1616 – Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist and composer (Madrigalen), dies at about 58
1892 – William Grant Stairs, Canadian-British explorer and adventurer with leading role controversial African expeditions, dies of malaria at 28
1900 – Birsa Munda, Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero of the Munda tribe who led an uprising in Bengal against the British Raj, dies in jail awaiting trial at 24
1950 – Edward Asahel Birge, American pioneer in limnology, dies at 98
1953 – Ugo Betti, Italian judge and dramatist (The Fugitive), dies at 61
1962 – Henry Kendall, British director and actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich and Strange), dies from a heart attack at 65
1974 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan novelist (Hombres de Maiz, Nobel 67), journalist and poet, dies at 74
1980 – Leonhard Huizinga, Dutch journalist and writer (Olivier and Adrian), dies at 73
2014 – Gerd Zacher, German composer and organist, dies at 84
2018 – Kenyatta Jones, American NFL and arena football player (New England Patriots and 3 other teams, dies of cardiac arrest at 39
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Historical Events for 9th June 2025
1970 – Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University
1971 – Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan
1973 – 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years
1980 – Phillies and SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
1980 – Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1983 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
1984 – Polygram’s Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
1984 – “Laserphonic Fantasy” premieres
1985 – USSR’s Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
2020 – US Senate unanimously confirms General Charles Q. Brown (58) as Air Force Chief of Staff, 1st African American to lead a US armed forces branch
Today in History for 9th June 2025
Historical Events
1727 – Wreck of Dutch ship Zeewijk on the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, with the loss of 72 lives, 82 survivors eventually build a boat and sail to Batavia (Jakarta)
1958 – HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
1970 – Harry Blackmun sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice
1985 – NBA Championship, Boston Garden: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 111-100 for a 4 games to 2 series victory; Finals MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1993 – Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
Famous Birthdays
1810 – Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, German composer, one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic, born in Königsberg, Prussia (d. 1849)
1943 – Charles Saatchi, Iraqi English magnate and art collector (founded advertising company Saatchi and Saatchi), born in Baghdad, Iraq
1956 – Patricia Cornwell, American author (Kay Scarpetta crime novels), born in Miami, Florida
1961 – Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter and playwright (A Few Good Men; The West Wing), born in New York City
1975 – Paul Agostino, Australian soccer forward (18 caps; 1860 Munich 248 games), born in Adelaide, Australia
Famous Deaths
1901 – Walter Besant, English writer and philanthropist (Rebel Queen), dies at 64
1921 – Luis María Drago, Argentine statesman and author of Drago Doctrine, dies at 62
1967 – Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, Polish composer, dies at 64
1994 – Angela Lakeberg, American siamese twin, dies at 11 months
2002 – Hans Janmaat, Dutch politician and party leader (CP, CD), dies of heart failure at 67
Famous Deaths for 8th June 2025
1628 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher who popularized the term psychology, dies at 81
1714 – Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony, dies at 83
1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761)
1866 – Wilhelm Schirmer, German landscape artist, dies at 64
1870 – Johann Gottlob Töpfer, German organist, composer, and teacher, dies at 78
1908 – Johan Lindegren, Swedish composer, musician and teacher, dies at 66
1990 – Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies
1992 – William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64
2010 – Crispian St. Peters [Robin Peter Smith], British pop singer (The Pied Piper; No No No), dies at 71
2019 – Arthur Frackenpohl, American composer, arranger, and pedagogue (Natural Superiority of Music), dies at 95
Historical Events for 8th June 2025
1880 – Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky delivers an emotional speech at the unveiling of a monument to Pushkin in Moscow
1940 – 72nd Belmont: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 2:29.6
1955 – MLB Brooklyn Dodgers option pitcher (and future Baseball Hall of Fame manager) Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for future Hall of Famer, pitcher Sandy Koufax
1956 – Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr. killed by another USAF airman in Vietnam, becoming the first American killed in the Vietnam War
1965 – US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1973 – Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain
1981 – MLB Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1
1992 – NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time
2008 – Akihabara massacre takes place on the crowded Sunday pedestrian-zoned Chūōdōri street in Tokyo, Japan, when a man uses a truck and dagger to kill seven people and injure 11
2023 – British PM Rishi Sunak meets US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington announcing an economic partnership, to investigate dangers of A.I. and re-stating their long-term support for Ukraine
Today in History for 8th June 2025
Historical Events
1941 – British and French troops overthrow the pro-German Syrian government
1964 – “The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)”, recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean, is released
1975 – Two passenger trains collide near Munich, Germany, killing 35 people
1984 – “Ghostbusters”, American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson premieres
2008 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Rafael Nadal equals Björn Borg’s Open era record of 4 consecutive French titles; outclasses Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
Famous Birthdays
1759 – Thomas Dunham Whitaker, British topographer, born in Rainham, Norfolk (d. 1821)
1814 – Charles Reade, English novelist (Cloister and Hearth), born in Ipsden, Oxfordshire (d. 1884)
1912 – Harry Holtzman, American abstract artist, born in New York City (d. 1987)
1930 – Michael Codron, British theatrical producer (plays of Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard), born in London
1932 – Ray Illingworth, English cricket spin bowler and captain (61 Tests; 122 wickets, 1,836 runs @ 23.24; Yorkshire CCC, Leicestershire CCC), born in Pudsey, England (d. 2021)
Famous Deaths
1476 – George Neville, English archbishop and statesman
1621 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint and founder of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, dies at 53
1924 – Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)
1988 – Russell Harty, broadcaster, dies
1992 – Alfred Uhl, Austrian composer, dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 7th June 2025
1555 – Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader who fought for the Duke of Guelders, dies at about 76
1626 – Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Flemish Roman Catholic nun, dies at 76
1935 – Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Russian botanist (more than 300 new types of fruit), dies at 79
1937 – Jean Harlow [Harlean Carpentier], American actress and 1930s’ sex goddess (Dinner at 8; Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26
1978 – Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1967, dies at 80
1980 – Henry Miller, American writer (Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn), dies of circulatory complications at 88
2001 – Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones), dies of a heart attack at 49
2010 – Omar Rayo, Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. (b. 1928)
2011 – Hubert Du Plessis, South African pianist and composer, dies at 88
2020 – Frank Bey [Bass], American blues singer-songwriter (“All My Dues Are Paid”), dies at 74
Historical Events for 7th June 2025
1628 – English King Charles I ratifies the Petition of Rights
1898 – Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chicago
1919 – Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed.
1962 – NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m
1968 – The body of assassinated US Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York
1969 – Washington Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1
1970 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Czech star Jan Kodeš wins his first major title; beats Željko Franulović of Yugoslavia 6-2, 6-4, 6-
1986 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Chris Evert beats Martina Navratilova 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 for her 18th and final Grand Slam title and record 7th French singles crown
2015 – -8 41st G7 summit held in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria
2021 – UN International Labor Director says global impact of the pandemic four times worse than 2008 Economic Crisis, pushed 100 million workers into poverty
Today in History for 7th June 2025
Historical Events
1937 – Time magazine publishes the second of the only two known photos taken of the United States Supreme Court in session
1948 – Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; President Bernes resigns
1971 – Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut space station
1980 – Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
1981 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Björn Borg of Sweden wins 11th and final career Grand Slam title; Open era record 6th French title; beats Ivan Lendl 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
Famous Birthdays
1884 – Julius P. Hoste, Belgian journalist, daily newspaper publisher (Last News), and politician (Minister of Education, 1936-38; Senator 1949-54), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1954)
1938 – Ian St John, Scottish soccer forward (21 caps; Motherwell; Liverpool 425 games), manager (Motherwell, Portsmouth) and broadcaster (ITV: Saint and Greavsie), born in Motherwell, Scotland (d. 2021)
1958 – Christopher Marcantel, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving), born in Smithtown, New York
1967 – Dave Navarro, American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, (Jane’s Addiction – “Just Because”; Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1993-98), born in Santa Monica, California
1970 – Mike Modano, American Hockey Hall of Fame center, 1989-2011, 8X All-Star (Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings), born in Livonia, Michigan
Famous Deaths
1854 – Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792)
1945 – Rubén M. Campos, Mexican novelist (Claudio Oranos) and musicologist (El folklore y la musica mexicana), dies at 69
1987 – John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73
1996 – [Francis] Max Factor, American CEO of Max Factor Cosmetics, dies at 91
1996 – Noel Walton Bott, British engineer (father of wave energy), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 6th June 2025
1878 – Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (Stirling cycle engine) (b. 1790)
1911 – Charley Jones, American MLB Baseball outfielder, and one of the first sluggers, 1875-88 (Cincinnati Reds; Boston Red Caps, and 3 other teams), dies at 59
1935 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer, dies at 72
1969 – Miles Dempsey, British WWII general (XIII Corps, Second Army), dies of cancer at 72
1984 – A. Bertram Chandler, Anglo-Australian mariner and sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
1987 – Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (Porridge), dies of stomach cancer at 64
2010 – Paul Wunderlich, German lithographer, surrealist painter, and sculptor, dies at 83
2015 – Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney and author (Helter-Skelter), dies at 80
2016 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), twin brother to Anthony, dies at 90
2023 – Teddy McCarthy, Irish hurler (2 x All-Ireland Titles; Cork; Sarsfields GAA) and Gaelic footballer (2 x All-Ireland Titles; Cork; Glanmire GFC), dies at 57