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
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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
Historical Events for 6th June 2025
1919 – Finland declares war on bolsheviks
1958 – French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French
1970 – 102nd Belmont: John Rotz aboard High Echelon wins in 2:34
1971 – Final broadcast of “The Ed Sullivan Show” (a repeat from 7 February) on CBS-TV
1985 – Body of Nazi concentration camp doctor Dr Josef Mengele located and exhumed
1999 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Andre Agassi wins his 1st and only French title; beats Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
2004 – Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
2009 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Svetlana Kuznetsova beats fellow Russian and World #1 Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2
2010 – 56th British Academy Television Awards: “The Armstrong and Miller Show” Best Comedy, “Misfits” Best Drama
2019 – German serial killer nurse Niels Hoegel jailed for a second life sentence for the murder of 85 more people (previously convicted for six). Germany’s worst post-war serial killer.
Today in History for 6th June 2025
Historical Events
1816 – 10″ of snowfall in New England, part of a “year without a summer” which followed the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia
1889 – Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold
1944 – World War II: All Major League Baseball games are cancelled in honor of the D-Day landings in northern France
1992 – WLAF World Bowl 2, Olympic Stadium, Montreal: Sacramento Surge beats Orlando Thunder, 21-17
Famous Birthdays
1879 – Patrick Abercrombie, English architect and town planner, born in Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, England (d. 1957)
1886 – Paul Dudley White, American heart specialist, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1973)
1950 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian feminist filmmaker (Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, Je Tu II Elle), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2015)
1975 – Staci Keanan [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], American actress (My Two Dads, Step by Step), born in Devon, Pennsylvania
1987 – Kyle Falconer, Scottish rock singer-songwriter (The View), born in Dryburgh, Dundee, Scotland
Famous Deaths
1730 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France, dies at 83
1836 – Anthony of Saxony, King of Saxony (1827-36), dies at 80
1934 – Max Pallenberg [Pollack], Austrian extempore farce actor (Morn to Midnight), husband of operetta star Fritzi Massary, dies in air crash at 56
1994 – Peter Graves, British actor (Paradise Lagoon, Admirable Crichton), dies at 82
1996 – Jean Sinclair, South African campaigner, founder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 5th June 2025
1296 – Edmund Crouchback, English prince and son of Henry III of England, dies at 51
1667 – Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Italian theologist and historian (Istoria del Concilio di Trento), dies at 59
1885 – Julius Benedict, German opera composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80
1893 – Mary Ann Shadd Cary, American-Canadian anti-slavery campaigner, suffragist and 1st African American newspaper publisher (“The Provincial Freeman”), dies of stomach cancer at 69
1908 – Luca Fumagalli, Italian pianist and composer (Luigi XI), dies at 71
1913 – Chris von der Ahe, German entrepreneur and owner of St. Louis Brown Stockings, dies at 61
1992 – Max Lerner, American journalist (NY Post) and educator, dies at 88
2004 – Ronald Reagan, 40th US President (Republican: 1981-89) and actor (Bedtime for Bonzo), dies at 93
2005 – Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918)
2012 – Barry Unsworth, English novelist (Sacred Hunger), dies from lung cancer at 81
Historical Events for 5th June 2025
754 – Friezen robbers murder Bishop Boniface (later Saint) and over 50 companions near Dokkum
1909 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, home of the Indy 500, holds its first competition – a hot air balloon race
1927 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: Hometown favourite Rene Lacoste wins 2nd of 3 French titles; beats Bill Tilden 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
1945 – Benjamin Britten’s opera “Peter Grimes” premieres in London
1953 – US Senate rejects China People’s Republic membership to UN
1956 – “Milton Berle Show” last airs on NBC-TV
1993 – Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
1994 – French Open Men’s Tennis: In an all-Spanish final Sergi Bruguera beats Alberto Berasategui 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 for his second French title
2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region
2017 – Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus epidemic over
Today in History for 5th June 2025
Historical Events
1257 – Kraków, Poland, receives city rights.
1507 – England and Netherlands sign trade agreement
1915 – 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6
1948 – “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend” single released by Stan Jones
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks)
Famous Birthdays
1695 – Johann Conrad Schlaun, German baroque architect (Schloss Münster), born in Nörde, Warburg, Germany (d. 1773)
1765 – Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician, born in Simmozheim (d. 1831)
1884 – Claude Jennings, Australian cricket batsman (6 Tests, HS 32; South Australia, Queensland), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1950)
1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher and anthroposopist, born in Warsaw (d. 2021)
1952 – Monnette Sudler, American jazz guitarist (Sounds of Liberation), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
Famous Deaths
1568 – Willem Key, Flemish Renaissance painter, dies at about 47
1906 – Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher known for “Philosophy of the Unconscious”, dies at 64
1939 – Elijah Beardsworth, British world quick shaving champion, dies
1970 – “Jopie” Pengel [Johan A], Premier of Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54
1997 – J Anthony Lukas, writer (Pulitizer, Common Ground), suicide at 64
Famous Deaths for 4th June 2025
1922 – William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies
1925 – Pierre Louÿs, French writer (Aphrodite), dies at 54
1942 – Reinhard Heydrich, German Nazi leader (head of Bohemia and Moravia and the Reich Main Security Office), dies a from an infection while recovering from injuries a week after an assassination attempt at 38
1972 – Godfried Devreese, Belgian violist, conductor, and composer (Elf Dance; Gothic Symphony), dies at 79
1979 – Herman Shumlin, American Broadway producer, director and actor (Watch on the Rhine), dies at 80
1985 – John Ringling North, American circus director (Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus from 1937-43), dies at 81
1989 – Dik Browne, American cartoonist (Hi and Lois, Hagar the Horrible), dies at 71
2006 – Eric Molobi, South African activist (ANC, Kagiso Trust), dies at 58
2015 – Albert West [Albertus Westelaken], Dutch pop singer (The Shuffles – “Cha-La-La, I Need You”; Stars on 45), dies at 65
2024 – John Todd, Australian Football HOF coach (6 × WAFL Premierships; AFL: West Coast Eagles) and half-forward (Sandover Medal 1955), dies at 86
Historical Events for 4th June 2025
1917 – Most Excellent Order of British Empire inaugurated by King George V to recognise the efforts of his people in WWI
1932 – Chilean coup led by Colonel Marmaduke Grove against President Juan Esteban Montero
1947 – US House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act
1964 – Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
1973 – A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain
1988 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Steffi Graf dominates Natalia Zvereva of Belarus 6-0, 6-0; shortest women’s singles Grand Slam final in Open Era; 32 minutes
1989 – Eastern Europe’s first partial free elections in 40 years held in Poland, Solidarity Party comes to power
2018 – “Ocean’s 8” film premieres, directed by Gary Ross starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Rihanna
2020 – UN report criticizing human rights violations in the Philippines, including deaths of 8,000 during its war on drugs, a day after county’s House of Representatives passed new anti-terrorism law
2023 – Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel’s musical “Bad Cinderella” closes at Imperial Theatre, NYC, after 85 performances; 1st time in 43 years that Webber is without a show on Broadway