1876 – George Hall of the Philadelphia Athletics becomes first MLB player to hit for cycle (single, double, triple, and home run), in 20-5 win over Cincinnati Reds at the Jefferson Street Grounds, Philadelphia
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes 1st African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy
1952 – British runner Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)
1965 – John Lennon’s second book “A Spaniard in the Works” is published
1968 – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” second studio album by Iron Butterfly is released
1975 – Janis Ian releases “At Seventeen”
1981 – No Nukes concert at Hollywood Bowl
1993 – Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
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Today in History for 14th June 2026
Historical Events
1965 – Beatles release album “Beatles VI”
1988 – “Guy” debut album by Guy is released
2001 – China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
2015 – “Jurassic World” is the first film to make $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend
2016 – First mammal made extinct by human-induced climate change announced – the Bramble Cay melomys from Torres Strait
Famous Birthdays
1736 – Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist (formulated Coulomb’s Law), born in Angoulême, France (d. 1806)
1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician, born in Neu-Raußnitz, Austrian Empire (d. 1866)
1949 – Alan White, British rock drummer (John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band; Yes, 1972-2022; solo – Ramshackled), born in Pelton, County Durham, England (d. 2022)
1974 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (Sorum; Singles), born in Imsil, South Korea (d. 2009)
1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian soccer defender (34 caps; Lazio 135 games, AC Milan) and manager (Pescara, Udinese), born in Città Sant’Angelo, Italy
Famous Deaths
1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and military leader (freed the Duchy of Lorraine from the Holy Roman Empire), dies at 55
1948 – Ernst Henrik Ellberg, Swedish composer, dies at 79
1982 – Marie Rambert, Polish-British ballerina, teacher and director (Ballet Rambert), dies at 94
2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer, dies at 88
2006 – Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), dies at 75
Famous Deaths for 13th June 2026
1810 – Johann Gottfried Seume, German writer (Spaziergang nach Syrakus), dies at 47
1881 – Joseph Škoda, Bohemian physician, dies at 75
1899 – [Robert] Lawson Tait, Scottish-born pioneering surgeon performed first salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy, dies at 54
1958 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English writer (Built in Jerusalem’s Wall: A Book in praise of Jerusalem), dies at 70
1965 – David Drummond, Australian politician, dies at 75
1972 – Georg von Bekesy, Hungarian-American physician and physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1961 – work on the inner ear), dies at 73
1993 – (Donald) “Deke” Slayton, American US Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut (Mercury Seven; Apollo–Soyuz Test Project), dies of brain cancer at 69
2005 – Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936)
2007 – Oskar Morawetz, Czech-Canadian composer (From the Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 90
2008 – Tim Russert, American television journalist and host of NBC’s Meet the Press, dies at 58
Historical Events for 13th June 2026
1727 – Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris
1895 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Englishman J.H. Taylor retains title; beats Sandy Herd of Scotland by 4 shots
1925 – 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8
1925 – American William DeHart Hubbard sets men’s long jump world record at 7.89m (25 ft 10 3⁄4 in) in Chicago, Illinois
1937 – Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns
1953 – English Cricketer Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 and 7-44) vs Australia
1962 – Norway named ombudsman
1988 – Fed jury finds Liggett liable in death of NJ woman of lung cancer
Today in History for 13th June 2026
Historical Events
1922 – Longest recorded attack of hiccups begins when Charles Osborne gets the hiccups and continues for 68 years; he dies 11 months after they stop
1947 – First night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
1979 – Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota
2001 – TNN/CMT Country Weekly Music Awards: George Strait, Faith Hill, and Alan Jackson win
2018 – FIFA Congress votes to award 2026 World Cup to joint bid by US, Canada and Mexico
Famous Birthdays
1827 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1882)
1966 – Thyme Lewis, American actor (Jonah Carver in “Days of Our Lives”), born in San Francisco, California
1973 – Kasia Kowalska, Polish pop rock singer (“A to co mam”; “Nobody”), born in Sulejówek, Poland
1987 – Charlotte Wells, Scottish director (Aftersun), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1992 – Violet Chachki [Paul Jason Dardo], American drag queen, dancer, model and TV personality (RuPaul’s Drag Race season 7 winner), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1036 – Ali az-Zahir, 7th Caliph of the Fātimids (1021-36), dies at 30
1881 – Joseph Škoda, Bohemian physician, dies at 75
1920 – Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at the Versailles Peace Conference
1952 – Max Pulver, writer, dies
1973 – Alvin Derold Etler, American oboist, and composer, dies at 60
Famous Deaths for 12th June 2026
918 – Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, ruled Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia who expanded her kingdom (911-918), dies
1565 – Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar, dies of tuberculosis at about 53
1567 – Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1490)
1930 – Dyce Willcocks, cricketer (“Grand Old Man” of Canadian cricket), dies
1962 – John Ireland, English composer and pianist (Epic March), dies at 82
1968 – Fidelio Friedrich Finke, Bohemian German composer, dies at 76
1976 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Prime Minister of South Vietnam, dies at 68
1983 – Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (Escape, Romeo and Juliet), dies at 82
1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson, German-American ex-wife of O.J. Simpson, murdered at 35
2022 – Buster Welch, American cutting horse trainer (4 x NCHA World Championship; 5 x NCHA World Championship Futurity), dies at 94
Historical Events for 12th June 2026
1775 – 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
1939 – Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York
1942 – Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1950 – The first of two Air France DC-4 aircraft flying the same route from Saigon to Paris crashes near Bahrain, killing 46 passengers and crew, while 6 survive; a second DC-4 on the same route crashes two days later a few miles away under similar circumstances
1978 – David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
1993 – “Three Little Pigs” by Green Jelly hits #17
2011 – 65th Tony Awards: “The Book of Mormon” (musical) and “War Horse” (play) win
2017 – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced to 30 days administrative arrest for organizing rallies
Today in History for 12th June 2026
Historical Events
1875 – 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42.25
1916 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Molla Bjurstedt outclasses Louise Hammond Raymond 6-0, 6-1
1950 – The first of two Air France DC-4 aircraft flying the same route from Saigon to Paris crashes near Bahrain, killing 46 passengers and crew, while 6 survive; a second DC-4 on the same route crashes two days later a few miles away under similar circumstances
1990 – Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
2007 – Russian novelist and historian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn receives the State Prize of the Russian Federation from President Putin for his humanitarian work
Famous Birthdays
1861 – William Attewell, English cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), born in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1927)
1911 – Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavian politician and writer (The New Class), born in Podbišće, Montenegro (d. 1995)
1941 – Roy Harper, British folk-rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Folkjokeopus; Work of Heart), born in Rusholme, Manchester, England
1947 – Ron Freeman, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m, bronze 400m 1968), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
1979 – Robyn [Robin Carlsson], Swedish pop and dance music singer-songwriter, and record producer (“Show Me Love”; “Dancing On My Own”), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1020 – Lyfing, Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells and Archbishop of Canterbury during the Viking raids on England (1013-20), dies and is buried in Canterbury Cathedral
1878 – William Cullen Bryant, American poet (Thanatopsis), dies at 83
1883 – John Randolph Tucker, American naval officer (Confederate Navy), dies at 71
2015 – Ernest Tomlinson, English light classical music composer, dies at 90
2024 – Tony Lo Bianco, American stage and screen actor (The French Connection; A View From the Bridge; Hizzoner!), dies of prostate cancer at 87
Famous Deaths for 11th June 2026
1249 – Aleydis of Schaarbeek, Flemish prioress, mystic and saint, dies
1488 – James III, King of Scots (1460-88), killed in battle or assassinated soon after at Milltown near Bannockburn at 36
1879 – William, Prince of Orange, Dutch crown prince of the Netherlands, dies of typhus at 39
1913 – Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered
1924 – Theodore Dubois, French composer, dies at 86
1992 – Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39
1993 – Muriel C. Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84
2005 – Ghena Dimitrova, Bulgarian operatic soprano, dies of cancer at 64
2006 – George Washington, American boxing trainer (Riddick Bowe; Mark Breland), dies of heart failure at 79
2017 – Rosalie Sorrels, American traditional folk singer-songwriter (“Up Is A Nice Place To Be”; “Nevada Moon”), dies at 83
Historical Events for 11th June 2026
1231 – Harderwijk (Netherlands) becomes a city
1905 – Pennsylvania Railroad debuts the fastest train in the world, capable of traveling from NY to Chicago in 18 hours
1921 – Brazil adopts women’s suffrage
1938 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: American Don Budge beats Roderich Menzel of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 for the 2nd leg of his Grand Slam
1951 – NY Times reports the NYC subway will auction off unclaimed items left behind on the trains
1988 – 120th Belmont Stakes: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6
1992 – US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibition game, beat Venezuela 20-0
2006 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Rafael Nadal of Spain wins his 2nd straight French title; beats Roger Federer 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6