Today In History

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06/19/1986 Len Bias, 1st pick of Celtics, suffers fatal cocaine-induced seizure
Type: Death

06/19/1986 Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59
Type: Death

06/19/1987 ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed
Type: Event

06/19/1987 Geffen records sign their 1st artist (Donna Summer)
Type: Event

06/19/1987 Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
Type: Event

06/19/1987 Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends
Type: Event

06/19/1987 Ben and Jerry Ice Cream and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia
Type: Event

06/19/1988 88th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club Mass
Type: Event

06/19/1988 Coup in Haiti
Type: Event

06/19/1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
Type: Event

06/19/1988 Namphy takes control of Haitian govt
Type: Event

06/19/1988 Shirley Furlong wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Type: Event

06/19/1988 World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 1/8 miles long
Type: Event

06/19/1988 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
Type: Event

06/19/1988 Zdenek Blazek, composer, dies at 83
Type: Death

06/19/1989 Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game (100-37)
Type: Event

06/19/1989 Hy Gardner, newspaper columnist, dies at 80
Type: Death

06/19/1989 Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81
Type: Death

06/19/1990 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark
Type: Event

06/19/1991 2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie
Type: Event

06/19/1991 Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
Type: Event

06/19/1991 NY Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987
Type: Event

06/19/1991 Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], US actress (Shane), dies
Type: Death

06/19/1992 "Batman Returns," opens
Type: Event

06/19/1992 Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
Type: Event

06/19/1992 Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in NYC
Type: Event

06/19/1992 Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South-Africa
Type: Event

06/19/1992 NY Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards
Type: Event

06/19/1992 Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 96
Type: Death

06/19/1993 Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's
Type: Event

06/19/1993 Mandy Smith (Bill Wyman's ex-wife) weds Pat van den Hauwe
Type: Event

06/19/1993 William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81
Type: Death

06/19/1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 perfs
Type: Event

06/19/1994 "She Loves Me" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 294 performances
Type: Event

06/19/1994 "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" closes at Cort NYC after 72 perfs
Type: Event

06/19/1994 94th US Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont Pa
Type: Event

06/19/1994 Ernesto Samper elected president of Colombia
Type: Event

06/19/1994 Lisa Kiggens wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
Type: Event

06/19/1994 Tigers tie record of hitting HRs in 25th consecutive games
Type: Event

06/19/1994 Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot, dies at 92
Type: Death

06/19/1994 Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier, dies at 75
Type: Death

06/19/1994 Ronald Batty, bookseller, dies at 82
Type: Death

06/19/1995 NY Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry
Type: Event

06/19/1995 Al Hansen, artist, dies at 67
Type: Death

06/19/1995 Murray Dickie, opera singer/director, dies at 71
Type: Death

06/19/1995 Richard Bernard Pape, POW escaper/writer, dies at 79
Type: Death

06/19/1996 Alan Ande Anderson, opera director, dies at 78
Type: Death

06/19/1996 David Schine, businessman, dies at 70
Type: Death

06/19/1996 Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist, dies at 63
Type: Death

06/19/1996 Henry Ralph Carr, soldier, dies at 82
Type: Death

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06/19/1996 Vivian Ellis, composer, dies at 91
Type: Death

06/19/1997 "Forever Tango!," opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
Type: Event

06/19/1997 Bobby Helms, singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
Type: Death

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06/20/0451 Germans and Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields
Type: Event

06/20/0840 Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies
Type: Death

06/20/1212 French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo
Type: Event

06/20/1402 Battle of Angora (Ankara)-Tatars defeat Turkish Army
Type: Event

06/20/1530 German Parliament joins to Augsburg together
Type: Event

06/20/1547 Count Philip van Hessen captured
Type: Event

06/20/1566 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden
Type: Birth

06/20/1567 Don Henrique of Brazil, expel Jews
Type: Event

06/20/1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
Type: Event

06/20/1582 Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines
Type: Event

06/20/1585 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer
Type: Birth

06/20/1585 Christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52
Type: Death

06/20/1591 Mauritius and Willem van Nassau occupy Devente
Type: Event

06/20/1597 Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen and Bereneil), dies
Type: Death

06/20/1615 Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]
Type: Birth

06/20/1624 Netherlands and France sign Treaty of CompiŠgne
Type: Event

06/20/1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
Type: Event

06/20/1634 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)
Type: Birth

06/20/1642 George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)
Type: Birth

06/20/1647 Johan Georg III, elect of Saxon (1680-91)
Type: Birth

06/20/1649 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies
Type: Death

06/20/1656 Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw
Type: Event

06/20/1674 Nicholas Rowe, England, poet laureate (Jane Shore, Tamerlane)
Type: Birth

06/20/1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom
Type: Event

06/20/1694 Hans A Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe
Type: Birth

06/20/1723 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian
Type: Birth

06/20/1730 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer
Type: Birth

06/20/1743 Anna L Barbauld, writer of hymns
Type: Birth

06/20/1751 Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56 Type: Death

06/20/1756 146 Brit soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die
Type: Event

06/20/1756 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army
Type: Event

06/20/1756 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer
Type: Birth

06/20/1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist
Type: Birth

06/20/1779 Battle of Stone Ferry
Type: Event

06/20/1782 Congress approves Great Seal of US and eagle as it's symbol
Type: Event

06/20/1787 Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63
Type: Death

06/20/1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken
Type: Event

06/20/1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution
Type: Event

06/20/1793 Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin
Type: Event

06/20/1819 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
Type: Event

06/20/1819 Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann)
Type: Birth

06/20/1823 Jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
Type: Birth

06/20/1824 George E Street, British (?) architect
Type: Birth

06/20/1824 John Tyler Morgan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 Type: Birth

06/20/1825 Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon
Type: Event

06/20/1826 Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty
Type: Event

06/20/1833 L‚on-J-F Bonnat, painter
Type: Birth

06/20/1833 Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44
Type: Death

06/20/1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
Type: Event

06/20/1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901
Type: Event

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06/25/0253 St Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
06/25/1080 Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III
Type: Event
06/25/1096 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
Type: Event
06/25/1139 Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors
Type: Event
06/25/1142 Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies
Type: Death
06/25/1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon
Type: Event
06/25/1183 Peace of Konstanz
Type: Event
06/25/1212 Simon de Montfort, a leader of the crusades, dies at 67
Type: Death
06/25/1243 Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV
Type: Event
06/25/1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany
Type: Event
06/25/1373 Johanna II, Queen of Naples (1414-35)
Type: Birth
06/25/1423 Reinald IV, duke of Gelre and Gulik (Reinoud I), dies
Type: Death
06/25/1483 Edward V, king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered
Type: Death
06/25/1500 Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada
Type: Event
06/25/1514 Berta Jacobsdr, [Suster Bertken], Dutch hermit, dies at 87
Type: Death
06/25/1522 Franchinus Gaffurius, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
06/25/1580 Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
Type: Event
06/25/1606 Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt"
Type: Event
06/25/1606 St Jansday is forbidden
Type: Event
06/25/1607 Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia
Type: Event
06/25/1621 French govt army occupies Fort St Jean d'Ang‚ly at La Rochelle
Type: Event
06/25/1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
Type: Event
06/25/1638 Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in US
Type: Event
06/25/1646 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Oxford
Type: Event
06/25/1658 Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French and British
Type: Event
06/25/1667 Dr Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion
Type: Event
06/25/1672 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
Type: Event
06/25/1675 Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden
Type: Event
06/25/1709 Francesco Araja, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1710 Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 74
Type: Death
06/25/1716 Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands
Type: Event
06/25/1735 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1749 General fast because of drought in MA
Type: Event
06/25/1767 Georg Philipp Telemann, German late-barok composer, dies at 86
Type: Death
06/25/1785 Pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63
Type: Death
06/25/1785 Pieter Kintsius, VOC-supercarga/chief on Macau, dies at 53
Type: Death
06/25/1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
Type: Event
06/25/1794 French troops occupy Charleroi
Type: Event
06/25/1796 Ferdinando Giorgetti, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1798 US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens
Type: Event
06/25/1813 William Hugh Keim, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
Type: Birth
06/25/1822 Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46
Type: Death
06/25/1823 James Dunwody Bulloch, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1901
Type: Birth
06/25/1834 Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published
Type: Event
06/25/1835 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
Type: Event
06/25/1840 Leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82
Type: Death
06/25/1852 Antonio Gaud¡, Spanish architect (Sagrada Familia, Barcelona)
Type: Birth
06/25/1858 Georges Courteline, [Moineaux], French playwright
Type: Birth
06/25/1860 Gustave Charpentier, French composer (opera Louise)
Type: Birth
06/25/1861 Western Virginia campaign
Type: Event

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06/25/1862 Battle of Oak Grove, VA (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
Type: Event
06/25/1862 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1863 US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive
Type: Event
06/25/1864 Horse tramway at the Hague, opens
Type: Event
06/25/1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines
Type: Event
06/25/1864 Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist/chemist (Nobel 1920)
Type: Birth
06/25/1865 Robert Henri, US painter, leader of Ashcan school
Type: Birth
06/25/1867 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio
Type: Event
06/25/1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, NC and SC readmitted to US
Type: Event
06/25/1868 Pres Andrew Johnson passes a law that govt workers would work 8 hr day
Type: Event
06/25/1870 Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich)
Type: Event
06/25/1876 Custer and 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn
Type: Event
06/25/1876 Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn
Type: Death
06/25/1876 George A Custer, US general (Little Bighorn), dies at 36
Type: Death
06/25/1876 John Patton, trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn
Type: Death
06/25/1876 Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn
Type: Death
06/25/1876 Myles Keogh, US officer, dies at Little Bighorn
Type: Death
06/25/1876 Thomas W Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn
Type: Death
06/25/1878 Jean Gallon, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1884 Hans Rott, composer, dies at 25
Type: Death
06/25/1886 Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II)
Type: Birth
06/25/1887 George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game)
Type: Birth
06/25/1888 Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison
Type: Event
06/25/1889 Ethel Glenn Hier, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1889 Margriet M C Baers, Flemish philosopher
Type: Birth
06/25/1890 Marchwitza, writer
Type: Birth
06/25/1893 Charlotte Greenwood, Phila, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami)
Type: Birth
06/25/1894 American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike
Type: Event
06/25/1894 Hermann Oberth, Germany, founded modern astronautics (V2/Redstone)
Type: Birth
06/25/1896 Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58
Type: Death
06/25/1897 Basil Radford, Chester England, actor (Whiskey Galore, Night Train)
Type: Birth
06/25/1897 Hans Barth, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1898 Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist, dies at 70
Type: Death
06/25/1900 Izak D du Plessis, South African writer/director (3rd World)
Type: Birth
06/25/1900 Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral
Type: Birth
06/25/1901 Adolf Brunner, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1903 Yanks and White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18
Type: Event
06/25/1903 Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 and 5-3
Type: Event
06/25/1903 Arthur Tracy, Russia, street singer (Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight)
Type: Birth
06/25/1903 George Orwell, [Eric A Blair], British writer (Animal Farm, 1984)
Type: Birth
06/25/1904 Jan van Axel, [Johannes P Kraakman], Dutch director (Overschotje)
Type: Birth
06/25/1905 Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation
Type: Event
06/25/1905 Ian Cromb, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in the early 1930's)
Type: Birth
06/25/1906 Roger Livesey, Barry Wales, actor (Drums, Life and Death of Col Blimp)
Type: Birth
06/25/1906 Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit
Type: Death
06/25/1907 J Hans D Jensen, Germany, physicist (atomic nucleus-Nobel 1963)
Type: Birth
06/25/1908 Fr‚deric Anspach, Belgian tenor
Type: Birth
06/25/1909 George Sargent wins US Open golf tournament
Type: Event
06/25/1909 Daniel Fuchs, US writer (Summer in Williamsburg)
Type: Birth
06/25/1910 Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)
Type: Event

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06/25/1911 Reed Hadley, Petrolia Tx, actor (Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon)
Type: Birth
06/25/1911 William H Stein, US biochemist (Nobel 1972)
Type: Birth
06/25/1912 Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidential advisor
Type: Birth
06/25/1912 Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65
Type: Death
06/25/1913 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority)
Type: Event
06/25/1913 Aim‚ C‚saire, Martinique, writer (Ecrivian Martiniquais)
Type: Birth
06/25/1915 Peter Lind Hayes, SF Calif, comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show)
Type: Birth
06/25/1916 Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov
Type: Event
06/25/1916 Theodore P Toynbee, British journalist/writer (Savage Days, Barricade)
Type: Birth
06/25/1918 Baku-Turkish communist party forms
Type: Event
06/25/1919 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
Type: Event
06/25/1919 Revolt of Spartacus in Hamburg
Type: Event
06/25/1920 League of Nations places Intl head of Justice in Hague
Type: Event
06/25/1921 56th British Golf Open: Jock Hutchison shoots a 296 at St Andrews
Type: Event
06/25/1921 Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 mins Aust v Notts
Type: Event
06/25/1921 Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1923 Dorothy Gilman, mystery writer
Type: Birth
06/25/1923 Jack Hill, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner of mid 50's)
Type: Birth
06/25/1923 Samuel Lewis Francis, painter
Type: Birth
06/25/1923 Tony Parker, oral historian
Type: Birth
06/25/1924 Sidney Lumet, Phila, director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe)
Type: Birth
06/25/1925 Military putsch under Gen Theodorus P ngulos in Greece
Type: Event
06/25/1925 Clifton Chenier, Opelousas La, blues singer (Bayou Blues)
Type: Birth
06/25/1925 June Lockhart, NYC, actr (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction)
Type: Birth
06/25/1925 Robert Venturi, Phila, architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas)
Type: Birth
06/25/1925 Ziggy Talent, Manchester NH, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show)
Type: Birth
06/25/1926 61st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham
Type: Event
06/25/1926 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austria author/poet
Type: Birth
06/25/1926 Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist (Smurfs)
Type: Birth
06/25/1926 Symon Petljoera, pres Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris
Type: Death
06/25/1927 WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout
Type: Event
06/25/1928 NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader
Type: Event
06/25/1928 William Joseph Russo, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1929 Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
Type: Event
06/25/1929 Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright, dies
Type: Death
06/25/1930 Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi
Type: Birth
06/25/1932 36th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 286 at Fresh Meadows NY
Type: Event
06/25/1932 Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, v England at Lord's
Type: Event
06/25/1933 Gary Crosby, Calif, actor (Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase)
Type: Birth
06/25/1933 Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist (glass painter)
Type: Birth
06/25/1934 Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets v Australia (7-61 and 8-43)
Type: Event
06/25/1934 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2
Type: Event
06/25/1934 Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times
Type: Event
06/25/1934 Willy Rodriguez, cricketer (occasional leg-spin bat for WI in 60's)
Type: Birth
06/25/1935 Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium
Type: Event
06/25/1935 Eddie Floyd, Montgomery Al, singer/composer (Calif Girl, Falcons)
Type: Birth
06/25/1935 Kurt Schwertsik, composer
Type: Birth
06/25/1935 Laurent Terzieff, Paris, actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way) [or 7/25]
Type: Birth
06/25/1935 Wynand Breytenbach, S African under minister of Defense (1986- )
Type: Birth
06/25/1936 Harold Melvin, US singer (Blue Notes-My Hero)
Type: Birth

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06/25/1936 Paul Nowee, Dutch western writer (Eagle's Eye)
Type: Birth
06/25/1937 Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game
Type: Event
06/25/1937 Mirabel Morgan, author (Total Woman)
Type: Birth
06/25/1937 Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39
Type: Death
06/25/1938 "A Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1
Type: Event
06/25/1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40› per hour
Type: Event
06/25/1940 Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower and grave of Napoleon in France
Type: Event
06/25/1940 Clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues)
Type: Birth
06/25/1940 Thomas K”hler, German DR, luger (Olympic-gold-1964, 6
Type: Birth
06/25/1941 -26] Russian counter attack at Rovno
Type: Event
06/25/1941 FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
Type: Event
06/25/1941 Fair Employment Practices Commission established
Type: Event
06/25/1941 Finland declares war on Soviet Union
Type: Event
06/25/1941 Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there
Type: Event
06/25/1941 Denys Arcand, director (Jesus of Montreal)
Type: Birth
06/25/1942 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II)
Type: Event
06/25/1942 British premier Winston Churchill travels from US to London
Type: Event
06/25/1942 Maj Gen Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of US forces in Europe
Type: Event
06/25/1942 Patrick Michael Mitchell, Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted
Type: Birth
06/25/1942 Wilbert Bank, actor/director (On Hope of Blessing)
Type: Birth
06/25/1942 Willis Reed, NBA hall of fame MVP center/coach (NY Knicks)
Type: Birth
06/25/1942 Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67
Type: Death
06/25/1943 Crematory III at Birkenau is finished
Type: Event
06/25/1943 Racial unrest in Detroit
Type: Event
06/25/1943 Seyss-Inquart orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians
Type: Event
06/25/1943 Gerrit "Ger" Zijlstra, sculptor
Type: Birth
06/25/1943 Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 68
Type: Death
06/25/1944 British assault at Caen Normandy
Type: Event
06/25/1945 Allied landing at Ternate Molukkas
Type: Event
06/25/1945 Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa
Type: Event
06/25/1945 Carly Simon, NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain)
Type: Birth
06/25/1946 Allen Lanier, rock keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
Type: Birth
06/25/1946 Ian McDonald, London England, rock guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson)
Type: Birth
06/25/1947 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published
Type: Event
06/25/1947 Heavyweight Joe Louis *** Tami Mauriello
Type: Event
06/25/1947 Tennis shoe introduced
Type: Event
06/25/1948 Joe Louis *** Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
06/25/1948 Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US)
Type: Event
06/25/1948 Michael Lembeck, Bkln, actor (Max-One Day at a Time)
Type: Birth
06/25/1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
Type: Event
06/25/1949 Brenda Sykes, Shreveport La, actress (Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight)
Type: Birth
06/25/1949 Jimmie Walker, Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease)
Type: Birth
06/25/1949 Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country)
Type: Birth
06/25/1949 Phyllis George-Brown, Denton Tx, Miss Amer (1971)/sportscaster (CBS)
Type: Birth
06/25/1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service
Type: Event
06/25/1950 Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
Type: Event
06/25/1950 Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
Type: Event
06/25/1950 UN member states begin using integrated forces against N Korea
Type: Event
06/25/1950 Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33)
Type: Birth
06/25/1950 Tatyana Averina, USSR, speed skater 1K, 3K (Olympic-gold-1976)
Type: Birth

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06/25/1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
Type: Event
06/25/1951 Lee Wilkof, Canton Ohio, actor (WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart)
Type: Birth
06/25/1951 Michael Francis, rocker
Type: Birth
06/25/1952 "Wish You Were Here" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 597 perfs
Type: Event
06/25/1952 34th PGA Championship: Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville
Type: Event
06/25/1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election
Type: Event
06/25/1952 Brian MacLeod, rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist (Chilliwack)
Type: Birth
06/25/1952 Tim Finn, rocker (Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues)
Type: Birth
06/25/1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
Type: Event
06/25/1953 86&#248;F in Anchorage Alaska
Type: Event
06/25/1953 Ian Davis, cricketer (Australian batsman 1973-77)
Type: Birth
06/25/1953 Algy Gehrs, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies
Type: Death
06/25/1954 David Paich, rock keyboardist (Toto-Africa)
Type: Birth
06/25/1954 John Kimmel, horse trainer
Type: Birth
06/25/1954 Lina Romay, Barcelona Spain, actress (Conan the Barbarian)
Type: Birth
06/25/1954 Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74
Type: Death
06/25/1955 "Can Can" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 892 performances
Type: Event
06/25/1955 "Imogene Coca Show," last airs on NBC-TV
Type: Event
06/25/1955 Michael Sabatino, Calif, actor (Days of Our Life, Bold and Beautiful)
Type: Birth
06/25/1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" and "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
Type: Event
06/25/1956 WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
06/25/1956 Alfred C Kinsey, US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62
Type: Death
06/25/1956 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77
Type: Death
06/25/1956 Reinhold M GliŠre, Ukrainian conductor/composer (Gjulsura), dies at 81
Type: Death
06/25/1957 "Jonathan Winters Show," last airs on NBC-TV
Type: Event
06/25/1958 Debbie Green, South Korea, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
Type: Birth
06/25/1959 Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed
Type: Death
06/25/1960 Earthquake in NE Belgium
Type: Event
06/25/1960 Madagascar gains independence of France
Type: Event
06/25/1960 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
Type: Death
06/25/1961 Balt and Calif use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
Type: Event
06/25/1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)
Type: Event
06/25/1962 Inonu Govt forms in Turkey
Type: Event
06/25/1962 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms
Type: Event
06/25/1962 Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
Type: Event
06/25/1962 Dan Turk, NFL center (Washington Redskins)
Type: Birth
06/25/1962 Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies
Type: Death
06/25/1963 Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies
Type: Event
06/25/1963 JFK speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt
Type: Event
06/25/1963 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested
Type: Event
06/25/1963 Doug Gilmour, Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Type: Birth
06/25/1963 George Michael [Panos], British rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex)
Type: Birth
06/25/1963 Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL-Wayne's World) [or May 25]
Type: Birth
06/25/1963 Mike Stanley, Ft Lauderdale FL, catcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox)
Type: Birth
06/25/1963 Si-An Deng, Shanghai China, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
06/25/1964 Prince A Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop (NJ)
Type: Event
06/25/1964 WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th
Type: Event
06/25/1964 Dell Curry, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
Type: Birth
06/25/1964 Phil Emery, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994)
Type: Birth
06/25/1964 Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76
Type: Death

[IQ]

06/25/1965 Gyula Kallai succeeds J nos K d r as premier of Hungary
Type: Event
06/25/1966 Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
Type: Event
06/25/1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
Type: Event
06/25/1966 Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
Type: Event
06/25/1966 Dikembe Mutombo, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets)
Type: Birth
06/25/1967 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
Type: Event
06/25/1967 Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
Type: Event
06/25/1967 KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
06/25/1967 Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay) sentenced to 5 years
Type: Event
06/25/1967 Brian Wanek, Mequon Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
Type: Birth
06/25/1967 Joan Smith, Rochester NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
Type: Birth
06/25/1967 Matt Leblanc, Newton Mass, actor (Joey-Friends)
Type: Birth
06/25/1967 Roshan Jurangpathy, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1985-86)
Type: Birth
06/25/1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
Type: Event
06/25/1968 Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43
Type: Death
06/25/1969 Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon
Type: Event
06/25/1969 Alina Ivanova, Ukraine, race walker (indoor 3K world record)
Type: Birth
06/25/1969 Armand Benneker, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
Type: Birth
06/25/1969 Jurgen Streppel, soccer player (Telstar/RKC)
Type: Birth
06/25/1970 Aaron Sele, Golden Valley MN, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
Type: Birth
06/25/1970 Ana Rosa Brito, Miss Puerto Rico Universe (1997)
Type: Birth
06/25/1971 Stevie Wonder releases "Where I'm Coming From"
Type: Event
06/25/1971 Michael Tucker, South Boston VA, outfielder (KC Royals)
Type: Birth
06/25/1971 Mike Sutherland, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
Type: Birth
06/25/1971 Robert Reichel, Litinov CZE, hockey forward (NY Islanders, Oly-G-9
Type: Birth
06/25/1971 Ryan Carey, CFL safety (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Type: Birth
06/25/1971 Steve Tikolo, cricketer (outstanding Kenyan batsman in 1996 World Cup)
Type: Birth
06/25/1971 Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88
Type: Death
06/25/1972 Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball
Type: Event
06/25/1972 Juan Per&#162;n elected president of Argentina
Type: Event
06/25/1972 Amy Wickus, Baraboo Wisconsin, 800m/1500m runner
Type: Birth
06/25/1972 Carlos Delgado, Aguadilla Puerto Rico, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
Type: Birth
06/25/1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee
Type: Event
06/25/1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France
Type: Event
06/25/1973 Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m
Type: Event
06/25/1973 Milan Hnilicka, hockey goaltender (Team Czech Oly-Gold-199
Type: Birth
06/25/1973 Rene Corbet, Victoriaville, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
Type: Birth
06/25/1973 Whitney Post, Wayland Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
06/25/1974 Lee Cole, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
Type: Birth
06/25/1974 Leeland McElroy, running back (Arizona Cardinals)
Type: Birth
06/25/1974 Vernon Crawford, linebacker (New England Patriots)
Type: Birth
06/25/1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
Type: Event
06/25/1975 Alberto Costa, Lerida Spain, tennis pro
Type: Birth
06/25/1976 Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
Type: Event
06/25/1976 Marina Alofagia McCartney, Miss New Zealand Universe (1997)
Type: Birth
06/25/1976 Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66
Type: Death
06/25/1977 LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
Type: Event
06/25/1977 Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightning for 7th time!
Type: Event
06/25/1977 Endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
06/25/1977 Petko Staynov, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death

[IQ]

06/25/1978 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
Type: Event
06/25/1978 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Type: Event
06/25/1978 Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
Type: Death
06/25/1979 "Got Tu Go Disco" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 8 performances
Type: Event
06/25/1979 Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium
Type: Event
06/25/1979 Brandi Lynn Burkhardt, Miss Maryland Teen USA (1997)
Type: Birth
06/25/1979 Kelli Jones, Miss Kentucky Teen USA (1997)
Type: Birth
06/25/1980 "Fearless Frank" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 12 performances
Type: Event
06/25/1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
Type: Event
06/25/1982 Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges
Type: Event
06/25/1982 SF holds its 1st County Fair
Type: Event
06/25/1982 Sec of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz
Type: Event
06/25/1983 "Evita" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 1568 performances
Type: Event
06/25/1983 India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup
Type: Event
06/25/1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
Type: Event
06/25/1983 Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
Type: Death
06/25/1984 Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America
Type: Event
06/25/1984 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
Type: Event
06/25/1984 Michel Foucault, philosoph (History of Sexuality), dies of AIDs at 57
Type: Death
06/25/1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes (21 die)
Type: Event
06/25/1986 Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud
Type: Event
06/25/1986 Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release
Type: Event
06/25/1986 Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
Type: Death
06/25/1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim
Type: Event
06/25/1987 Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67
Type: Death
06/25/1988 "Chess" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 68 performances
Type: Event
06/25/1988 104&#248;F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
Type: Event
06/25/1988 Cal Ripken Jr plays in his 1,000th consecutive game
Type: Event
06/25/1988 Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs
Type: Event
06/25/1988 Iceland's president Vigdis Finnbog dottir elected (90+&#37
Type: Event
06/25/1988 Kristen Logan, 17, of Mississippi, crowned America's Junior Miss
Type: Event
06/25/1988 Neth soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against USSR)
Type: Event
06/25/1988 Roger Rabbit Cartoon Character debuts in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
Type: Event
06/25/1988 Axis Sally, [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WW II), dies
Type: Death
06/25/1989 "Day By Day," last airs on NBC-TV
Type: Event
06/25/1989 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
Type: Event
06/25/1989 Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
Type: Event
06/25/1989 Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils
Type: Event
06/25/1990 "Dave Thomas Comedy Show," last airs on CBS-TV
Type: Event
06/25/1990 120&#248;F in Phoenix Arizona
Type: Event
06/25/1990 NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days
Type: Event
06/25/1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known
Type: Event
06/25/1990 Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Australian composer (Triad), dies at 77
Type: Death
06/25/1991 Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon
Type: Event
06/25/1991 Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia
Type: Event
06/25/1992 "Les Miserables," opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague
Type: Event
06/25/1992 Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores
Type: Event
06/25/1992 STS 50 launches (Columbia)
Type: Event
06/25/1992 James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies
Type: Death
06/25/1992 Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Phila Eagle), dies in car crash at 27
Type: Death

[IQ]

06/25/1992 William E Harris, entertainer, dies
Type: Death
06/25/1993 NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
Type: Event
06/25/1993 Parliamentary election in Morocco
Type: Event
06/25/1994 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina
Type: Event
06/25/1994 105&#248;F (40.5&#248;C) at Albuquerque New Mexico
Type: Event
06/25/1994 111&#248;F (43.9&#248;C) at El Paso Texas
Type: Event
06/25/1994 Cleve Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
Type: Event
06/25/1994 Gay Games close in NYC
Type: Event
06/25/1994 Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata resigns
Type: Event
06/25/1994 Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74
Type: Death
06/25/1994 Robert Millar, journalist, dies at 72
Type: Death
06/25/1995 Betsy King wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
Type: Event
06/25/1995 Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to HR in 3 consecutive innings
Type: Event
06/25/1995 Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78
Type: Death
06/25/1996 Nicholas John, dramaturge, dies at 43
Type: Death
06/25/1996 Ray Howard-Jones, artist, dies at 93
Type: Death
06/25/1997 Christies auctions off Princess Di's clothing for $5.5 million
Type: Event
06/25/1997 Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 9)
Type: Event
06/25/1997 Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful
Type: Event
06/25/1997 J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game
Type: Event
06/25/1997 NHL approves franchises in Nash, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minn-St Paul
Type: Event
06/25/1997 Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station
Type: Event
06/25/1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop
Type: Event
06/25/1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Fren oceanographer, dies of heart attack at 87
Type: Death
06/25/1997 William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51
Type: Death

[IQ]

06/26/0363 Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies
Type: Death
06/26/0684 St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
06/26/1284 Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)
Type: Event
06/26/1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V
Type: Event
06/26/1483 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III
Type: Event
06/26/1483 Richard III usurps English throne
Type: Event
06/26/1498 Toothbrush invented
Type: Event
06/26/1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima
Type: Death
06/26/1553 Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter
Type: Event
06/26/1582 Johannes Schultz, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde
Type: Event
06/26/1631 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies
Type: Death
06/26/1655 Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
Type: Birth
06/26/1657 Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
06/26/1661 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76
Type: Death
06/26/1666 Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies
Type: Death
06/26/1688 Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (Intellectual system), dies at 70?
Type: Death
06/26/1688 Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies
Type: Death
06/26/1702 Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman
Type: Birth
06/26/1714 Spain and Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement
Type: Event
06/26/1721 Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America
Type: Event
06/26/1730 Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")
Type: Birth
06/26/1742 Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)
Type: Birth
06/26/1747 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1749 Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1760 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal
Type: Birth
06/26/1763 George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes
Type: Birth
06/26/1778 Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
Type: Death
06/26/1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies
Type: Death
06/26/1794 Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army
Type: Event
06/26/1797 Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!
Type: Event
06/26/1798 Eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
06/26/1807 Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die
Type: Event
06/26/1819 Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26]
Type: Birth
06/26/1819 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
06/26/1819 Slome Duikelar, [Abraham J Swalff], Yiddish writer, dies
Type: Death
06/26/1821 Bartolom‚ Mitre, Argentine general
Type: Birth
06/26/1823 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1824 Kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale)
Type: Birth
06/26/1824 Moritz Furstenau, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1827 Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies
Type: Death
06/26/1827 Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny), dies at 73
Type: Death
06/26/1831 Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War and Peace)
Type: Birth
06/26/1836 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies
Type: Death
06/26/1837 Martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923
Type: Birth
06/26/1837 Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, Brig General (Confederate Army)
Type: Birth
06/26/1843 Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony
Type: Event
06/26/1844 US pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC
Type: Event
06/26/1848 1st pure food law enacted in US
Type: Event
06/26/1854 Robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20)
Type: Birth

[IQ]

06/26/1857 62 receive Victoria Cross
Type: Event
06/26/1857 Cawnpore England massacre
Type: Event
06/26/1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia
Type: Event
06/26/1862 Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville VA (Meadow Bridge)
Type: Event
06/26/1862 US Army of Virginia established under Gen John Pope
Type: Event
06/26/1863 Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies
Type: Death
06/26/1865 Bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance)
Type: Birth
06/26/1865 Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China)
Type: Birth
06/26/1865 George C Pearce, actor (Country Kid, British Agent, Valiant)
Type: Birth
06/26/1866 Josef Swickard, Coblenz Germany, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities)
Type: Birth
06/26/1869 Martin Anderson Nex”, Danish poet/writer (Tabte Generation)
Type: Birth
06/26/1870 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens
Type: Event
06/26/1870 Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premieres in Munich
Type: Event
06/26/1874 Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14)
Type: Birth
06/26/1874 Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1875 Camille Zeckwer, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1876 Nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor (Laughter and Tears)
Type: Birth
06/26/1878 Albert Siklos, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1878 Ernest Torrence, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Type: Birth
06/26/1879 Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt
Type: Event
06/26/1885 Andr‚ Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac)
Type: Birth
06/26/1885 Anna M F van Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 9/26]
Type: Birth
06/26/1885 Billy Jenkins, [Erich Rosenthal], Magdeburg
Type: Birth
06/26/1886 Margaretha C E "Greta" Beekman, actress (Wrong Poes)
Type: Birth
06/26/1887 Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist
Type: Birth
06/26/1891 Heinrich Lemacher, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1891 Sidney Coe Howard, US, dramatist (Swords, Pulitzer 1925)
Type: Birth
06/26/1891 Vladislav Vancura, Czech physician/(stage)author/resistance fighter
Type: Birth
06/26/1892 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, China, author (Good Earth-Nobel 193
Type: Birth
06/26/1893 "Big Bill" Broonzy, Miss, blues singer/guitarist (Blues by Broonzy)
Type: Birth
06/26/1894 Karl Benz of Germany receives US patent for gasoline-driven auto
Type: Event
06/26/1894 Bill Wirges, Buffalo NY, orch leader (Growing Paynes)
Type: Birth
06/26/1894 Jeanne Eagels, actress (Rain, Under False Colors)
Type: Birth
06/26/1895 Jankel Adler, Polish painter
Type: Birth
06/26/1896 1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10› for admission
Type: Event
06/26/1896 Louis CPR of Orl‚ans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81
Type: Death
06/26/1897 Viola Dana, Brooklyn, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover)
Type: Birth
06/26/1898 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer
Type: Birth
06/26/1900 Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever
Type: Event
06/26/1900 Joseph E A "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter
Type: Birth
06/26/1901 Stuart Symington, (Sen-D-Mo)
Type: Birth
06/26/1901 William Busch, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1902 Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII
Type: Event
06/26/1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Garidebs" (BG)
Type: Event
06/26/1902 Antonia Brico, Rotterdam Holland, conductor/pianist (Antonia)
Type: Birth
06/26/1902 William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO (Lear Jet Corp)
Type: Birth
06/26/1903 Ashley Clarke, president (Venice in Peril Fund)
Type: Birth
06/26/1903 Floyd "Babe" Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger (.324 lifetime average)
Type: Birth
06/26/1904 Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US, actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers)
Type: Birth
06/26/1905 Jack Longland, British director of education (Derbyshire)
Type: Birth

[IQ]

06/26/1905 Jan Louis Guillaume "Yvan" Doornik, Neth resistance fighter in France
Type: Birth
06/26/1906 Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France)
Type: Event
06/26/1906 Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia)
Type: Birth
06/26/1906 Alexander Muir, poet (Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76
Type: Death
06/26/1907 Bolsheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis
Type: Event
06/26/1909 23rd US Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss beats Maud Barger-Wallach (60 61)
Type: Event
06/26/1909 Victoria and Albert Museum opens in London
Type: Event
06/26/1909 "Col Tom" Parker, [Dries Van Kruijk], Neth, rock mgr (Elvis Presley)
Type: Birth
06/26/1909 Betty Askwith, author
Type: Birth
06/26/1909 Nicholas Polunin, environmentalist
Type: Birth
06/26/1910 24th US Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss Wightman beats L Hammond (64 62)
Type: Event
06/26/1910 Hazel Hotchkiss wins US Lawn Tennis Assn championship
Type: Event
06/26/1910 Charles Spry, Australian security chief
Type: Birth
06/26/1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph (133 kph)
Type: Event
06/26/1911 Edward Levi, professor (Intro to Legal Reasoning)
Type: Birth
06/26/1912 Gustav Mahlers 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
Type: Event
06/26/1913 Babe [Mildred Ella] Didrikson, Port Arthur TX, hurdler (Oly-gold-32)
Type: Birth
06/26/1913 Maurice Wilkes, inventor (stored program concept for computers)
Type: Birth
06/26/1914 John J "John" Beautiful Garden, sculptor
Type: Birth
06/26/1914 Laurie Lee, male poet/author (I Can't Stay Long)
Type: Birth
06/26/1914 Richard Maltby, orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show)
Type: Birth
06/26/1914 Wolfgang Windgassen, Annemasse Germany, tenor (Stuttgart Opera)
Type: Birth
06/26/1915 Germany suppresses its "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace
Type: Event
06/26/1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game)
Type: Event
06/26/1916 Alex Dreier, Honolulu Hawaii, newscaster (Whats it all about World?)
Type: Birth
06/26/1916 Paul Derrick, co-operator/Christian socialist
Type: Birth
06/26/1917 1st US Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I
Type: Event
06/26/1917 William Hamilton, British MP
Type: Birth
06/26/1919 NY Daily News begins publishing
Type: Event
06/26/1919 Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger)
Type: Birth
06/26/1919 Lord Rawlinson, British attorney general (Ewell)
Type: Birth
06/26/1920 Michael Eastham, high court judge
Type: Birth
06/26/1921 Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician (Limburg's family doctor)
Type: Birth
06/26/1922 Alan Peacock, economist
Type: Birth
06/26/1922 Campbell Adamson, CEO (Abbey National Pictures)
Type: Birth
06/26/1922 Eleanor Parker, Ohio, actress (Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker)
Type: Birth
06/26/1922 Frances Rafferty, Sioux City Iowa, actress (December Bride)
Type: Birth
06/26/1922 Albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73
Type: Death
06/26/1923 David Haslam, British rear admiral (hydrographer)
Type: Birth
06/26/1923 Edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies
Type: Death
06/26/1924 After 8 years of occupation, US troops leave Dominican Republic
Type: Event
06/26/1924 Ziegfeld Follies opens on Broadway
Type: Event
06/26/1924 Peter Miles, British keeper of privy purse
Type: Birth
06/26/1924 Syd Lawrence, bandleader (Syd Lawrence Orch)
Type: Birth
06/26/1925 Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II)
Type: Birth
06/26/1926 Christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies
Type: Death
06/26/1927 Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke approaches within 0.0394 AUs of Earth
Type: Event
06/26/1927 Leslie Carpenter, CEO (Reed International)
Type: Birth
06/26/1928 Jacob Druckman, Philadelphia, composer (Animus I Auerole)
Type: Birth
06/26/1929 ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union)
Type: Event

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06/26/1929 Alexander Fenton, CEO (Euro Ethnological Research Center in Edinburgh)
Type: Birth
06/26/1929 Francesco Cossiga, president of Italy (1985- )
Type: Birth
06/26/1929 Ian Prestt, English ornithologist
Type: Birth
06/26/1930 Willem G Statius Muller, Neth Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1931 Alan Bailey, British sect (dept of transport)
Type: Birth
06/26/1931 Colin Wilson, author (Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries)
Type: Birth
06/26/1931 Lucien Goethals, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1932 Henry Bromfield, cricketer (S Afr off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65)
Type: Birth
06/26/1933 Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer/conductor (London Symph-1982)
Type: Birth
06/26/1933 David Winnick, British MP
Type: Birth
06/26/1933 Pat Morita, [Noriyuki], Calif, actor (Arnold-Happy Days, Karate Kid)
Type: Birth
06/26/1934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions
Type: Event
06/26/1934 Germany and Poland sign no-attack treaty
Type: Event
06/26/1934 W E B Du Bois resigns position at NAACP
Type: Event
06/26/1934 John V Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion/(Rep/Sen-D-Calif)
Type: Birth
06/26/1934 Josef Sommer, Germany, actor (Witness, Target, Iceman, Forced March)
Type: Birth
06/26/1934 Luis Felipe Pires, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1935 Andrew Sandham's 100th FC hundred, 103 v Hants
Type: Event
06/26/1935 Lloyd Waner sets record of 18 putouts in center in doubleheader
Type: Event
06/26/1935 SDAP and CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam
Type: Event
06/26/1935 Work service for recent graduate obligatory in Germany
Type: Event
06/26/1935 Douglas Peterson, (Rep-D-Florida)
Type: Birth
06/26/1936 1st flight of Fw61 helicopter
Type: Event
06/26/1936 Everett Marshall beats Ali Baba in Columbus, to become wrestling champ
Type: Event
06/26/1936 Robert Maclennan, British MP
Type: Birth
06/26/1937 Test cricket debut of Len Hutton v NZ at Lord's, scores 0 and 1
Type: Event
06/26/1937 Henk van der Meyden, Dutch journalist (de Telegraaf/Priv‚)
Type: Birth
06/26/1937 Peter Pike, MP
Type: Birth
06/26/1937 Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82
Type: Death
06/26/1938 Cin Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader
Type: Event
06/26/1938 Neil Abercrombie, (Rep-D-Hawaii, 1986-8
Type: Birth
06/26/1938 James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67
Type: Death
06/26/1939 Ansar Ilgamovich Sharafutdinov, Russian cosmonaut
Type: Birth
06/26/1939 Charles "Chuck" Robb, (Sen-D-Va)/husband of Lynda Bird Johnson
Type: Birth
06/26/1939 Smangaliso P Mkhatshwa, S Africa, sec-gen (Bishops' Conf 1983-8
Type: Birth
06/26/1939 Ford M Ford, [Hueffer], British writer, (Tietjens Saga) dies at 65
Type: Death
06/26/1940 End of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27
Type: Event
06/26/1940 Billy Davis Jr, St Louis Mo, singer (5th Dimension-One Less Bell)
Type: Birth
06/26/1940 Robert Kramer, actor (A.K.)
Type: Birth
06/26/1940 Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer (Taxi, Little Buddah, Dick Tracy)
Type: Birth
06/26/1941 Finland enters WW II against Russia
Type: Event
06/26/1941 Lithuanian fascist massacre 2,300 Jews in Kovno
Type: Event
06/26/1942 German assault on British at Mersa Matruh
Type: Event
06/26/1942 Larry Taylor, Brooklyn, rocker (Canned Heat-On the Road Again)
Type: Birth
06/26/1942 Titus Brandsma, [Anno Sjoerd], Dutch RC priest (Dachau), dies
Type: Death
06/26/1943 Georgie Fame, rock vocalist (Get Away, Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde)
Type: Birth
06/26/1943 Jean Knight, US singer (Mr Big Stuff)
Type: Birth
06/26/1943 John Allen Strang, composer
Type: Birth
06/26/1943 Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39
Type: Death
06/26/1944 2nd British army reaches Grainville-Mouen line
Type: Event