Today In History

IQ · 06-18-2007, 11:05 PM

06/18/1817 Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies
Type: Death

06/18/1820 Martin Andreas Udbye, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1821 Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin)
Type: Event

06/18/1821 Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52
Type: Death

06/18/1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
Type: Event

06/18/1822 Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey and Peter Poyas arrested in SC
Type: Event

06/18/1822 Henry David Leslie, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1824 Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht
Type: Birth

06/18/1824 Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55
Type: Death

06/18/1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa
Type: Event

06/18/1837 Spain gets new Constitution
Type: Event

06/18/1839 Dutch prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia
Type: Event

06/18/1839 William Henry Seward Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1920
Type: Birth

06/18/1850 Richard Heuberger, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1850 Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99
Type: Death

06/18/1853 Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies
Type: Death

06/18/1854 Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist
Type: Birth

06/18/1857 Henry Clay Folger Jr, US, businessman/Shakespeare fan
Type: Birth

06/18/1858 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist
Type: Birth

06/18/1859 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death

06/18/1860 Hugo Loudon, CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell])
Type: Birth

06/18/1861 Jos‚ FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)
Type: Birth

06/18/1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
Type: Event

06/18/1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
Type: Event

06/18/1866 Jacobus T Abels, painter, dies at 62
Type: Death

06/18/1868 Mikl¢s Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)
Type: Birth

06/18/1872 Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
Type: Event

06/18/1873 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
Type: Event

06/18/1876 August Rockel, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death

06/18/1877 James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator ("I want you" Uncle Sam)
Type: Birth

06/18/1879 W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage
Type: Event

06/18/1880 John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77 Type: Death

06/18/1881 Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader
Type: Birth

06/18/1882 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]
Type: Birth

06/18/1884 Edouard Daladier, premier France (1933..40)
Type: Birth

06/18/1884 Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74
Type: Death

06/18/1886 George Mallory, England, mountain climber ("because it is there")
Type: Birth

06/18/1886 Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Neth bishop of Roermond, dies at 90
Type: Death

06/18/1887 Blanche Yurka, St Paul MN, actress (Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities)
Type: Birth

06/18/1888 Margarita Xirgu, Barcelona Spain, actress (Bloody Wedding)
Type: Birth

06/18/1888 S S Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], author (Canary Murder Case)
Type: Birth

06/18/1889 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter
Type: Birth

06/18/1891 Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian
Type: Birth

06/18/1892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
Type: Event

06/18/1892 Edward Steuermann, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1894 Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
Type: Event

06/18/1896 Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)
Type: Birth

06/18/1896 Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936)
Type: Birth

06/18/1896 Philip Barry, US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story)
Type: Birth

06/18/1898 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, NJ
Type: Event

IQ · 06-18-2007, 11:07 PM

06/18/1898 4th US Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass
Type: Event

06/18/1898 Carleton Percy Hobbs, Farnborough England
Type: Birth

06/18/1898 M C Escher, Dutch graphic artist
Type: Birth

06/18/1898 George Ulyett, cricketer (949 runs 50 wkts for England 25 Tests), dies
Type: Death

06/18/1899 James Ralph Darling, teacher
Type: Birth

06/18/1900 Empress DouairiŠre orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
Type: Event

06/18/1900 Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
Type: Event

06/18/1901 Jeanette MacDonald, Phila, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You)
Type: Birth

06/18/1901 Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny and Cher)
Type: Birth

06/18/1901 Llewellyn Rees, British theater actor (Invisible Creature)
Type: Birth

06/18/1902 Henry Wadsworth, Maysville KY, actor (Applause, Fast and Loose)
Type: Birth

06/18/1902 Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66
Type: Death

06/18/1903 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives NY 3-mo later
Type: Event

06/18/1903 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Le diable ouch corps)
Type: Birth

06/18/1904 Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)
Type: Birth

06/18/1904 Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)
Type: Birth

06/18/1905 Eduard Tubin, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1905 John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer
Type: Birth

06/18/1906 Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
Type: Birth

06/18/1907 Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show)
Type: Birth

06/18/1907 Froelich Rainey, Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World)
Type: Birth

06/18/1908 Bud Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth)
Type: Birth

06/18/1908 Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage)
Type: Birth

06/18/1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
Type: Event

06/18/1909 Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42
Type: Death

06/18/1910 16th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Phila Cricket Club PA
Type: Event

06/18/1910 Avon Long, Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)
Type: Birth

06/18/1910 Dick Foran, Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)
Type: Birth

06/18/1910 E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Playhouse 90, Chicago Hope)
Type: Birth

06/18/1910 Ray McKinley, Ft Worth Tx, orch leader/drummer (Glenn Miller Time)
Type: Birth

06/18/1911 Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76
Type: Death

06/18/1912 Glen Morris, MO, Olympic champion/actor (Tarzan)
Type: Birth

06/18/1912 Henry Brandon, Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu)
Type: Birth

06/18/1913 Sammy Cahn, lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)
Type: Birth

06/18/1913 Sylvia Porter, financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)
Type: Birth

06/18/1914 Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
Type: Event

06/18/1914 Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (S African in 11 Tests 1938-50)
Type: Birth

06/18/1915 21st US Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol GC NJ
Type: Event

06/18/1915 Arthur Fagg, cricketer (dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 193

Type: Birth

06/18/1915 Red Adair, oilman (fought oil fires in Kuwait)
Type: Birth

06/18/1915 Victor Legley, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th to beat Indians 19-3 in baseball
Type: Event

06/18/1916 John Young, actor/TV panelist (Masquerade Party)
Type: Birth

06/18/1916 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67
Type: Death

06/18/1916 Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed
Type: Death

06/18/1917 Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1917 Richard Boone, LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel)
Type: Birth

06/18/1918 Bob Carroll, singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger)
Type: Birth

06/18/1919 Edward Leadbitter, politician
Type: Birth

06/18/1919 Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist
Type: Birth

IQ · 06-18-2007, 11:09 PM

06/18/1919 Mel Brandt, Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill)
Type: Birth

06/18/1919 Ted Leadbitter, British MP (Lab)
Type: Birth

06/18/1920 Aster Berkhof, [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ)
Type: Birth

06/18/1920 Ian Carmichael, Hull England, actor (Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack)
Type: Birth

06/18/1921 Eduardo Acevedo D¡az, Uruguay writer (Nativa, Lanza y Sable), dies
Type: Death

06/18/1921 Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
Type: Death

06/18/1922 Donald L Keene, NYC, Japanese translator/critic
Type: Birth

06/18/1922 John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71
Type: Death

06/18/1923 Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist/concert master
Type: Birth

06/18/1924 Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque
Type: Event

06/18/1924 George Mikan, NBA center (6-time all-pro)
Type: Birth

06/18/1924 Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl
Type: Birth

06/18/1925 Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer
Type: Birth

06/18/1925 Rex Collings, writer/publisher
Type: Birth

06/18/1925 Robert Arthur, Aberdeen Wash, actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You)
Type: Birth

06/18/1926 Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover
Type: Event

06/18/1926 Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador (Uruguay)
Type: Birth

06/18/1926 Tom Wicker, columnist (NY Times)
Type: Birth

06/18/1927 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24.6
Type: Event

06/18/1927 Dennis Landau, CEO (Cooperative Wholesale Society)
Type: Birth

06/18/1927 John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher
Type: Birth

06/18/1927 Paul Eddington, actor (Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride)
Type: Birth

06/18/1927 Simeon Pironkov, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1928 Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean
Type: Event

06/18/1928 Maggie McNamara, NYC, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal)
Type: Birth

06/18/1928 Michael Blakemore, British theater director (Country Life)
Type: Birth

06/18/1928 Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies
Type: Death

06/18/1929 Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)
Type: Birth

06/18/1929 James Bishop, editor (London News Publications)
Type: Birth

06/18/1929 Jrgen Habermans, German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule)
Type: Birth

06/18/1930 Peter Phillips, CEO (AB Electronics) [or Feb 10]
Type: Birth

06/18/1931 Della Smith, cookbook writer/British broadcaster
Type: Birth

06/18/1931 Peter Batty, TV/movie producer
Type: Birth

06/18/1932 Gnter Seuren, writer
Type: Birth

06/18/1933 Jean Wicki, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
Type: Birth

06/18/1933 Tommy Hunt, US singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
Type: Birth

06/18/1934 US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
Type: Event

06/18/1934 Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander (Europe)
Type: Birth

06/18/1934 Carl de Winter, sect-gen (Federation of British Artists)
Type: Birth

06/18/1934 Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death

06/18/1935 August Reusner, composer, dies at 64
Type: Death

06/18/1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI
Type: Event

06/18/1936 Polish parliament gives pres Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power
Type: Event

06/18/1936 Ian Spurling, ballet designer
Type: Birth

06/18/1936 R Ronald Venetian, [Vene], president Suriname (1991- )
Type: Birth

06/18/1936 Maxim Gorki, [Alexei M Peshkov], Russian writer (Mother), dies at 68
Type: Death

06/18/1937 Gail Godwin, US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)
Type: Birth

06/18/1937 John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV, (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )
Type: Birth

06/18/1937 Varbara Ann Teer, US actress/director (Natl Black Theatre Company)
Type: Birth

06/18/1937 Vitaly Mikhailovich Zholobov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)
Type: Birth

IQ · 06-18-2007, 11:11 PM

06/18/1937 Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies
Type: Death

06/18/1938 Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season
Type: Event

06/18/1938 Joop M Worrell, Dutch MP (PvdA)
Type: Birth

06/18/1939 Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
Type: Birth

06/18/1939 Lynn Whiting, horse trainer
Type: Birth

06/18/1939 French LM "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish actor, dies at 73
Type: Death

06/18/1940 Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers
Type: Event

06/18/1940 German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs and chickens
Type: Event

06/18/1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"
Type: Event

06/18/1940 Bob Duncan, prison warden (Gartree Prison in UK)
Type: Birth

06/18/1940 Jim Albus, Staten Island NY, PGA golfer (1991 Mazda Senior Players)
Type: Birth

06/18/1941 Joe Louis *** Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event

06/18/1941 Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany
Type: Event

06/18/1942 Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy
Type: Event

06/18/1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m
Type: Event

06/18/1942 Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor
Type: Birth

06/18/1942 Paul McCartney, Liverpool, rocker (Beatles), writes silly love songs
Type: Birth

06/18/1942 Roger Ebert, Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel and Ebert at the Movies)
Type: Birth

06/18/1942 Thabo M Mbeki, South African economist/1st vice-president (1994- )
Type: Birth

06/18/1942 Adolf Opalka, Czech resistance fighter, shot down
Type: Death

06/18/1942 Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death

06/18/1942 John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28
Type: Death

06/18/1942 Josef Gabc¡k, Czech resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich
Type: Death

06/18/1943 SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau
Type: Event

06/18/1943 Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House, Mind Your Language)
Type: Birth

06/18/1944 Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris
Type: Event

06/18/1944 U-767 sinks
Type: Event

06/18/1944 Paul Lansky, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason
Type: Event

06/18/1945 Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
Type: Death

06/18/1945 Simon B Buckner, US lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies in action
Type: Death

06/18/1947 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
Type: Event

06/18/1947 Bernard Giraudeau, La Rochelle France, actor (L'Annee des Meduses)
Type: Birth

06/18/1947 Douglas Young, composer
Type: Birth

06/18/1947 Linda Thorson, Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live)
Type: Birth

06/18/1948 American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights
Type: Event

06/18/1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time
Type: Event

06/18/1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
Type: Event

06/18/1948 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights
Type: Event

06/18/1948 Nick Drake, rocker (Back to Fruit Tree)
Type: Birth

06/18/1949 "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 perfs
Type: Event

06/18/1949 Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer
Type: Birth

06/18/1949 William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor
Type: Birth

06/18/1950 Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
Type: Event

06/18/1950 Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
Type: Birth

06/18/1951 De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
Type: Event

06/18/1951 Henny Huisman, Dutch TV host (Playback Show)
Type: Birth

06/18/1952 Barry Champagne, Louisiana, stunt coorindator (Licence to Kill)
Type: Birth

06/18/1952 Carol Kane, Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi)
Type: Birth

06/18/1952 Isabella Rossellini, Rome Italy, actress (Big Night, Blue Velvet)
Type: Birth

IQ · 06-18-2007, 11:12 PM

06/18/1952 Rickey Gazda, rocker
Type: Birth

06/18/1952 Efim D Bogolyubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63
Type: Death

06/18/1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
Type: Event

06/18/1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
Type: Event

06/18/1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
Type: Event

06/18/1953 Jerome Smith, US guitarist (KC and the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes)
Type: Birth

06/18/1954 Pierre MendŠs-France forms French government
Type: Event

06/18/1954 William Beard, rock drummer (Face To Face)
Type: Birth

06/18/1955 "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 85 performances
Type: Event

06/18/1955 Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death

06/18/1955 Willy Burkhard, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death

06/18/1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
Type: Event

06/18/1956 Brian Benben, Winchester Va, actor (Dream On, Gangster Chronicles)
Type: Birth

06/18/1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada
Type: Event

06/18/1957 Andrea Evans, actress (Young and Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)
Type: Birth

06/18/1957 Tom Bailey, England, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
Type: Birth

06/18/1958 Daniels Koran, saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
Type: Birth

06/18/1958 Douglas Jardine, cricketer (22 Tests for England), dies
Type: Death

06/18/1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to US
Type: Event

06/18/1959 Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79
Type: Death

06/18/1960 "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 perfs
Type: Event

06/18/1960 60th US Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots 280 at Cherry Hills in Denver
Type: Event

06/18/1960 Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
Type: Event

06/18/1960 Real Madrid wins 5th Europe Cup 1
Type: Event

06/18/1961 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
Type: Event

06/18/1961 KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event

06/18/1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
Type: Event

06/18/1961 Andres Galarraga, Caracas Venezuela, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
Type: Birth

06/18/1961 [Genevieve] Alison Moyet, Essex England, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf)
Type: Birth

06/18/1962 Jan[ice] Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979)
Type: Birth

06/18/1962 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
Type: Death

06/18/1963 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school
Type: Event

06/18/1963 Bruce Smith, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
Type: Birth

06/18/1963 Darren "Dizzy" Reed, US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine)
Type: Birth

06/18/1963 Joe Walter, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
Type: Birth

06/18/1963 Omar Londono, jockey
Type: Birth

06/18/1964 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
Type: Event

06/18/1964 Thanh Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, 141 lbs US weightlifter (Olympics-1996)
Type: Birth

06/18/1964 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
Type: Death

06/18/1965 George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death

06/18/1966 Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth

06/18/1966 Doug Bodger, Chemainus BC, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, San Jose)
Type: Birth

06/18/1966 Kurt Browning, Alberta, figure skater (Olympic-5-1994)
Type: Birth

06/18/1966 Luke Jensen, Grayling Mich, tennis star (1993 French Open doubles)
Type: Birth

06/18/1966 Robert Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Oly-1996)
Type: Birth

06/18/1966 Sandy Alomar, Salinas Puerto Rico, catcher (Cleveland Indians)
Type: Birth

06/18/1967 67th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ
Type: Event

06/18/1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
Type: Event

06/18/1967 Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California
Type: Event

06/18/1967 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
Type: Event

IQ · 06-18-2007, 11:14 PM

06/18/1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 66
Type: Death

06/18/1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing
Type: Event

06/18/1968 John Lumkes, Chicago Illinois, 3k steeplechase runner
Type: Birth

06/18/1969 Fernando Valenzula, jockey
Type: Birth

06/18/1969 Jay Leeuwenburg, NFL guard/center (Chic Bears, Indianapolis Colts)
Type: Birth

06/18/1969 Laura Brown, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth

06/18/1971 Blair Pocock, cricketer (New Zealand opening batsman 1993)
Type: Birth

06/18/1971 Mara Hobel, NYC, actress (Mommie Dearest)
Type: Birth

06/18/1971 Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
Type: Birth

06/18/1972 72nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 290 at Pebble Beach Calif
Type: Event

06/18/1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
Type: Event

06/18/1972 West Germany wins soccer world championship
Type: Event

06/18/1972 US Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws
Type: Event

06/18/1972 Otakar Vejvoda, Kladno CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Rep)
Type: Birth

06/18/1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
Type: Event

06/18/1973 Rayna Stewart, safety/cornerback (Tennessee Oilers)
Type: Birth

06/18/1973 Tracy Noonan, Lawrence Mass, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth

06/18/1973 Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death

06/18/1973 Roger Delgado, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June), dies at 55
Type: Death

06/18/1973 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
Type: Death

06/18/1974 Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg govt
Type: Event

06/18/1974 Bumper Robinson, actor (Webster, Night Court)
Type: Birth

06/18/1974 Keith Poole, wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)
Type: Birth

06/18/1974 Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
Type: Death

06/18/1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
Type: Event

06/18/1975 Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi v England
Type: Event

06/18/1975 NBC News and Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio
Type: Event

06/18/1975 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
Type: Death

06/18/1976 A Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for œ340,000
Type: Event

06/18/1976 St Louis Cards Lou Brock and Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
Type: Event

06/18/1976 Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, and Vida Blue to Yankees
Type: Event

06/18/1977 Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
Type: Event

06/18/1977 Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook, beaten and robbed by London pub
Type: Event

06/18/1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
Type: Event

06/18/1978 78th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 285 at Cherry Hill CC in Denver
Type: Event

06/18/1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic
Type: Event

06/18/1978 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
Type: Event

06/18/1979 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
Type: Event

06/18/1979 Pres Carter and Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty
Type: Event

06/18/1979 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
Type: Event

06/18/1979 US Pres Carter and Soviet Pres Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT II treaty
Type: Event

06/18/1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premieres
Type: Event

06/18/1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
Type: Event

06/18/1980 Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
Type: Event

06/18/1981 Kimberley Ann Smith, of NC, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss
Type: Event

06/18/1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court)
Type: Event

06/18/1981 Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, v England at Trent Bridge
Type: Event

06/18/1981 Vaccine to prevent hoof and mouth disease announced
Type: Event

06/18/1982 ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations
Type: Event

06/18/1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
Type: Event

IQ · 06-18-2007, 11:15 PM

06/18/1982 Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
Type: Death

06/18/1982 Djuna Barnes, writer, dies
Type: Death

06/18/1982 John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining
Type: Death

06/18/1982 Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself
Type: Death

06/18/1983 "Pump Boys and Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 573 perfs
Type: Event

06/18/1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman
Type: Event

06/18/1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
Type: Event

06/18/1984 84th US Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot GC NY
Type: Event

06/18/1985 Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs
Type: Event

06/18/1986 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
Type: Event

06/18/1986 De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25
Type: Event

06/18/1986 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
Type: Event

06/18/1986 Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)
Type: Event

06/18/1986 Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs v Gibraltar, ICC Trophy
Type: Event

06/18/1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
Type: Event

06/18/1987 Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87
Type: Death

06/18/1988 Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
Type: Event

06/18/1989 "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC after 60 performances
Type: Event

06/18/1989 89th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Oak Hill CC NY
Type: Event

06/18/1989 Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
Type: Event

06/18/1989 John Wayne Bobitt marries Lorena L Gallo
Type: Event

06/18/1989 Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Type: Event

06/18/1990 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
Type: Event

06/18/1990 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
Type: Event

06/18/1990 Dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
Type: Death

06/18/1991 Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in US
Type: Event

06/18/1991 Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
Type: Event

06/18/1991 SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
Type: Event

06/18/1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
Type: Event

06/18/1991 Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69
Type: Death

06/18/1992 Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr
Type: Event

06/18/1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft
Type: Event

06/18/1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft
Type: Event

06/18/1992 Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-66)
Type: Birth

06/18/1992 Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
Type: Death

06/18/1993 Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games
Type: Event

06/18/1993 Toru Takemitsu's "Archipelago" premieres in Aldeburgh England
Type: Event

06/18/1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
Type: Event

06/18/1994 Gay Games open in NYC
Type: Event

06/18/1994 US ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer World Cup
Type: Event

06/18/1994 Jack Harkness, rose grower, dies at 75
Type: Death

06/18/1995 95th US Golf Open: Corey Pavin shoots a 280 at Shinnecock Hills NY
Type: Event

06/18/1995 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
Type: Event

06/18/1995 Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85
Type: Death

06/18/1995 Charles Martin, cartoonist, dies at 85
Type: Death

06/18/1996 Maitland Mackie, farmer, dies at 84
Type: Death

06/18/1996 Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73
Type: Death

06/18/2000 100th US Golf Open: at Pebble Beach Golf Links Calif
Type: Event

IQ · 06-19-2007, 07:44 AM

06/19/0987 Louis IV, crowned king of France
Type: Event

06/19/1113 Odo/Odardus van Kamerijk, French writer/bishop of Kamerijk, dies
Type: Death

06/19/1205 Pope Innocent III fires Adolf I as archbishop of Cologne
Type: Event

06/19/1269 King Louis IX of Frances decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame
Type: Event

06/19/1286 Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim
Type: Event

06/19/1312 Piers Gaveston, earl of Cornwall, beheaded
Type: Death

06/19/1341 Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies
Type: Death

06/19/1369 Duke Philip the Stout marries Margaretha van Male
Type: Event

06/19/1464 French King Louis XI forms postal service
Type: Event

06/19/1502 Emperor Maximilian I and England sign treaty of Antwerp
Type: Event

06/19/1542 Leo Jud[ae], Swiss pastor/church reformer
Type: Death

06/19/1554 Sixt[us] Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Judith), dies at 53
Type: Death

06/19/1566 James I Stuart, king of Scotland (James VI)/England (1567/1603-25)
Type: Birth

06/19/1572 Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater
Type: Event

06/19/1586 English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island NC
Type: Event

06/19/1588 Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coru¤a
Type: Event

06/19/1595 Wladyslaw IV Vasa, king of Poland (1632-4

Type: Birth

06/19/1608 Thomas Fuller, England, literary (History of the Holy War)
Type: Birth

06/19/1613 Christian de Placker, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1621 Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece
Type: Event

06/19/1623 Blaise Pascal, mathematician/physicist/religious writer (Pascal)
Type: Birth

06/19/1631 Peace of Cherasco: Charles de Gonzaga-Nevers becomes duke of Mantua
Type: Event

06/19/1633 Philippus van Limborch, remonstrants theologist/vicar
Type: Birth

06/19/1652 Louis de Geer, Neth/Swedish industrialist/millionaire, dies at 64
Type: Death

06/19/1669 Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as king
Type: Event

06/19/1708 Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1717 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1730 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49
Type: Death

06/19/1741 Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/art collector
Type: Birth

06/19/1747 Alessandro Marcello, composer, dies at 77
Type: Death

06/19/1747 Nadir, shah of Persia (1736-47), murdered
Type: Death

06/19/1749 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman (National Convention)
Type: Birth

06/19/1754 Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians
Type: Event

06/19/1759 Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer, dies at 31
Type: Death

06/19/1762 Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer, dies at 60
Type: Death

06/19/1764 John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society
Type: Birth

06/19/1764 Jos‚ Gervasio Artigas, general/father of Uruguay
Type: Birth

06/19/1766 Edmund Weber, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1770 General Church of New Jerusalem established
Type: Event

06/19/1778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge
Type: Event

06/19/1782 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer (L'avenir)
Type: Birth

06/19/1782 John Bray, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1783 Thomas Sully, US portrait painter (Queen Victoria)
Type: Birth

06/19/1787 John Brown, (British?) theologist, dies
Type: Death

06/19/1790 John Gibson, British (?) sculptor
Type: Birth

06/19/1792 Gustav Schwab, writer
Type: Birth

06/19/1794 Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 62
Type: Death

06/19/1810 Ferdinand David, violist/compser (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels)
Type: Birth

06/19/1811 Henry Prince, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
Type: Birth

06/19/1811 Samuel Chase, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 70
Type: Death

IQ · 06-19-2007, 07:45 AM

06/19/1814 Johannes H Weissenbruch, landscape painter
Type: Birth

06/19/1815 John William Glover, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1820 Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies
Type: Death

06/19/1822 John Bray, composer, dies on 40th birthday
Type: Death

06/19/1825 Gioacchino Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims," premieres
Type: Event

06/19/1829 Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies)
Type: Event

06/19/1834 Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina)
Type: Birth

06/19/1835 New Orleans gives US govt Jackson Square to be used as a mint
Type: Event

06/19/1837 Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle
Type: Death

06/19/1840 John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50
Type: Death

06/19/1842 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1843 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1846 1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1
Type: Event

06/19/1848 Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott open 1st women's rights convention
Type: Event

06/19/1850 Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina
Type: Event

06/19/1854 Alfredo Catalani, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1856 Elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia)
Type: Birth

06/19/1858 Charles Haddon George Alexander, [George Samson], British actor
Type: Birth

06/19/1858 Dirk Fock, governor-general of Neth Indies (1921-26)
Type: Birth

06/19/1861 Anaheim Post Office established
Type: Event

06/19/1861 Francis Pierpont is elected provisional governor of West Virginia
Type: Event

06/19/1861 Douglas Haig, British fieldmarshal (Sudan, WW I)
Type: Birth

06/19/1861 Jos‚ Protasio Rizal, Philippine optician/author/nationalist
Type: Birth

06/19/1862 Slavery outlawed in US territories
Type: Event

06/19/1863 Battle at Middleburg Virginia (100+ casualties)
Type: Event

06/19/1864 CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
Type: Event

06/19/1864 S***mish at Pine Knob Georgia
Type: Event

06/19/1864 George Lincoln Prescott, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries
Type: Death

06/19/1865 Siege of Richmond, VA
Type: Event

06/19/1865 Union Gen Granger declares slaves are free in Texas
Type: Event

06/19/1865 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate
Type: Birth

06/19/1865 May Whitty, Liverpool England, actress (Mrs Minerva, Suspicion)
Type: Birth

06/19/1867 1st Belmont: J Gilpatrick aboard Ruthless wins in 3:05
Type: Event

06/19/1867 Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist
Type: Birth

06/19/1867 Frank Iredale, cricketer (Australian batsman 1894-99)
Type: Birth

06/19/1867 Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies
Type: Death

06/19/1868 Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC
Type: Event

06/19/1868 Heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie)
Type: Birth

06/19/1875 Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
Type: Event

06/19/1877 Charles Coburn, Macon Ga, actor (Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
Type: Birth

06/19/1878 James M Kilroe, priest of St Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx
Type: Birth

06/19/1880 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung)
Type: Birth

06/19/1881 Muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan
Type: Event

06/19/1885 Stevan Hristic, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1886 Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
Type: Birth

06/19/1886 Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer (Hiawatha's Song)
Type: Birth

06/19/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip"
Type: Event

06/19/1889 Enrico Celio, president (Switzerland)
Type: Birth

06/19/1890 Barbara Everest, London England, actress (Fatal Witness, Inquest)
Type: Birth

06/19/1893 Lizzie Bordon acquitted
Type: Event

IQ · 06-19-2007, 07:47 AM

06/19/1893 Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder (Union Natl Arubano)
Type: Birth

06/19/1894 28th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Henry of Navarre wins in 1:56«
Type: Event

06/19/1896 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
Type: Birth

06/19/1897 Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], Bkln NY, comedian (3 Stooges)
Type: Birth

06/19/1898 Paul Muller-Zurich, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1899 George Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)
Type: Birth

06/19/1900 Laura Hobson, NYC, TV writer/panelist (I've Got a Secret)
Type: Birth

06/19/1901 Edward Lambert, British diplomat
Type: Birth

06/19/1902 Guy Lombardo, London Ontario Canada, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne)
Type: Birth

06/19/1902 John E E Dalberg baron van Acton, English historian, dies at 69
Type: Death

06/19/1903 Walter Hammond, cricketer (one of the greatest of English batsman)
Type: Birth

06/19/1903 [Henry] Lou[is] Gehrig, "Iron Horse", 1st baseman (NY Yankees)
Type: Birth

06/19/1904 Balis Dvarionas, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1905 George Voskovec, Czech, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag)
Type: Birth

06/19/1905 Taneli Kuusisto, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1908 Mildred Natwick, Balt Md, actress (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
Type: Birth

06/19/1908 Quentin N Burdick, (Sen-D-ND, 1960-91)
Type: Birth

06/19/1909 Edwin Gerschefski, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1909 Osamu Dazai, Japan, novelist (Tsugaru, No Longer Human)
Type: Birth

06/19/1910 1st airship in service "Germany"
Type: Event

06/19/1910 Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)
Type: Event

06/19/1910 Frederick Harry Baines, painter
Type: Birth

06/19/1912 Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College
Type: Event

06/19/1912 Jerry Jerome, Bkln NY, saxophonist (Words and Music)
Type: Birth

06/19/1912 Martin Gabel, Phila, TV host (With this Ring)
Type: Birth

06/19/1914 54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club
Type: Event

06/19/1914 Alan Cranston, (Sen-D-CA, 1969- )
Type: Birth

06/19/1914 Harry Lauter, White Plains NY, actor (Waterfront)
Type: Birth

06/19/1914 Lester Flatt, Earl Scrugg's partner (Beverly Hillbillies theme)
Type: Birth

06/19/1914 Morgan Morgan-Giles, Brits Lt admiral/MP
Type: Birth

06/19/1915 Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
Type: Death

06/19/1916 Pat Buttram, actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres)
Type: Birth

06/19/1917 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor
Type: Event

06/19/1917 Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwan minister (ZAPUA)
Type: Birth

06/19/1918 Evelle Jansen Younger, prosecutor (Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan)
Type: Birth

06/19/1919 Louis Jourdan, Marseilles France, actor (Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary)
Type: Birth

06/19/1919 Pauline Kael, movie critic (NY Times, For Keeps)
Type: Birth

06/19/1921 Census in Great-Britain
Type: Event

06/19/1921 Turk and Christian of Palestine sign a friendship treaty against Jews
Type: Event

06/19/1921 Allan Davis, (mayor-London)
Type: Birth

06/19/1921 Herman Berserik, Dutch painter/graphic artist
Type: Birth

06/19/1921 Howell T Heflin, (Sen-D-Alabama, 1979- )
Type: Birth

06/19/1921 Rosalyn Yalow, famed award winning medical physicist
Type: Birth

06/19/1921 Ram¢n L¢pez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), dies at 33
Type: Death

06/19/1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2)
Type: Event

06/19/1922 Aage Neals Bohr, Denmark, physicist/study atomic nucleus (Nobel 1975)
Type: Birth

06/19/1922 Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71
Type: Death

06/19/1923 "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts
Type: Event

06/19/1923 Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war
Type: Event

06/19/1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6)
Type: Event

IQ · 06-19-2007, 07:49 AM

06/19/1924 David Scott, priest
Type: Birth

06/19/1924 Leo Nomellini, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
Type: Birth

06/19/1924 Wassil Bykau, writer
Type: Birth

06/19/1925 Alfred B Nzo, South African sec-gen ANC (1969- )
Type: Birth

06/19/1925 Charlie Drake, British comic (Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb, Splish Splash)
Type: Birth

06/19/1926 DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry
Type: Event

06/19/1927 Karel Kupka, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1928 Nancy Marchand, Buffalo NY, actress (Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant)
Type: Birth

06/19/1928 Raymond Powell, British MP
Type: Birth

06/19/1930 Bryan Kneale, British sculptor
Type: Birth

06/19/1930 Jul Levi, composer
Type: Birth

06/19/1931 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct
Type: Event

06/19/1931 "Against Iain" duke of Atholl, English large landowner
Type: Birth

06/19/1932 1st concert given in SF's Stern Grove
Type: Event

06/19/1932 Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR
Type: Event

06/19/1932 Marisa Pavan, Cagliari Italy, actress (Solomon and Sheba, Rose Tattoo)
Type: Birth

06/19/1932 Pier Angeli, Italy (Sodom and Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge)
Type: Birth

06/19/1932 Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies
Type: Death

06/19/1933 Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations
Type: Event

06/19/1933 Thelma Barlow, English actress (Mavis-Coronation Street)
Type: Birth

06/19/1933 Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11)
Type: Birth

06/19/1934 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created
Type: Event

06/19/1934 Gena Rowlands, Cambria Wisc, actress (Gloria, Tempest, Brinks Job)
Type: Birth

06/19/1934 Hammond Furlonge, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests 1955-56)
Type: Birth

06/19/1934 Terence Clark, British diplomat
Type: Birth

06/19/1935 Tommy Devito, Montclair NJ, rock vocalist (Four Seasons-Sherry)
Type: Birth

06/19/1936 Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl
Type: Event

06/19/1936 German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion *** Joe Louis
Type: Event

06/19/1936 Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown
Type: Event

06/19/1936 Shirley Goodman, US RandB singers (Shirley and Lee-Feels so Good)
Type: Birth

06/19/1936 John Sharpe, cricketer (1-eyed fast bowler for England 1891-92), dies
Type: Death

06/19/1937 Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques
Type: Event

06/19/1937 James M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies
Type: Death

06/19/1938 "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47
Type: Event

06/19/1938 Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris
Type: Event

06/19/1938 Paul Waner (Pirates) homers off Pete Sivess (Phillies) in DH
Type: Event

06/19/1938 Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless baseball innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th
Type: Event

06/19/1938 Charles Gwathmey, architect (5 Architects)
Type: Birth

06/19/1938 John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge
Type: Birth

06/19/1939 Peter Duffell, Brits lt-general/minister of Defense
Type: Birth

06/19/1939 Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60
Type: Death

06/19/1940 "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago
Type: Event

06/19/1940 German 7th Armour division under gen-maj Rommel occupies Cherbourg
Type: Event

06/19/1940 G”ring orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses and ships
Type: Event

06/19/1940 Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, drag racer (1st woman Top Fuel champ)
Type: Birth

06/19/1940 Aur‚lien FM Lugn‚-Poe, French actor (Pirouette), dies at 70
Type: Death

06/19/1940 Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40
Type: Death

06/19/1941 Cheerios Cereal invents an O-shaped cereal
Type: Event

06/19/1941 Romania orders Jews to evacuate Darabani
Type: Event

06/19/1941 US president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act
Type: Event

IQ · 06-19-2007, 07:50 AM

06/19/1941 Marlene Warfield, Queens NY, actress (Victoria-Maude)
Type: Birth

06/19/1942 Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 baseball hits
Type: Event

06/19/1942 Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, rocker (Spanky and Our Gang-Lazy Day)
Type: Birth

06/19/1942 Jos Brink, Dutch TV host (Op Zoek)
Type: Birth

06/19/1942 Neil Chalmers, director (National History Museum, London)
Type: Birth

06/19/1942 Robert [Bob] W Kasten Jr, (Sen-R-WI, 1981- )
Type: Birth

06/19/1943 "Shiek Of Arahy" Spike Jones and City Slickers peaks at #19
Type: Event

06/19/1943 NFL's Phila Eagles and Pitts Steelers merge, (dissolves on Dec 5)
Type: Event

06/19/1943 Race riot in Beaumont Texas
Type: Event

06/19/1944 Two day Battle of Philippines Sea begins
Type: Event

06/19/1944 300 Japanese aircrafts shot down
Type: Event

06/19/1944 French troops free Elba
Type: Event

06/19/1944 Heavy air raid on US fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot"
Type: Event

06/19/1944 Japanese troops conquer Changsha China
Type: Event

06/19/1944 Bill Bradley, cricketer (bowled for England in two Tests 1899), dies
Type: Death

06/19/1944 Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65
Type: Death

06/19/1945 Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician (Nobel)
Type: Birth

06/19/1945 Tim Hovey, LA Calif, actor (Queen Bee, Toy Tiger, Man Afraid)
Type: Birth

06/19/1945 Tobias Wolff, US writer (This Boy's Life)
Type: Birth

06/19/1946 1st TV sports/boxing spectacular-Joe Louis *** Billy Conn
Type: Event

06/19/1947 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca
Type: Event

06/19/1947 James T Walsh, (Rep-R-NY)
Type: Birth

06/19/1947 Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad, Houston, actress (Clair-Bill Cosby)
Type: Birth

06/19/1947 Salman Rushdie, Pak, novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses)
Type: Birth

06/19/1947 Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84
Type: Death

06/19/1948 Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel
Type: Event

06/19/1948 USSR blocks access road to West Berlin
Type: Event

06/19/1948 Dervin Gordon, rocker
Type: Birth

06/19/1949 [Mary] Kathleen Turner, Springfield Mo, actress (Romancing The Stone)
Type: Birth

06/19/1950 Constance Forslund, San Diego Calif, actress (Shining Season)
Type: Birth

06/19/1951 Ann Wilson, San Diego Calif, rock vocalist (Heart-What About Love)
Type: Birth

06/19/1951 Daria Nicolodi, Florence Italy, actress (Terror, Shock)
Type: Birth

06/19/1952 "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host
Type: Event

06/19/1952 Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0
Type: Event

06/19/1952 Robert Ainsworth, British MP
Type: Birth

06/19/1953 Albert W Dent, elected president of Natl Health Council
Type: Event

06/19/1953 WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event

06/19/1953 WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
Type: Event

06/19/1953 Larry Dunn, [Dunhill], US keyboardist (Earth Wind and Fire)
Type: Birth

06/19/1953 Ethel Rosenberg, executed at Sing Sing, in 5 tries
Type: Death

06/19/1953 Julius Rosenberg, NYC, 1st US civilian executed for espionage at 37
Type: Death

06/19/1954 54th US Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol GC in NJ
Type: Event

06/19/1954 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
Type: Event

06/19/1954 Tasmanian Devil, debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros
Type: Event

06/19/1954 Jim Cooper, (Rep-D-TN, 1983- )
Type: Birth

06/19/1954 Michael O'Brien, British MP
Type: Birth

06/19/1955 55th US Golf Open: Jack Fleck shoots a 287 at Olympic CC in SF
Type: Event

06/19/1955 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
Type: Event

06/19/1955 Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history
Type: Event

06/19/1956 Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films
Type: Event

IQ · 06-19-2007, 07:52 AM

06/19/1956 Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney, German poet/writer, dies at 82
Type: Death

06/19/1957 David Gleeson, Norfolk England, US, rower (Olympics-1996)
Type: Birth

06/19/1959 Senate rejects Ike's appointment of Lewis Strauss for Sec of Comm
Type: Event

06/19/1959 Kimberley Leston, journalist
Type: Birth

06/19/1959 Mark DeBarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rock vocalist (DeBarge-Who's Johnny)
Type: Birth

06/19/1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
Type: Event

06/19/1960 Loretta Lynn records "Honky Tonk Girl"
Type: Event

06/19/1960 Heike Walpot, German, cosmonaut
Type: Birth

06/19/1960 Johnny Lee Gray, Jr, LA Calif, 800m runner (Olympics-7th-1996)
Type: Birth

06/19/1960 Patti Rizzo, Hollywood Fla, golfer (Mexican Amateur champion 1980)
Type: Birth

06/19/1960 Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer (AC/DC)
Type: Birth

06/19/1961 "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23
Type: Event

06/19/1961 Charlie Finley, changes A's manager Joe Gordon (26-33) for Hank Bauer
Type: Event

06/19/1961 Kuwait declares independence from UK
Type: Event

06/19/1961 NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
Type: Event

06/19/1961 US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
Type: Event

06/19/1962 Ken Tohill, jockey
Type: Birth

06/19/1962 Paula Julie Abdul, Van Nuys Calif, singer/choreographer (Straight Up)
Type: Birth

06/19/1962 Phillip Hatchett, Russellville Ky, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Quebec)
Type: Birth

06/19/1962 Sid Fenech, jockey
Type: Birth

06/19/1962 Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69
Type: Death

06/19/1963 2 Russian space missions return to Earth
Type: Event

06/19/1963 Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen
Type: Event

06/19/1963 Greek govt of Pipinolis forms
Type: Event

06/19/1963 Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth
Type: Event

06/19/1964 Bob Dylan completes UK tour
Type: Event

06/19/1964 Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden
Type: Event

06/19/1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
Type: Event

06/19/1964 David Freedman, cricketer (NSW left-arm Chinese bowler since 1990)
Type: Birth

06/19/1965 Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boum‚dienne, pres Ben Bella fired
Type: Event

06/19/1965 KYW-AM in Cleveland Ohio returns call letters to Philadelphia
Type: Event

06/19/1965 Karen Davies, Wrexham N Wales, golfer (1991 PING-Cellular One-6th)
Type: Birth

06/19/1965 James B Collip, Canadian bio-chemist (insulin), dies at 72
Type: Death

06/19/1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
Type: Event

06/19/1966 Ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79
Type: Death

06/19/1966 Marjan Kozina, composer, dies at 59
Type: Death

06/19/1967 Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army
Type: Event

06/19/1967 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
Type: Event

06/19/1967 Eric Schweig, Inuvik Canada, actor (Dead Man's Walk)
Type: Birth

06/19/1968 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign
Type: Event

06/19/1968 Jud Buechler, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls)
Type: Birth

06/19/1969 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
Type: Event

06/19/1970 A Nikolayev and V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9
Type: Event

06/19/1970 Conservatives win British parliamentary election
Type: Event

06/19/1970 Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published
Type: Event

06/19/1970 Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days
Type: Event

06/19/1970 Chris Gray, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears)
Type: Birth

06/19/1970 Claire Mitchell-Taverner, Australian field hockey midfielder (Oly-96)
Type: Birth

06/19/1970 Leonard Humphries, CFL cornerback (BC Lions)
Type: Birth

06/19/1970 Quincy Dushawn Watts, Detroit Mich, 400m runner
Type: Birth

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06/19/1970 Scott Brumfield, guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
Type: Birth

06/19/1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance
Type: Event

06/19/1972 -29] Hurricane Agnes, kills 118 in NY and Florida
Type: Event

06/19/1972 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer
Type: Event

06/19/1972 Andre Strode, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
Type: Birth

06/19/1972 Anna Van der Kamp, Abbotsford BC, rower (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth

06/19/1972 Millard Coleman, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
Type: Birth

06/19/1973 "Rocky Horror Picture Show," stage production opens in London
Type: Event

06/19/1973 Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000
Type: Event

06/19/1973 Arne van de Berg, soccer player (Willem II)
Type: Birth

06/19/1973 Jahine Arnold, wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Type: Birth

06/19/1973 Josie Davis, actress (Charles in Charge) [or Jan 16]
Type: Birth

06/19/1973 Roger Delgado, actor (Adv's of Sir Francis Drake, Dr Who), dies at 55
Type: Death

06/19/1974 KC Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0
Type: Event

06/19/1974 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) suspends constitution
Type: Event

06/19/1975 Anna Valle, Miss Universe-Italy (1996)
Type: Birth

06/19/1975 Anthony Parker, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
Type: Birth

06/19/1975 Brandon Mitchell, defensive end (New England Patriots)
Type: Birth

06/19/1976 King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Dutchess Silvia Sommerlath
Type: Event

06/19/1976 US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
Type: Event

06/19/1976 Darnell Autry, running back (Chicago Bears)
Type: Birth

06/19/1977 77th US Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa
Type: Event

06/19/1977 Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg
Type: Event

06/19/1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
Type: Event

06/19/1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint
Type: Event

06/19/1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
Type: Event

06/19/1978 "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 perfs
Type: Event

06/19/1978 Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip
Type: Event

06/19/1978 Ian Botham takes 8-34 v Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
Type: Event

06/19/1978 Garfield the Cat, animated character "Big fat hairy deal"
Type: Birth

06/19/1979 In NY 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as Yank mgr
Type: Event

06/19/1979 Mali's constitution goes into effect
Type: Event

06/19/1979 Soni Meduna, Omaha Neb, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
Type: Birth

06/19/1980 Battle between police and demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed
Type: Event

06/19/1980 Amy Merrill, Miss Utah Teen USA (1997)
Type: Birth

06/19/1981 Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified
Type: Event

06/19/1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit
Type: Event

06/19/1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, S Africa
Type: Event

06/19/1981 India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
Type: Event

06/19/1982 John Cheever, US writer (Wapshot Chronicle, Pulitzer), dies at 70Type: Death

06/19/1983 "Octopussy" premieres in US
Type: Event

06/19/1983 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Type: Event

06/19/1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
Type: Event

06/19/1984 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
Type: Event

06/19/1984 Emil Coleman, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Party)
Type: Birth

06/19/1984 Lee Krasner Pollock, US painter, dies at 75
Type: Death

06/19/1984 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
Type: Death

06/19/1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place
Type: Event

06/19/1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
Type: Event

06/19/1986 Coluche, [Michel Colucci], French comic, dies at 41
Type: Death

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