1312 – Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall and favourite of Edward II of England beheaded at 27 or 28
1799 – Joseph Bologne, French violinist, conductor, composer, and champion fencer, dies at 51
1947 – Willem H. Fly, Dutch typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84
1984 – Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
1988 – Gladys Spellman, American. Congresswoman (b. 1918)
1993 – William Golding, English author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel Prize for Literature 1983), dies at 81
2010 – Ursula Thiess [Schmidt], German actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano), dies at 86
2017 – Tony DiCicco, American soccer coach (US women 1994-99; FIFA Women’s World Cup gold 1999; FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup gold 2008), dies from cancer at 68
2022 – Brett Tuggle, American session and touring rock keyboard player (David Lee Roth, 1986-94; Fleetwood Mac, 1997-2017), dies of cancer at 70
2023 – Karolis Chvedukas, Lithuanian soccer midfielder (20 caps; FK Sūduva 163 games, Waterford FC), dies at 32
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Historical Events for 19th June 2025
1825 – Gioachino Rossini’s opera “Il viaggio a Reims” (The Journey to Reims) premieres in celebration of the coronation of French King Charles X
1868 – Major General E. R. S. Canby removes mayor of Columbia, South Carolina
1917 – The British Royal Family, which has had strong German ties since George I, renounces its German names and titles and adopts the name of Windsor
1941 – US President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act – increases the size of US Navy by 70%
1960 – 1st Copa Libertadores Final, Asunción: Luis Cubilla scores 83′ equaliser for Peñarol of Uruguay for 1-1 draw against Olimpia (Paraguay); win 2-1 on aggregate after taking 1st-leg 1-0 in Montevideo
1969 – State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
1974 – KC Royals pitcher Steve Busby throws his 2nd career no-hitter; beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0
1981 – India’s APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
1997 – “Forever Tango!” opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
2011 – US Open Men’s Golf, Congressional CC: Irishman Rory McIlroy wins by 8 strokes ahead of Australian Jason Day; sets 11 tournament records, including lowest total 72-hole score (268) and lowest total under par (−16)
Today in History for 19th June 2025
Historical Events
936 – Louis IV [Louis of Overseas], crowned King of France
1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson’s Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba
1917 – The British Royal Family, which has had strong German ties since George I, renounces its German names and titles and adopts the name of Windsor
1994 – Joan Rivers and Erin Sander’s stage comedy “Sally Marr…and Her Escorts”, starring Joan Rivers, closes at the Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC, after 50 performances
2012 – A man is beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery in Saudi Arabia
Famous Birthdays
1507 – Annibale Caro, Italian writer and poet (Lettere familiare), born in Civitanova Marche, Italy (d. 1566)
1792 – Gustav Schwab, German writer, born in Stuttgart (d. 1850)
1916 – Pat Buttram, American actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres), born in Addison, Alabama (d. 1994)
1941 – Václav Klaus, Czech politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic 2003-2013, born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
1960 – Luke Morley, British rock guitarist (Thunder), born in Chamberwell, London
Famous Deaths
1113 – Odo of Tournai, French Benedictine monk and scholar and bishop of Cambrai, dies
1837 – Aleksander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author, dies in battle at 39
1867 – Maximilian I of Mexico, Austrian archduke and the 1st and only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire (1864-67), executed by firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro at 34
1939 – Grace Abbott, American social worker (US Children’s Bureau), dies at 60
2021 – Champ, Biden family pet and First Dog, dies at The White House at 13
Famous Deaths for 18th June 2025
1669 – Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
1921 – Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Uruguayan writer (Nativa, Lanza y Sable), dies at 70
1948 – Edward Brooker, British politician (interim Premier of Tasmania, Dec 1947-Feb 1948), dies of a pulmonary edema at 57
1980 – Terence Fisher, English film director (Hammer Films), dies at 76
1995 – Arthur John Howard, British actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage), dies at 85
2005 – J.J. Pickle, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1963-95), dies at 91
2006 – Richard Stahl, American actor (Howard-It’s a Living), dies at 74
2018 – Walter Bahr, American soccer midfielder (19 caps) and coach (Penn State), dies of complications broken hip at 91
2018 – Barry McDaniel, American lyric baritone (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1962-99), dies at 87
2024 – Anouk Aimée [Nicole Dreyfus], French actress (La Dolce Vita; 8 1/2; A Man and A Woman), dies at 92
Historical Events for 18th June 2025
1574 – Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
1915 – US Open Men’s Golf, Baltusrol GC: 4-time US Amateur champion Jerome Travers captures his only Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara
1941 – In his 18th world heavyweight title defence Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13th round in front of a crowd of 54,487 at the Polo Grounds, NYC
1947 – Gene Roddenberry survives plane crash in the Syrian Desert while working for Pan American World Airways
1961 – CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
1983 – Space shuttle Challenger 2 launches the first American woman into space, astronaut Sally Ride
1991 – Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
2015 – Pope Francis blames human selfishness for global warming in his encyclical, named “Laudato Si (Be Praised), On the Care of Our Common Home”
2019 – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announces the suspension of the pro-China and highly controversial extradition law, after massive protests in the city
2020 – Canadian coronavirus COVID-19 known cases pass 100,000 with 8,361 deaths
Today in History for 18th June 2025
Historical Events
1900 – Empress Dowager Cixi orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
1986 – California Angels’Don Sutton becomes 19th MLB pitcher to win 300 games
2001 – Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India
2013 – 31 people are killed and 60 are injured by two suicide bombings in al-Qahira, Baghdad
2016 – Soyuz capsule returns to Earth 1st British International Space Station astronaut Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Timothy Kopra after 186 days
Famous Birthdays
1845 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1907), born in Paris, France (d. 1922)
1925 – Herman “Ace” Wallace, American blues guitarist and singer, born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1996)
1929 – Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher (Frankfurter Schule), born in Düsseldorf, Germany
1980 – David Giuntoli, American actor (Grimm; A Million Little Things), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1986 – Richard Madden, Scottish actor (Games of Thrones, Cinderella), born in Elderslie, Scotland
Famous Deaths
1902 – Samuel Butler, English author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh), dies at 66
1937 – Al Boasberg, American vaudeville, radio and film comedy writer (Jack Benny; Bob Hope; The Marx Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 44
1945 – Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr, American lieutenant general of the 10th Army, killed in action during the Battle of Okinawa at 58
1980 – André Leducq, French cyclist (Tour de France 1930, 32; Olympic gold road race 1924), dies at 76
2023 – (Richard) Stockton Rush [III], American businessman (co-founder and CEO of OceanGate), killed below the North Atlantic Ocean in implosion of his company’s submersible vessel at 61
Famous Deaths for 17th June 2025
1734 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France, dies at 81
1963 – Alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79
1983 – Eelco van Kleffens, Dutch diplomat and politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1939-46; UN Representative, 1946-56), dies at 88
1988 – Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice, dies at 82
1995 – Claire Sterling, American journalist and writer (The Terror Network), dies at 75
2000 – Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice, 1st permanent black judge on South African Supreme Court, dies at 68
2001 – Donald J. Cram, American biochemist (development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity – Nobel 1987), dies at 82
2004 – Jackie Paris, American jazz singer and guitarist (“Skylark”), dies at 79
2007 – Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
2022 – Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor (A Man and A Woman; Z; Amour), dies at 91
Historical Events for 17th June 2025
1812 – Cannon duel fought between the British fort of Rusteburg and the kraton (palace) of Yogyakarta on the island of Java
1863 – Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta
1906 – International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty beat Raymond Little and Holcombe Ward 3-6, 11-9, 9-7, 6-1 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)
1963 – British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair
1968 – Belgium government of Eyskens-Merlot forms
1973 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oakmont CC: Johnny Miller fires a record final round 63 (-8) to win his first major championship, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up John Schlee
1978 – “Cheeseburger In Paradise” by Jimmy Buffett peaks at #32
1979 – “Sarava” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 140 performances
1982 – President of Argentina Leopoldo Galtieri resigns as commander in chief of the army and as president after leading Argentina to a disastrous defeat against the British in the Falkland Islands War
1991 – The body of the 12th US President, Zachary Taylor, is exhumed to test how he died; rumors had persisted since his death in 1850 of arsenic poisoning – no evidence of this was found
Today in History for 17th June 2025
Historical Events
1922 – First flight across the South Atlantic Ocean arrives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, piloted by Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral. First use of the sextant in air navigation.
1939 – 44th Women’s French Championships: Simonne Mathieu beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (6-3, 8-6)
1957 – Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)
1991 – US Open Golf, Hazeline National GC: Payne Stewart wins a Monday playoff with 1987 champion Scott Simpson
2020 – American actor Danny Masterson charged with raping three women. after a 3-year investigation
Famous Birthdays
1839 – Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for ritualist activities, born in Cranbrook, Kent (d. 1931)
1929 – Michael L. Strang, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
1963 – Kevin Glover, American NFL center (Detroit Lions), born in Washington, D.C.
1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American NFL center (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Lexington, Kentucky
1971 – Tripp Schwenk, American 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic silver 1996), born in Sarasota, Florida
Famous Deaths
1866 – Lewis Cass, American military officer and politician (U.S. Senator-Michigan), dies at 83
1906 – William Dale, international legal consultant, dies
1992 – Grace Towns Hamilton, American politician (1st African American member of Georgia state legislature), dies at 85
2015 – Ron Clarke, Australian athlete (17 x WRs, 5,000m, 10,000m, 20,000m; 2, 3, 6, 10 miles) and politician (mayor Gold Coast), dies from kidney failure at 78
2019 – Rolland D. McCune, American theologian, Baptist minister, and writer, dies of pancreatic cancer at 85
Famous Deaths for 16th June 2025
1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)
1778 – Konrad Ekhof [Hans Konrad Dieterich Eckhof], German actor and director, dies at 57
1779 – Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712)
1850 – William Lawson British-Australian surveyor who explored New South Wales (first route across Blue Mountains), dies at 76
1858 – John Snow, English physician who studied cholera and is considered the ‘Father of modern epidemiology’, dies of a stroke at 45
1955 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter, dies at 90
1979 – Nicholas Ray, American film director (Rebel Without a Cause), dies at 67
1999 – (David) “Screaming Lord” Sutch, English rocker (“Jack The Ripper”), and politician (founder of Official Monster Raving Loony Party), commits suicide at 58
2021 – Frank Bonner [Boers], American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati – “Herb Tarlek”; The Hoax; Just The Ten Of Us), and television director, dies of complications from Lewy body dementia at 79
2023 – Manabu Kitabeppu, Japanese Baseball HOF pitcher (Hiroshima Toyo Carp; 7 x NPB All-Star; Central League MVP 1986), dies from leukemia at 65