl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)
1972 - "Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9
1972 - 1st female US rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25
1972 - Sally J Priesand becomes 1st female US rabbi
1972 - Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10
1973 - "Smith" closes at Eden Theater NYC after 17 performances
1973 - At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes
1973 - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Sealy-Faberge Golf Classic
1973 - Tupolev 144 crashes at Paris, 15 killed
1974 - Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government
1976 - Queen's "Bhoemian Rhapsody" goes gold
1976 - Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17)
1976 - US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
1977 - Balt Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals)
1977 - Belgium government of Tindemans forms
1977 - US & Cuba talk about diplomatic relations
1978 - Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year
1979 - "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway
1979 - 33rd Tony Awards: Elephant Man & Sweeny Todd win
1979 - Ex-president Idi Amin of Uganda flees to Libya
1979 - Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled
1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
1979 - World's worst oil spillage occurred in the Gulf of Mexico
1980 - "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 8 perfs
1980 - Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35
1980 - ESPN begins televising college world series games
1980 - Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
1980 - NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1
1981 - Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt
1982 - 55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis
1982 - Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov seriously wounded by Palestinians
1984 - "Wiz" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 13 performances
1984 - 30th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1984 - 38th Tony Awards: Real Thing & La Cage Aux Folles win
1985 - Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1
1985 - Massive anti-ETA demonstration in Basques
1986 - Battles in Beirut; 53 killed
1987 - "Little Shop of Horrors," released in France
1987 - "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," released in France
1987 - Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
1988 - "Big," premieres in US
1988 - Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony
1989 - Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing
1989 - Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
1989 - Leaking pipe of Asha, USSR causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die
1989 - Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall
1990 - 3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560
1990 - 44th Tony Awards: Grapes of Wrath & City of Angels win
1990 - Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1991 - Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history
1991 - NY Yankees selected 19-year-old Brien Taylor, #1 in amateur draft
1991 - Thomas Hearns captures WBA light-heavyweight title
1992 - Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support
1992 - World's largest environmental summit opens (Rio De Janeiro Brazil)
1993 - 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze
1994 - 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java (150+ killed)
1994 - WIIZ (98.7) FM goes off the air
1995 - Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip
           Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0
1998 - Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing
          101 deaths.
2006 - The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of
           independence.
2007 - USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) engaged pirates after they boarded the Danish ship Danica White
           off the coast of Somalia. (details)
2012 - Suicide car bombing kills 15 and inures 42 people in Bauchi, Nigeria
2012 - Plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, kills all 152 passengers and 40 people on the ground
2012 - Tiger Woods' 73rd PGA tour victory equals Jack Nicklaus's record

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 3rd June


Famous Weddings

1929 - Actor and naval officer of World War II Douglas Fairbanks Jr (19) weds actress Joan Crawford
           (24) at St. Malachy in New York City
1937 - Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) weds Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson in France
1941 - Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn
1989 - Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone at Emerald Bay in Lake
           Tahoe, Nevada
1994 - Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder (29) weds Beth Liebling (27) in the Eternal City
2001 - Writer and actress Tina Fey (31) weds "Saturday Night Live" composer Jeff Richmond (40) on
           a Greek Orthodox ceremony at The Merion Tribute House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005 - Earl of Mornington, Arthur Wellesley (27) weds great-granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrook and
           model/make-up artist Jemma Kidd (30) in a seaside ceremony on the beach near Sandy Lane
           Hotel in Barbados
2006 - Pop band Hanson member Zac Hanson (20) weds Kate Tucker (22) at the Second Ponce de
           Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia
2006 - Actor and Ben Affleck's younger brother Casey Affleck (30) weds actress/model Summer
           Phoenix (28) in McIntosh County, Georgia
2006 - Telenovela actress Adamari Lopez (35) weds Latin singing sensation Luis Fonsi (28) at La
           Iglesia de San Jose in Villa Caparra, Puerto Rico

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 3rd June


Famous Birthdays

                   
Surgeon and Medical Researcher             Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg (1926)                 
Charles R Drew (1904)

                   
Singer Kelly Jones (1974)                      Tennis Player Rafael Nadal (1986)


1540 - Charles I of Austria (d. 1590)
1610 - Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised
1657 - Manuel de Egues, composer
1659 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)
1660 - Johannes Schenck, composer
1685 - Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat
1723 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)
1726 - James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist
1738 - Johann Christoph Oley, composer
1746 - James Hook, composer
1750 - Frederic Thieme, composer
1761 - Henry Scrapnel, English inventor (shrapnel shell)
1770 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentina
1771 - Sydney Smith, Woodford Essex, preacher/reformer/author
1773 - Caspar G C Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist
1773 - Michael Gottard Fischer, composer
1780 - William Hone, England, author/bookseller (Every-Day Book)
1782 - Charles Waterton, eccentric naturalist/pioneer
1801 - Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer
1804 - Richard Cobden, West Sussex, founder (Anti-Corn-Law League)
1808 - Jefferson F Davis, Ky, Pres of Confederate States of America (1861-5)
1812 - Pieter Mijer, Dutch gov-gen of Neth Indies (1866-72)
1815 - Martin Edward Green, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1818 - Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889)
1819 - Johann Barthold Jongkind, Lattrop Neth, Dut/Fr painter (Winter Scenes)
1819 - Thomas Ball, US, sculptor/painter/singer
1824 - Charles Kinnaird Graham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1828 - Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer
1828 - Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer
1829 - Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer
1831 - Otho French Strahl, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1832 - Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer
1839 - Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Der Herr im Hause)
1840 - Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight)
1841 - Eduardo Caudella, composer
1843 - Frederik VIII CWK, King of Denmark (1906-12)
1844 - Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet
1844 - Emile Paladilhe, composer
1844 - Garret Augustus Hobart, (R) 24th US VP (1897-99)
1853 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)
1864 - Ransom Eli Olds, auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer
1865 - George V, Saksen-Coburg [Windsor], King of Great Britain (1910-36)
1866 - George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952)
1867 - Bela Anton Szabados, composer
1868 - Lvar Henning Mankell, composer
1869 - Maria Radulphus, inspector on Curacao (Radulphus College)
1870 - Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (syphillis, Nobel 1919)
1873 - Otto Loewi, Frankfurt am Main Germany, physician (Nobel-1936)
1877 - Raoul Dufy, France, Fauvist painter (Palm)
1879 - Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer
1879 - Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. 1940)
1881 - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964)
1887 - Emil Axman, composer
1888 - Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958)
1893 - Assen Karastoyanov, composer
1895 - Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance)
1898 - Rosa Chacel, spanish novelist
1899 - Georg von Bekesy, Budapest Hungary, physician (Nobel-1961)
1900 - Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New)
1901 - Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor (Maurice-Bewitched)
1902 - Edward Wayne, physician (Queen of Scotland)
1903 - Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
1904 - Charles R Drew, pioneer of blood plasma research
1904 - Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], NYC, tenor (NY Met Opera)
1905 - Martin Gottfried Weiss, German, commandant of Dachau concentration camp (d. 1946, by
           execution)
1906 - Josephine Baker, dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergere)
1906 - Louis Simmonds, bookseller
1906 - Norman Gallichan, cricketer (all-rounder in 1 Test NZ v England 1937)
1906 - Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov (Hong Kong)
1906 - Walter Robins, cricketer (dynamic England leg-spin all-rounder)
1907 - Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, composer
1908 - Adele Dixon, actress (Calling the Tune)
1908 - Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of the Pecos, Phantom Creeps, Outer Gate)
1910 - Wilfred Thesiger, explorer/writer
1911 - Ellen Corby, Racine Wisc, actress (Grandma Walton-Waltons)
1911 - Mason Gross, Dr/TV professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money)
1911 - Olaf Okern, Norway, Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948)
1911 - Paulette Goddard, [Marion Levy], Switz, actress (Great Dictator)
1912 - Richard D'Aeth, president (Hughes Hall Cambridge)
1912 - William Douglas-Home, playwright (Now .. Barabbas)
1913 - Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000)
1914 - Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist
1914 - Ronald George Woodman, pilot
1915 - Iris Meredith, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Son of Davy Crockett)
1915 - Leo Gorcey, NYC, actor (Mannequin, Road to Zanzibar)
1917 - Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
1918 - Patrick Cargill, actor (Help, Hammerhead)
1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. 1999)
1920 - Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord of appeal (Ordinary)
1921 - Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete
1922 - Alain Resnais, France, director (Providence, Hiroshima, Mon Amour)
1922 - Ivan Patachich, composer
1922 - M Alain Resnais, Vannes France, director (Melo, I Want to Go Home)
1923 - Michael Jaffe, director (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge England)
1923 - Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician
1924 - David Richard Holloway, literary Editor
1924 - Michael Gow, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
1924 - Jimmy Rogers, Ruleville, Mississippi, Blues musician (Muddy Waters' Band), (d. 1997)
1924 - Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999)
1925 - Gerhard Zwerenz, writer
1925 - Thomas Winning, Roman Catholic archbishop (Glasgow)
1925 - Tony Curtis, [Bernard Schwartz], Bronx, NY, actor (Some Like It Hot)
1926 - Allen Ginsberg, Newark, New Jersey, American beat poet (Howl)
1926 - Carlos Veerhoff, composer
1926 - Colleen Dewhurst, Montreal Canada, actress (Maggie-Blue & Grey)
1926 - Hamilton Fish Jr, (Rep-R-NY, 1969- )
1926 - Janez Maticic, composer
1926 - Roscoe G Bartlett, (Rep-R-Maryland)
1927 - Boots Randolph, Paducah KY, saxophonist (Yakety Sax)
1928 - Donald Judd, US, sculptor (minimal art)
1928 - John Reid, cricketer (prolific NZ batsman 1949-65)
1928 - Sheila Faith, MP/MEP
1929 - Chuck Barris, Phila, TV game show producer/host (Gong Show) [or 6/2]
1929 - Howard Yanks, founder (Philadelphia folk festival)
1929 - Werner Arber, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
1930 - Marion [Eleanor] Zimmer Bradley [Breen], sci-fi author (Storm Queen)
1930 - Michael Melle, cricketer (South African pace bowler of early 1950's)
1930 - Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (d. 2007)
1930 - Ben Wada, Japanese television producers
1931 - Francoise Arnoul, actress/composer (French Cancan, Jacko & Lise)
1931 - Raúl Castro, Cuban statesman
1931 - Lindy Remigino, American athlete
1932 - Dakota Staton, [Rabia Aliyah], US jazz singer (In the Night)
1933 - Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, emir of Bahrain (d. 1999)
1934 - Jim Gentile, baseball player
1934 - Rolland D. McCune, American theologian
1935 - Edward McGrady, MP
1935 - Raoul Franklin, chancellor (City University London)
1935 - Ted Curson [Theodore], Philadelphia, Jazz Trumpeter, (d. 2012)
1936 - Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player
1936 - David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist
1936 - Harry Pitt, vice chancellor (Reading University)
1936 - Larry McMurtry, US scriptwriter (Lonesome Dove, Pulitzer 1986)
1936 - Philip J Attenborough, CEO/publisher (Hodder & Stoughton)
1936 - Jim Gentile, baseball player
1937 - Solomon P Ortiz, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
1939 - David Frederick Stock, composer
1939 - Phil Gallie, MP
1939 - Steve Dalkowski, baseball player
1940 - Richard Edwards, cricketer (WI pace bowler 1968-69 Aust/NZ tour)
1942 - Anita Harris, singer/actress (Follow that Camel)
1942 - Curtis Mayfield, Chicago, rock vocalist (Freddie's Dead, Superfly)
1942 - Duane Josephson, baseball player
1943 - Billy Cunningham, NBA/ABA (Phila 76ers, Carolina Cougers)
1943 - Eddie McGrady, MP
1943 - Mike Dennis, rocker (Dovells)
1944 - Edith McGuire, US 200m sprinter (Olympic-gold-1964)
1944 - Michael Clarke, NYC, rock drummer (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!)
1944 - Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete
1945 - Hale S Irwin, Joplin MO, PGA golfer (1974 US Open)
1946 - Anita Pollack, MEP (Labour)
1946 - Earl of Cromer, managing director (Inchcape (China) Ltd)
1946 - Eddie Holman, rocker
1946 - Ian Hunter, England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)
1946 - Tristan Rogers, Australia, actor (Robert Scorpio-General Hospital)
1946 - Penelope Wilton, [Penelope Alice], Scarborough North Yorkshire, English actress (Cry
           Freedom, Norman Conquests)
1947 - Timothy David, diplomat
1947 - Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (d. 2003)
1947 - Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (d. 1986)
1947 - John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor
1949 - David Evenett, MP (Conservative)
1949 - Stephen Ruppenthal, composer
1950 - Marlene Elejarde, Havana Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
1950 - Suzi Quatro[cchio], Detroit, singer (Stumblin')/actress (Happy Days)
1950 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
1950 - Christos Verelis, Greek politician
1951 - David Ogilvie, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1977-78)
1951 - Deniece Williams, [Chandler], IN, singer (Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait)
1952 - Billy Powell, keyboards (Lynyrd Skynyrd-That Smell, Freebird)
1952 - David Richards, CBE, British motor racing entrepreneur
1954 - Cindy Ferro, LPGA golfer
1954 - Dan Hill, rocker (Sometimes When We Touch)
1954 - Wally Weir, Quebec ice hockey player
1956 - Danny Wilde, rocker (Rembrandts)
1956 - Suren Nalbandyan, USSR, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 - George Burley, Scottish football player and manager
1957 - Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
1958 - Ann Wilson, Brisbane Qld, golfer (1985 R/U NSW Open)
1958 - Ibrahim Hussein, marathoner, (Boston Marathon-1988, 91, 92)
1958 - Scott Valentine, actor (Nick-Family Ties, My Demon Lover)
1959 - Sam Mills, NFL linebacker ( New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers), (d. 2005)
1959 - Tom Arnold, former husband of Rosanne Barr/actor (True Lies, Stupids)
1960 - Barry Lyons, baseball player
1960 - Carl Rackemann, cricketer (Queensland & Australian quickie)
1960 - Jack Daugherty, baseball player
1960 - Steve Lyons, baseball player
1961 - Kevin Arnott, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman, 101* v NZ 1992)
1961 - Peter Glen Vidmar, LA California, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold/silver-1984)
1961 - Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author
1962 - Connie Price-Smith, St Charles MO, discus thrower (Oly-5th-96)
1962 - Susannah Constantine, British fashion guru
1963 - Deb Richard, Abbeville LA, LPGA golfer (1991 Women's Kemper Open)
1963 - Sabrina Goles, Yugoslavia, tennis star
1963 - Yuri Yuriyevich Krikun, Russia, cosmonaut
1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician
1963 - Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
1964 - Nelson Liriano, Puerto Plata Dom Rep, infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1964 - Kerry King, American musician (Slayer)
1964 - Doro Pesch, German singer
1964 - James Purefoy, British actor
1965 - Suzan Kaminga, Austin TX, bodybuilder
1965 - Mike Gordon, American musician
1965 - Jeff Blumenkrantz, American composer and actor
1966 - Wasim Akram, cricketer (brilliant Pakistani lefty fast bowler)
1967 - Tamas Darnyi, Hungary, backstroke swimmer (Oly-gold-88, 92)
1967 - William "Bill" Carlucci, Minneapolis Minn, rower (Olympics-bronze-96)
1967 - Anderson Cooper, American reporter
1968 - Jon Baker, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1968 - Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian singer
1969 - Ray Roberts, tackle (Detroit Lions)
1969 - Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician
1970 - Andrea Congreaves, WNBA forward/center (Charlotte Sting)
1970 - Carl Everett, baseball player
1970 - Lanee Butler, Manhasset NY, mistral sailboat yachter (Olymp-11th-1996)
1970 - Peter Newton, Kailua Hawaii, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
1970 - Esther Hart, Dutch singer
1970 - Julie Masse, French Canadian singer
1970 - Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer
1970 - Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
1971 - Aaron Ledesma, baseball player
1971 - Carl Everett, Tampa Fla, outfielder (NY Mets)
1971 - Mark Parrish, Columbia MD, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1972 - Bryan Rekar, Oak Lawn IL, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1972 - Omar Douglas, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
1972 - Robert Kennedy, cricketer (New Zealand opening bowler 1996)
1973 - Charles Emanuel, safety (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 - Sargis Sargsian, Yerevan Armenia, tennis star (1995 NCAA)
1974 - Alison McCreary, Florence Alabama, Miss America (Alabama-4th-1997)
1974 - Ashaundai Smith, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1974 - Bryan Still, wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
1974 - Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics)
1974 - Arianne Zuker, American actress
1975 - Jamie Nails, offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills)
1975 - Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
1976 - Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver
1976 - Yuri Ruley, American drummer
1976 - Enda Markey, Irish/Australian entertainer
1977 - Cris, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
1977 - Travis Hafner, American baseball player
1978 - Lyfe Jennings, R&B singer and song-writer
1980 - Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
1982 - Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
1986 - Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
1986 - Rafael Nadal, Manacor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spanish tennis player
1986 - Tomas Verner, Czech Republic ice skater
1986 - Adrián Vallés, Spanish racing driver
1986 - Al Horford, American basketball player
1986 - Brenden Richard Jefferson, African-American actor
1987 - Lalaine, American actress and singer
1987 - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
1989 - Katie Hoff, American swimmer
2002 - Prince Tirso of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
2006 - Countess Leonore, Member of the Dutch Royal Family

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 3rd June


Famous Deaths

Composer Georges Bizet (1875)


545 - Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70
1107 - Kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle
1395 - Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria
1397 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328)
1411 - Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)
1548 - Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)
1594 - Michel Renichon, priest, executed
1594 - John Aylmer, English political theorist (b. 1521)
1615 - Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
1640 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584)
1649 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
1657 - William Harvey, English physician (b. 1578)
1659 - Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619)
1661 - Gottfried Scheidt, composer, dies at 67
1679 - Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried
1688 - Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik, dies at 66
1732 - Pieter Vuyst, Dutch gov-gen of Ceylon, executed
1764 - Hans A Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe, dies at 69
1780 - Thomas Hutchinson, American colonial governor of Massachusetts (b. 1711)
1804 - Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer, dies at 35
1809 - John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58
1826 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (b. 1766)
1844 - Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies
1849 - Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer, dies at 73
1858 - Julius Reubke, composer, dies at 24
1861 - Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies
1864 - James P McMahon, US Union colonel (164th NY), dies in battle
1864 - Peter A Porter, US Union colonel (8th NY), dies in battle
1865 - Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
1872 - Heinrich Esser, composer, dies at 53
1875 - Georges Bizet, French composer, dies at 36
1877 - Frank Pocock, British explorer, drowned in the Congo
1877 - Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1800)
1881 - Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian
1882 - Christian Wilberg, German painter (b. 1839)
1888 - Cark Reidel, composer, dies at 60
1890 - Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer, dies at 76
1894 - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812)
1898 - Nikolai Afanisev, composer, dies at 77
1898 - Samuel Plimsoll, English MP ( Folkestone), dies at 74
1899 - Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73
1904 - Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard & Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide
1913 - Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer, dies at 79
1924 - Franz Kafka, Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40
1928 - Li Yüan-hung, Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864)
1933 - William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88
1943 - Folkert E Posthuma, Min of Agriculture, dies
1946 - Michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60
1949 - Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79
1955 - Barbara Graham, American murderer (b. 1923)
1959 - Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73
1963 - John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81
1963 - Paul Maxey, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice), dies at 57
1963 - Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet (b. 1902)
1964 - Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1966 - Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65
1967 - Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies
1967 - Arthur W Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76
1967 - Gertrude "Mickey" MacFadden, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 67
1970 - Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70
1970 - H G Hjalmar Schacht, pres Germany Kingdom bank/minister of Eco, dies
1971 - Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (b. 1894)
1973 - Dory Funk, professional wrestler (b. 1919)
1975 - Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69
1977 - Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
1977 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. 1906)
1979 - Arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65
1981 - Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76
1981 - Eric Dalton, cricketer (698 runs for South Africa at 31 72), dies
1983 - Miroslav "Standa" Bares, actress (Te Gkek Om Los te Lopen), dies at 60
1983 - Nanna, Rafi Khawar, Lollywood actor, Lahore
1986 - Anna Neagle, actress (Courtney Affair)/dancer, dies at 81
1986 - Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer, dies at 89
1986 - Patricia Wheel, actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42
1987 - Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54
1989 - Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian ayatollah, dies at 89
1989 - John McCauley, NHL official (b. 1945)
1990 - Tom Brown, actor (Judge Priest, Hello sorryer, Ex-Champ), dies at 77
1990 - Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)
1991 - Andy Milligan, cinematographer/director (Sweeney Todd), dies at 62
1991 - Eva La Gailliene, Brit/US actress/director (Resurrection), dies at 92
1991 - Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mt Unzen Volcano in Japan
1991 - Thomas C Lasorda, artist/son Dodger manager, dies of pneumonia at 33
1991 - Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913)
1992 - Patrick Peyton, Rosary Priest, dies of kidney failure at 83
1992 - Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84
1992 - William E Gaines, publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70
1993 - Bob Fitzsimmons, NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
1994 - Hub Matthijsen, violinist/bandmaster, dies at 52
1994 - Jack Cowie, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 45 wkts at 21 53), dies
1994 - Parmeso Emekrasha, buddhist Monk, dies
1994 - Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist, dies at 89
1995 - Alastair Webster Mackie, poet/teacher, dies at 69
1995 - Dilys Powell, film Critic, dies at 93
1995 - Estelle Brody, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), dies at 94
1995 - Frank Waters, writer, dies at 92
1995 - Jean-Patric Manchette, thriller writer, dies at 52
1996 - Len Creed, bookmaker, dies at 79
1996 - Peter Glenville, actor/director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82
1996 - Tito Okello, Ugandan general, dies at 81
1997 - Dennis James, American television personality (b. 1917)
1998 - Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)
2001 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (b. 1915)
2003 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
2004 - Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936)
2004 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (b. 1966)
2005 - Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (b. 1945)
2006 - Johnny Grande, original accordion/piano/keyboard player for Bill Haley's Comets (b. 1932)
2009 - David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
2009 - Koko Taylor, American blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." (b.
           1928)
2009 - Sam Butera, American jazz musician (b. 1927)
2010 - John Hedgecoe, English photographer (b. 1932)
2010 - Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)
2011 - Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, right-to-die activist (b. 1928)
2011 - James Arness, American actor (d. 1923)
2011 - Andrew Gold, American singer, musician and songwriter. (b. 1951)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th June


Historical Events

                                   
King of England King Charles I              British war time Prime Minister                      First Secretary of the
                                                                       Winston Churchill                   Communist Party of the Soviet Union
                                                                                                                                     Nikita Khrushchev

                                   
JFK Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald               Tennis Player Steffi Graf                        264th Pope John Paul II


781 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
1039 - Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1070 - Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France
1133 - Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor
1391 - Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds & sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving 
           Jews sold into slavery
1487 - Lord Lovell & John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire
1615 - Siege of Osaka Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
1632 - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Venlo
1647 - British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
1664 - Viceroy Willem Frederik conquerors Dijlerschans
1666 - Battle at Duinkerk: English vs Dutch fleet
1741 - Prussia goes to the Covenant of Nymphenburg
1745 - Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians & Saxons
1756 - Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania
1760 - Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from
           the Acadians.
1769 - A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such
           interval in history.
1783 - Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned)
1784 - Madame Elizabeth Thible becomes the first female balloonist.
1789 - US constitution goes into effect
1792 - Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain
1794 - Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign
           powers
1802 - Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of
           Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
1805 - Tripoli forced to conclude peace with US after war over tribute
1812 - Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
1825 - Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC
1831 - National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium
1832 - 3rd national black convention meets (Phila)
1845 - Mexican-US war starts
1850 - Empire Engine Company No 1 organized
1850 - Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England
1862 - Confederates evacuate Ft Pillow, Tenn
1868 - Van Bosse/Fock government begins
1870 - 4th Belmont: W Dick aboard Kingfisher wins in 2:59.5
1873 - 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname
1875 - Pacific Stock Exchange opens
1876 - An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via
           the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York
           City.
1878 - Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes
1884 - 18th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Panique wins in 2:42
1892 - Oil City & Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die
1892 - Sierra Club forms in SF
1896 - Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
1907 - Automatic washer & dryer introduced
1912 - Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses
1912 - Massachusetts passes 1st US minimum wage law
1913 - Suffragette Emily Davison steps in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby
1916 - Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack
1917 - 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)
1917 - American men begin registering for the draft
1917 - Order of British Empire inaugurated
1919 - Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill
1919 - US marines invade Costa Rica
1920 - Peace of Trianon between Allies & Hungary
1927 - 1st Ryder Cup: US beats England, 9½-2½ at Worcester Country Club (Worcester,
           Massachusetts, US)
1927 - Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard & 200-yard free-style
1928 - President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents.
1929 - George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester NY)
1932 - 64th Belmont: Tom Malley aboard Faireno wins in 2:32.8
1932 - Edouard Herriot becomes premier of France
1937 - Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France
1938 - 10th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland wins 7½-4½ at the Old Course at St Andrews
1938 - 70th Belmont: James Stout aboard Pasteurized wins in 2:29.6
1940 - 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
1940 - 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
1940 - British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops
1940 - German forces enter Paris
1940 - The synthetic rubber tire unveiled
1940 - Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas & oceans"
1941 - Nazi's forbid Jews access to beach & swimming pools
1941 - Rep of Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z
1942 - Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II
1942 - Capitol Record Co opens for business
1942 - USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island
1943 - Argentina taken over by Gen Rawson & Col Juan Peron
1943 - Race riots in LA
1943 - St Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter
1944 - 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day
1944 - 1st submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505
1944 - 5th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies
1944 - French general De Gaulle arrives in London
1945 - 6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa
1945 - US, Russia, England & France agree to split occupied Germany
1946 - Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed
1947 - "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater NYC after 4 performances
1947 - House of Reps approves Taft-Hartley act
1949 - "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950
1950 - CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
1950 - Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)
1951 - Mississippi Valley State University founded
1951 - Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4
1953 - Pitts trades outfielder Ralph Kiner & Joe Garagiola to Chic
1954 - Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m
1954 - France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union
1955 - Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC
1956 - Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public
1957 - 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
1957 - May & Cowdrey make 411 stand v WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs
1958 - French premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
1958 - SF Giants Hank Sauer & B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1961 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1962 - Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US
1963 - 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio
1963 - British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler
1964 - Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark
1964 - LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0
1964 - Maldives adopts constitution
1964 - Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
1965 - Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1966 - "Batman & His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman hits #70
1966 - -10] Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras
1966 - 98th Belmont: William Boland aboard Amberoid wins in 2:29.6
1967 - 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts & Lucy Ball
1967 - KTVN TV channel 2 in Reno, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Louis Women's Golf Invitational
1967 - Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series
1967 - Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games)
1967 - Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing
           72 passengers and crew.
1968 - Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings
1969 - Beatles release Ballad Of John & Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US
1969 - Nicky Hopkins quits rock & rolls, Jeff Beck Group
1969 - 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana & survives 9-hr flight to
           Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft
1970 - 43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant
1970 - SD Padres draft Mike Ivie #1
1970 - Tonga (formerly Friendly Islands) declares independence from UK
1970 - WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting
1970 - Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days
1971 - J Luns appointed secretary-general of NATO
1971 - Oakland A's beat Wash Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings
1971 - Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours
1972 - Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard
1972 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1972 - Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3)
1973 - 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64)
1973 - A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
1974 - NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks
1974 - Never repeated 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field & cause
           Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th
1975 - Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in NC
1977 - Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale
1977 - Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2
1978 - "Working" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 25 performances
1978 - 32nd Tony Awards: Da & Ain't Misbehavin' win
1978 - 6th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner
1978 - Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections
1979 - South-African pres Vorster resigns due to scandal
1979 - Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons
1981 - 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus
1982 - "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," released in USA
1982 - Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon
1983 - 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62)
1984 - 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers
1984 - Arnold Palmer fails to make US Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs
1984 - Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA"
1984 - DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal
1984 - NY Mets draft Shawn Abner, 17, #1
1985 - STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 - Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law
1986 - Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in US court
1987 - Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins
1988 - "Cabaret" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 262 performances
1988 - 42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly & Phantom of the Opera win
1988 - 58th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats N Zvereva (60 60)
1988 - Longest game in Balt Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat NY 7-6)
1988 - Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee
1989 - 2nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000
1989 - 43rd Tony Awards: Heidi Chronicles & Jerome Robbin's Broadway win
1989 - Beijing cop shoots & wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping
1989 - Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland
1989 - Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in USSR, kills 100s
1989 - Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
1989 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1989 - Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive
           victory at Fenway
1990 - 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Patty Loveless
1990 - Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
1990 - LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
1990 - NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917
1990 - Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate
           over the right to die
1991 - 1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania
1991 - Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church
1991 - Pope John Paul II compares abortion with nazi murders
1991 - Robert Strauss becomes US ambassador to Soviet Union
1992 - San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium
1992 - USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp
1994 - Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96)
1995 - "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden NYC at 347 perf
1995 - 49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! & Sunset Boulevard win
1995 - 8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000
1995 - Dale Eggeling wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1998 - Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2001 - Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal
           Palace.
2012 - US drone attack kills 15 militants in Pakistan, including high ranking al-Qaeda official, Abu
           Yahya al-Libi
2012 - Car bomb kills 26 and injures 190 people in central Baghdad, Iraq
2012 - Japan's stock market plummets to record lows with the S&P/TOPIX 150 reaching its lowest
           level since 1983
2012 - Wedding party bus crashes killing 23 and injuring 60 people in Islamabad, Pakistan

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Famous Weddings

1960 - "Last Tango In Paris" actor Marlon Brando (36) weds Mexican-American actress Movita
           Castaneda (42)
1970 - "When Harry Met Sally" actor Billy Crystal (22) weds guidance counselor Janice Goldfinger
1986 - Legendary singer Bob Dylan (45) weds his backup singer Carolyn Dennis (32)
2000 - "Titanic" producer-director James Cameron (45) weds actress Suzy Amis (38) in Malibu,
           California
2006 - "General Hospital" actor Greg Vaughan (32) weds Dutch actress Touriya Haoud (28) in Los
           Angeles, California
2006 - "KISS" guitarist Tommy Thayer (45) weds Amber Peek at Four Seasons Aviara in Carlsbad,
          California
2010 - "Friends" star David Schwimmer (43) weds Zoe Buckman (25) in a small private ceremony

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Famous Divorces

2012 - "The Wonder Years" actress Danica McKellar (37) divorces composer Mike Verta (36) due to
           irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage

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Famous Birthdays

                   
Actor Noah Wyle (1971)                           Actress Angelina Jolie (1975)


1394 - Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)
1489 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
1604 - Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648)
1665 - Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)
1694 - Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV
1697 - Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi
1700 - Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor
1704 - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)
1738 - George III, English King during American Revolution (1760-1820)
1744 - Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer (d. 1780)
1751 - John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
1754 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
1770 - James Hewitt, composer
1787 - Constant Prévost, French geologist (d. 1856)
1801 - James Pennethorne, architect
1803 - Gabriel James Rains, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
1815 - Paul Jones Semmes, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1816 - Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union)
1821 - Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
1828 - Alexander William Campbell, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1833 - Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier
1838 - Servaas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Lute & Flute)
1846 - Josef Sittard, music writer
1863 - Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician
1864 - Nassau William Senior, British economist
1866 - Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician (d. 1952)
1867 - Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland (1944-46)
1869 - Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen
1876 - Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9)
1877 - Heinrich Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927)
1878 - Frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)
1879 - Mabel Lucie Attwell, English children's author and illustrator (d. 1964)
1881 - Clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer)
1881 - Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (d. 1962)
1882 - Karl Valentin, German comic/writer
1887 - Tom Longboat, marathon runner (d. 1949)
1891 - Erno Rapee, composer
1893 - Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania
1893 - Daan Boens, Flemish poet (Man who sold his Wife)
1894 - Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO (Knopf)
1895 - Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32)
1899 - Leo Spies, composer
1899 - Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (d. 1989)
1902 - Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928)
1906 - Richard Whorf, actor/director (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame)
1907 - Marjan Kozina, composer
1907 - Jacques Roumain, Haitian writer (d. 1944)
1907 - Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
1908 - Earl of Halsbury, chancellor (Brunei University)
1908 - Lambertus L van Rooijen, Dutch actor
1908 - Rosalind Russell, Waterbury CT, actress (Mame, Take a Letter Darling)
1908 - Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian
1909 - Paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince)
1909 - William Batten, CEO (NY Stock Exchange 1976-84)
1910 - Christopher Cockerell, inventor (Hovercraft)
1910 - Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar
1911 - Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor
1912 - Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (great iron sculptures)
1913 - Bruno Bettinelli, composer
1914 - Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist
1915 - Modibo Keita, president of Mali (1960-68)
1915 - Walter Hadlee, cricketer (father of Richard & Dayle), New Zealand batsman 40's
1916 - Cecil Blacker, CEO (British Equestrian Federation)
1916 - Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (The Automatistes)
1917 - Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)
1917 - Charles Collingwood, Mich, news commentator (CBS, Chronicles)
1917 - Howard Metzenbaum, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1974- )
1917 - Robert Merrill, Bkln NY, baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera)
1918 - LeRoy Walker, Atlanta Ga, CEO (US Olympic Committee)
1920 - Marion Motley, NFL running back (all-time leading AAFC rusher)
1920 - Russell E. Train, Jamestown, Rhode Island, environmentalist/administrator (EPA, WWF), (d.
           2012)
1921 - Nina Vyroubova, Russ/French ballerina (Pavlova-prize 1957)
1921 - Bobby Wanzer, American professional basketball player and coach
1922 - Irwin Bazelon, Evanston Illinois, composer (Duo for Viola)
1922 - John McNamara, baseball player
1922 - John West, vice chancellor (Bradford University)
1923 - John Lea, British vice-admiral
1923 - Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (d. 2007)
1924 - Dennis Weaver, Joplin Mo, actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered)
1926 - Nan Leslie, LA California, actress (Kings Row, Californians)
1926 - Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human (486 kg)
1927 - Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (Smacks & Thistle)
1927 - Priscilla Morrill, Medford Mass, actress (Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore)
1928 - Paul Greening, master of Queen's household
1928 - Ruth Westheimer, Germany, sex therapist (WYNY-FM)
1929 - Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician
1930 - Morgana King, jazz singer/actress (Godfather)
1930 - Pentti Raitio, composer
1931 - Cesar Bolanos, composer
1932 - John Barrymore Jr, Beverly Hills California, actor (Pantomine Quiz)
1932 - Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (d. 1975)
1932 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer
1933 - John Sparrow, Chairman (British Horserace Betting Levy Board)
1934 - Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (d. 1971)
1935 - Hendrikus C "Henk" Admiraal, Dutch actor (Rififi in Amsterdam)
1936 - Bruce Dern, Winnetka Ill, actor (Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo)
1936 - David Lyon, CEO (Bowater)
1937 - Freddie Fender, Mexico, country singer (Feelings)
1937 - Mortimer B Zuckerman, CEO (US News & World Report, NY Daily News)
1937 - Freddy Fender, American musician (d. 2006)
1937 - Robert Fulghum, American author
1937 - Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1938 - Art Mahaffey, baseball player
1939 - Phil Linz, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees)
1940 - Dorothy Rudd Moore, composer
1940 - Gerrit H Terpstra, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
1940 - Ludwig Schwarz, Austrian bishop
1943 - Sandra Haynie, Fort Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1974 US Women's Open)
1943 - Joyce Meyer, American religious leader
1944 - Charlie Whitney, rock guitarist (Family)
1944 - Michelle Phillips, Long Beach CA, singer/actress (Mamas & Papas)
1944 - Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band)
1945 - Anthony Braxton, jazz musician
1945 - Daniel Topolski, writer/photographer/rowing coach
1945 - Gordon Waller, Scotland, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
1945 - Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, Mickey Thompson off-road champ (1983, 84, 90)
1945 - Margaret Impert, Horseheads NY, actress (Maggie, Spencer's Pilots)
1946 - Bettina Gregory, correspondent/journalist (ABC-TV)
1947 - Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria
1948 - Bob Champion, horse trainer/jockey
1948 - Rosemary Joyce, model/actress (Daphne Draper-Search For Tomorrow)
1948 - Sandra Post, LPGA golfer
1949 - Gabriel Arcand, French Canadian actor
1950 - Brian Rose, cricketer (England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81)
1950 - Dagmar Krause, West Germany, singer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
1950 - Wayne Powers, New Rochelle NY, actor (Laverne & Shirley, 13 East)
1951 - David Yip, actor (Ping Pong)
1951 - Yvonne MCT van Rooy, Dutch Secretary of State Secretary (CDA)
1951 - Charles Dickinson, American author
1951 - Wendy Pini, American comic book writer and artist
1952 - Carlene Watkins, Hartford CT, actress (Tough Enough)
1952 - Catherine Watkins, Hartford Ct, actress (It's Not Easy, Mary)
1952 - Parker Stevenson, Phila Pa, actor (Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace)
1953 - Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser)
1953 - Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (d. 2002)
1955 - Paul Stewart, English writer
1955 - Mary Testa, American stage actress
1956 - John Treacy, marathonr (Olympics-silver-1984)
1956 - Terry Kennedy, baseball player
1956 - Martin Adams, English darts player
1956 - Keith David, American actor
1956 - John Hockenberry, American journalist
1957 - Tony Pena, Monte Cristi Dom Rep, catcher (Cleveland Indians)
1958 - Julie Gholson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Where the Lilies Bloom)
1958 - Tony Pigott, cricketer (England pace bowler in a Test v NZ 1984)
1959 - Lord Rayleigh, agri-businessman (Lord Rayleigh Farms)
1959 - Paul Taylor, rocker (Winger-17)
1959 - Rod Connop, CFL corner (Edmonton Eskimos)
1960 - Bradley Walsh, British actor
1961 - Cathy Marino, LPGA golfer
1961 - El Debarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rocker (Debarge-All this Love)
1961 - Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungary prime minister
1962 - Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
1962 - John P. Kee, American Gospel singer
1963 - Carey Nelson, Canada, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1963 - Jim Lachey, NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
1963 - Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer (hot)
1963 - Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward (Seattle SuperSonics)
1964 - Chris Kavanagh, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1964 - Steve Searcy, baseball player
1964 - Eva Fampas, Greek guitarist
1965 - Andrea Jaeger, Chicago, tennis player (retired as a teenager)
1965 - Beau Allred, baseball player
1965 - Jonathan Canter, LA Cal, tennis star
1965 - Kurt Stillwell, Glendale CA, infielder (Texas Rangers)
1965 - Tim Perry, NBA forward (NJ Nets)
1965 - Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
1966 - Nick Kypreos, Toronto, NHL left wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1966 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
1966 - Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
1967 - Rick Wilkins, Jacksonville FL, catcher (Houston Astros)
1967 - Scott Servais, La Crosse Wisc, catcher (Chicago Cubs)
1967 - Simon Sheldon-Collins, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
1968 - Scott Wolf, Boston Mass, actor (Broken Arrow, Party of 5)
1968 - Stacy Leigh Arthur, Naperville Ill, playmate (Jan, 1991)
1968 - Al B. Sure, American R&B singer
1969 - Regi Blinker, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1969 - Robert Perez, Bolivar Venezuela, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1969 - Tine Moberg-Parker, Oslo Norway, Canada Europe class yachter (Oly-96)
1969 - Horatio Sanz, Chilean-born comedian
1970 - Gary Lynagh, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1970 - Ronnie Harris, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 - Richie Hawtin, Canadian musician
1970 - David Pybus, British musician
1971 - Noah Wyle, Hollywood California, actor (Dr John Carter-ER)
1971 - Patrick Scott, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Roy Janse, Edmonton Alberta, tornado yachter (Olympics-96)
1971 - Tanya Beyer, St Paul Minn, playmate (Feb, 1992)
1971 - Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician
1971 - James Callis, British actor
1971 - Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer
1972 - Derian Hatcher, Sterling Heights MI, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
1972 - Nikka Costa, American singer
1972 - Rob Huebel, American comedian
1973 - Antonio Anderson, defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
1973 - Corey Walker, running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 - Doug Colman, linebacker (NY Giants)
1973 - Sir Mawn Wilson, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1974 - Darin Erstad, outfielder (California Angels)
1974 - James Miller, Australian pole vaulter (Olympics-96)
1974 - Johnny Taylor, NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
1974 - Lyndsay Kahler, Orange California, Miss America-California (1997)
1974 - Andrew Gwynne, British politician
1974 - Stefan Lessard, American musician
1975 - Betty Okino, Uganda, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
1975 - Dinanath Ramnarine, cricketer (Trinidad & Tobago leg-spinner)
1975 - Kurt Dreger, Ironwood Mich, dance skater (& Cronin-1997 Natl-13th)
1975 - Russell Brand, British comedian and television personality
1975 - Henry Burris, American Football Quarterback
1975 - Angelina Jolie, Los Angeles, California, American actress (Girl, Interrupted, Lara Croft: Tomb
           Raider)
1977 - Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
1977 - Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
1977 - Berglind Icey, Icelandic actor
1977 - Quinten Hann, Australian former snooker player
1979 - Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
1979 - Daniel Vickerman, Australian rugby union player
1980 - Alicja Janosz, Polish singer
1980 - François Beauchemin, French Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
1981 - T. J. Miller, American actor and comedian
1982 - Ronnie Prude, National Football League player
1982 - Jin, Chinese-American rapper
1982 - Jamie Dornan, Irish model and actor
1983 - Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
1984 - Ian White, Canadian hockey player
1984 - Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress
1984 - Jenaveve Jolie, Mexican-American pornographic actress
1985 - Lukas Podolski, Polish-born footballer
1985 - Bar Refaeli, Israeli model
1985 - Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
1985 - Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (d. 2006)
1986 - Shane Kippel, Canadian actor
1988 - Leigh Adams, Australian Footballer
1992 - Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson
1992 - Dino Jelusić, Croatian singer
1993 - ... Mowatt, grandson of English princess Alexandra

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This Day in History for 4th June


Famous Deaths

1039 - Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49
1135 - Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)
1206 - Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France
1257 - Duke Przemysl I of Poland
1267 - Hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies
1316 - Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26
1394 - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)
1463 - Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65
1558 - Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43
1585 - Muretus (Marc Antoine de Muret), French humanist (b. 1526)
1608 - Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, dies at 44
1663 - William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), dies
1674 - John Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver, dies at 66
1792 - John Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies
1793 - Jan Ekels de Young, Dutch painter, dies at 34
1798 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer/writer/librarian and womanizer, dies at 73
1801 - Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (b. 1750)
1809 - Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65
1818 - John van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44
1825 - Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies
1826 - Karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39
1830 - Antonio José de Sucre, Great Marshall of Ayacucho (b. 1795)
1850 - Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange, dies at 74
1872 - Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
1872 - Stanislaw Moniuszko, composer, dies at 53
1875 - Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)
1880 - Eugen Adam, painter, dies
1905 - Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85
1907 - Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59
1915 - William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26
1916 - Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56
1921 - Heinrich E Albers-Schoenberg, German x-ray experimenter, dies at 56
1922 - William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies
1925 - Gheorghe Dima, composer, dies at 77
1925 - Pierre Louys, [PF Louis], French writer (Aphrodite), dies
1926 - Eugeen of Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Sparks & Radiates), dies
1926 - Fred Spofforth, cricketer (18 tests 94 wkts 41 Best match 14-90), dies
1926 - Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies
1929 - Harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (b. 1881)
1931 - Ibn Ali Hussein, King of Hejaz, dies
1937 - Donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies
1939 - Tommy Ladnier, American musician (b. 1900)
1941 - Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies
1942 - Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies
1943 - Jean du Bela, singer/actor (Sobibor), dies at 39
1945 - Georg Kaiser, playwright, dies at 66
1950 - Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies
1951 - Serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76
1954 - Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58
1956 - Max Kowalski, composer, dies at 73
1956 - Katherine MacDonald, American actress (b. 1881)
1958 - M Lichnowsky, writer, dies at 79
1959 - Charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58
1960 - Lucien Littlefield, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64
1962 - William Beebe, US biologist/explorer, dies at 84
1962 - Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
1964 - Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
1965 - Bernard Verhoeven, poet/educator (Pleidooi near een non), dies
1968 - Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70
1970 - Hjalmar Schcacht, [Horace Greeley], Nazi minister, dies
1970 - Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier Suriname, dies
1970 - Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78
1970 - Sonny Tufts, actor (Atomic Blonde, 7 Year Itch), dies at 58
1971 - Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1885)
1972 - Godfried Devreese, composer, dies at 79
1973 - Arna Bontemps, writer (Harlem Renaissance), dies at 72 in Nashville
1973 - Murray Wilson, father of beachboys Brian, Carl & Dennis, dies at 55
1975 - Evelyn Brent, actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75
1979 - Edward Dawson, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1927-30), dies
1989 - Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89
1989 - Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible), dies at 71
1989 - Vaclav Kaslik, Czech opera composer/conductor, dies at 71
1990 - Jack Gilford, comedic actor (Cocoon II), dies at 82 of stomach cancer
1992 - Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82
1993 - June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71
1994 - Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), dies at 48
1994 - Earle Warren, alto Sax Player, dies at 79
1994 - Horace "Stephen" McNally, attorney/actor (Johnny Belinda), dies at 80
1994 - Massimo Troisi, Italian actor/director (Ricomincio da tre), dies at 41
1994 - Roberto Burle Marx, landscape gardener, dies at 84
1994 - Sophie Winter, actress (She's a Good Fighter), dies at 33
1994 - Thomas Stuart Willan, historian, dies at 84
1994 - Toto Bissainthe, voodoo poet, dies at 59
1995 - Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist, dies at 80
1995 - Herta Ryder, literary agent, dies at 77
1995 - Paul WIlliams, climber, dies at 49
1995 - William J Law, sailor, dies at 84
1996 - Tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies
1997 - Kurt Adler, therapist/writer, dies at 92
1997 - Ronnie Lane, bassist (Faces), dies of multiple sclerosis at 51
2001 - Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971)
2001 - John Hartford, American musician (b. 1937)
2002 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician (b. 1912)
2004 - Steve Lacy, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
2004 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921)
2007 - Clete Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1937)
2007 - Jim Clark, American sheriff and segregationist (b. 1922)
2007 - Bill France Jr., NASCAR pioneer (b. 1933)
2007 - Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (b. 1940)
2007 - Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
2007 - Craig L. Thomas, United States Senator (b. 1933)
2008 - Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1952)
2010 - John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)
2011 - Juan Francisco Luis, U.S. Virgin Islander governor (b. 1940)
2011 - Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (b. 1953)

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This Day in History for 5th June


Historical Events

                                   
Physicist & Mathematician                      Inventor Charles Babbage                      US President Grover Cleveland
Isaac Newton

                                   
Ford Motor Company Founder              Military Leader George Marshall                     Pop Singer & Beatle
Henry Ford                                                                                                                      Paul McCartney


Tennis Player Steffi Graf


70 - Titus & his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem
754 - Friezen murders bishop Boniface & over 50 companions
1257 - Kraków, Poland receive city rights.
1288 - Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I
1305 - Bordeaux's archbishop Bertrand the Got elected Pope Clement V
1507 - England & Netherlands sign trade agreement
1625 - Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda
1632 - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond
1661 - Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
1716 - England & Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty
1752 - Prince Willem van Orange becomes Knight of Garter
1783 - Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
1794 - Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
1798 - The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is
           defeated.
1805 - 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois)
1806 - 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)
1806 - Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland
1808 - -6] Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians
1827 - Turks capture Acropolis & takes Athens during Greek War of Independ
1829 - The HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
1833 - Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage
1846 - Telegraph line opens between Phila & Balt
1848 - Statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled
1849 - Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy
1855 - Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention
1857 - Walter Woodbury & James Page open photo studio in Batavia (Djakarta)
1861 - Federal marshals seize arms & gunpower at Du Pont works DE
1863 - Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run)
1863 - CSS "Alabama" captures "Tailsman" in Mid Atlantic
1864 - Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)
1869 - 3rd Belmont: C Miller aboard Fenian wins in 3:04.25
1870 - Constantinople in fire; 900 die
1872 - Republican National Convention meets (Phila)
1873 - Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar
1875 - Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
1876 - Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila
1879 - 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75
1882 - Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die
1884 - William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if
           nominated & will not serve if elected"
1886 - 20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41
1888 - Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president
1888 - The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.
1899 - Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted
1900 - Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria
1907 - Automatic washer & dryer are introduced
1911 - Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win
1912 - US marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
1913 - Dutch Disability laws go into effect
1915 - 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6
1915 - Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
1917 - 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I
1920 - 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell
1920 - A's VP Thomas Shibe denies charges that baseballs are livelier
1925 - 29th US Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester CC Mass
1926 - Indians triple-play Yankees & win 15-3
1927 - 3rd French Mens Tennis: R Lacoste beats B Tilden (64 46 57 63 11-9)
1927 - Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard free-style swim record
1929 - Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain
1931 - Jules Renkin becomes premier of Belgium
1933 - Gold standard abolished
1934 - 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (NYC)
1937 - 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6
1937 - Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week
1940 - 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
1940 - American Negro Theater organizes
1940 - Battle of France begins in WW II
1940 - Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme
1940 - General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense
1940 - Gov of Suriname & Neth Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees
1940 - Netherlands rations petroleum
1940 - Synthetic rubber tire unveiled
1941 - Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1942 - British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie
1942 - Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54
1942 - USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania
1943 - 75th Belmont: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:28.2
1943 - German occupiers arrest Louvain University's chancellor
1944 - 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure
1944 - 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day
1944 - Allies march into Rome
1944 - Fieldmarshal Rommel goes on vacation
1944 - General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6
1944 - King Victor Emmanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto
1945 - Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten," premieres in London
1945 - USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
1946 - Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill)
1947 - Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"
1948 - Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23
1950 - US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
1952 - 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing
1952 - Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman v India at Headingley
1952 - Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavy weight boxing title
1953 - Denmark adopts a new constitution
1953 - US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
1954 - "Your Show Of Shows," last airs on NBC-TV
1954 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ecclesiae fastos
1955 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1955 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
1956 - "Milton Berle Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1956 - Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const
1957 - NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating
           drugs by athletes
1959 - Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing HS in Minn
1959 - The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
1960 - "George Gobel Show," last airs on CBS-TV
1960 - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
1963 - Princess Marijke changes her name to Christina
1963 - State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
1964 - Davie Jones & King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me," group disbands but Davie
           Jones goes on to success as David Bowie
1965 - "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham & Pharaohs hits #2
1965 - 97th Belmont: John Sellers aboard Hail to All wins in 2:28.6
1965 - Lopez Arellano becomes president of Honduras
1966 - Cin Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
1966 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Clayton Federal Golf Invitational
1967 - 6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin
1967 - Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair
1967 - WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent & 25 cent coins to pure nickel as
           soon as possible
1968 - 12:16AM PST-Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day
1969 - Dutch Antilles government of Kroon resigns
1969 - Race riot in Hartford Connecticut
1969 - The International communist conference begins in Moscow.
1970 - KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1970 - Chile becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1971 - 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
1972 - "If You Had Wings" opens
1972 - UN Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm
1972 - Yugoslav president Tito visits USSR
1973 - 43rd French Mens Tennis: Ilse Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60)
1974 - A's Reggie Jackson & Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit
1975 - 48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor
1975 - British population agrees to European Common Market membership
1975 - Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967)
1976 - "Bigfoot" by Bro Smith hits #57
1976 - 108th Belmont: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Bold Forbes wins in 2:29
1976 - Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
1977 - 1st personal computer, Apple II, goes on sale
1977 - 31st NBA Championship: Port Trailblazers beat Phila 76er, 4 games to 2
1977 - 31st Tony Awards: Shadow Box & Annie win
1977 - Coup in Seychelles (National Day)
1977 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Talk Tournament '77 Golf Tournament
1977 - LA Dodgers retire Walt Alston's #24
1979 - Seychelles adopts constitution
1980 - Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1981 - Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader (1,777)
1981 - Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS)
1981 - George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"
1981 - TODAY/PC runs for 1st time
1982 - "Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39
1982 - 114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28
1982 - 52nd French Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger (76 61)
1982 - Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle
1983 - 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy & Cats win
1983 - 53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76)
1983 - Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1984 - Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" becomes #1
1984 - Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple)
1986 - SD Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time
1987 - "Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS & the show runs until 3:47
           AM
1987 - Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation & allows wins game
1988 - 1st Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $590,000
1988 - 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61)
1988 - Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone
1988 - Laura Davies wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1988 - Longest champagne cork flight is 177'9 in NY
1988 - Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary
1989 - 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Randy Travis
1989 - Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
1989 - Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
1989 - Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Milwaukee Brewers win 5-3
1990 - South African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling
1991 - Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
1993 - "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18
1993 - 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
1993 - 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64)
1993 - Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives
1993 - Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
1994 - "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 8 performances
1994 - 64th French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats A Berasategui (63 75 26 61)
1994 - 64th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats M Pierce (64 64)
1994 - 7th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1994 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1995 - 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Reba McEntire
1995 - The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.
1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis TN on WMFS 92.9 FM
1998 - A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to
           five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).
2001 - U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords leaves the Republican Party, an act which shifts control of the
           United States Senate from the Republicans to the Democratic Party.
2001 - Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm
           and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages,
           making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
2003 - A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C
          (122°F) in the region.
2006 - Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

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This Day in History for 5th June


Famous Weddings

1974 - "Sly and the Family Stone" frontman Sly Stone (31) weds model-actress Kathy Silva at
           Madison Square Garden
1993 - Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
1997 - Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher (30) weds Meg Mathews at the Little Church of the West in Las
           Vegas
1999 - Actress Reese Witherspoon (23) weds actor Ryan Phillippe (24) at the Old Wide Awake
           Plantation along the Sono River in Charleston, South Carolina
1999 - 1994 Figure Skater World Champion Yuka Sato (26) weds her fellor skater Jason Dungjen
1999 - Baritone belter Frankie Laine (86) weds retired real estate agent Marcia Kline (61) near San
           Diego
2004 - Actress Jennifer Lopez (43) weds salsa artist Marc Anthony (42) in Beverly Hills, California
2005 - "All My Children" cast members Alexa Havins (24) weds actor Justin Bruening (25) in a seaside
           ceremony held on Cinnamon Bay on the island of St. John
2010 - "Bond girl" actress Gemma Arterton (24) weds Stefano Catelli (37) at a secret ceremony at
           the hilltop village of Zuheros in Andalucia, Spain