1555 – Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader who fought for the Duke of Guelders, dies at about 76
1893 – Edwin Booth, American Shakespearean actor (Hamlet), dies at 59
1927 – Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Quebec), dies at 79
1948 – Georges Hüe, French composer, dies at 90
1974 – Émilie Charmy, French avant-garde artist, dies at 96
1988 – Vernon Washington, American actor (Roots, The Last Starfighter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning), dies at 60
1994 – Dennis Potter, British TV dramatist (The Singing Detective, Karaoke, Midnight Movie), dies of cancer at 59
2012 – Phillip Tobias, South African palaeoanthropologist and three time Nobel Prize nominee (hominid fossil sites), dies at 86
2023 – The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri), Iranian pro wrestler (WWF Heavyweight C’hip 1983-84; WWF Tag Team C’ship 1985 [Nikolai Volkoff], dies at 81
2024 – Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, German minimalist composer (Unisono Diviso; Im Klang), dies at 90
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Historical Events for 7th June 2026
1898 – Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chicago
1924 – George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775′ from Everest’s summit
1942 – Germany Army marches into Sebastopol, Russia
1962 – NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m
1980 – 112th Belmont Stakes: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8
1987 – Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
1989 – For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
2018 – Mars Curiosity Rover finds organic matter, including methane, on Mars in studies published in journal “Science”
Today in History for 7th June 2026
Historical Events
1633 – 14-year-old Mughal prince Aurangzeb, the future Emperor Alamgir I, survives an elephant attack
1958 – Battles between Turkish and Greeks Cypriots break out
1993 – 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill win
2016 – Iris Apfel is awarded the Women Together Special Award of the Year at the 12th Annual Women Together Gala in New York City
2018 – Mars Curiosity Rover finds organic matter, including methane, on Mars in studies published in journal “Science”
Famous Birthdays
1920 – Georges Marchais, French political leader (French Communist Party), born in La Hoguette, France (d. 1997)
1955 – William Forsythe, American actor (Raising Arizona; Once Upon a Time in America; Boardwalk Empire), born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
1960 – Jim Hartung, American gymnast (Olympic gold Team 1984), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2026)
1976 – Cassidy Rae, American actress (Sarah-Models Inc, Clarissa), born in Clermont, Florida
1981 – Larisa Oleynik, American actress (10 Things I Hate About You, The Secret World of Alex Mack), born in Santa Clara County, California
Famous Deaths
1697 – John Aubrey, English antiquary, natural philosopher, and writer, dies from apoplexy at 71
1711 – Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641)
1936 – Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer, dies at 60
1945 – Nishida Kitaro, Japanese philosopher (Kyoto School), dies at 74
1965 – Judy Holliday, American comedienne and actress (Born Yesterday, Adam’s Rib), dies of cancer at 43
Famous Deaths for 6th June 2026
1710 – Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of King Louis XIV, dies at 65
1840 – Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
1852 – Tommaso Marchesi, Italian composer, dies at 79
1861 – Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59
1862 – Turner Ashby, American cavalry commander, killed in the Battle of Good’s Farm near Harrisonburg, Virginia, dies at 33
1955 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (founder of Australian Tonalism), dies at 79
1994 – Peter Graves, British actor (Paradise Lagoon, Admirable Crichton), dies at 82
2003 – Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
2006 – Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz pianist, dies from injuries sustained in a fall at 54
2024 – Joseph Hardy, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen director (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown), and producer, dies at 95
Historical Events for 6th June 2026
1875 – Netherlands joins the gold standard
1903 – President Emile Loubet of France and Minister of Foreign Affairs Theophile Declasse visit London, furthering the cause of Entente Cordiale between Britain and France
1942 – First nylon parachute jump is made by American parachute tester Adeline Gray at Brainard Field, an airport near Hartford, Connecticut; DuPont teams with the Pioneer Parachute Company to develop an alternative to silk
1978 – Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
1983 – Minnesota Twins select pitcher Tim Belcher #1 in the 1983 MLB Draft
1985 – Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1993 – 47th Tony Awards: “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches” (play) and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (musical) win
2021 – US Open Women’s Golf, Olympic GC Lake Course: Yuka Saso of the Philippines sinks 10-foot birdie putt on 3rd playoff hole to edge Japan’s Nasa Hataoka; becomes 2nd teenager to win the event
Today in History for 6th June 2026
Historical Events
1875 – Netherlands joins the gold standard
1960 – South African police kill 11 Pondo’s at Nqusa Hill
1983 – Emmy 10th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 4th time
1983 – Minnesota Twins select pitcher Tim Belcher #1 in the 1983 MLB Draft
2018 – Iraqi parliament orders manual recount of legislative elections in May after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi claims evidence of irregularities
Famous Birthdays
1606 – Pierre Corneille, French poet and dramatist (El Cid, Horace), born in Rouen, France (d. 1684)
1878 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney, born in Paris (d. 1956)
1896 – Italo Balbo, Italian pilot and governor of Libya, born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1940)
1898 – Walter Abel, American actor (Fury, Suspicion, Dream Girl), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1987)
1955 – Sandra Bernhard, American stand-up comic and actress (The King of Comedy; Roseanne – “Nancy”), born in Flint, Michigan
Famous Deaths
1964 – Robert Warwick, American actor (Konga; Zorro; Lady Godiva), dies at 85
1968 – Franklin Clark Fry, American minister (World Rad of Church), dies at 67
2002 – Robbin Crosby, American heavy metal rock guitarist and vocalist (Ratt – “Round and Round”), dies at 42
2005 – Anne Bancroft [Anna Italiano], American stage and screen Emmy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning actress (The Graduate; The Miracle Worker), director, and screenwriter, dies from uterine cancer at 73
2010 – Marvin Isley, American rock bassist, and songwriter (The Isley Brothers, 1969-84 and 1991-97 – “Fight The Power”), dies from complications of diabetes at 56
Famous Deaths for 5th June 2026
1443 – Ferdinand, the Holy Prince, Portuguese prince, dies serving as a hostage in Moorish Fez, at 40
1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence (Chani of Gravia,), executed for supposedly collaborating with the Ottomans at 37
1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, romantic composer (Der Freischutz; Oberon), and lithographer, dies of tuberculosis at 39
1871 – Isodore-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer and conductor, dies at 77
1905 – William Claflin, American politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (1869-72), dies at 86
1931 – John Lawson Stoddard, American lecturer, photographer, and author, considered the father of travelogue, dies at 81
1946 – Maud Watson, British tennis player (first Wimbledon female champion 1884-85), dies at 81
2020 – Shigeru Yokota, Japanese activist whose daughter was kidnapped by North Korea, dies at 87
2022 – Alec John Such [Szűcs], American rock bassist (Bon Jovi, 1983-94 – “Wanted Dead or Alive”), dies at 70
2025 – John Shulock, American baseball umpire (World Series 1985, 92, MLB All-Star Games 1983, 94; American League 1979-99), dies at 76
Historical Events for 5th June 2026
1848 – Statue of prince William the Silent, Prince of Orange by Lodewyk Royer unveiled in The Hague’s Het Plein
1976 – 108th Belmont Stakes: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., riding Bold Forbes wins his only Belmont classic
1988 – Longest champagne cork flight is 177 feet 9 inches in New York
1993 – Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah murders 23 UN peacekeepers from Pakistan
2000 – Armed conflict between Rwanda and Uganda erupts in Kinsangani, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston, causing $5.5 billion in damages, the then costliest tropical storm in US history
2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region
2024 – World’s only surviving wild horse, the Przewalski’s Horse, is returned to the Golden Steppe of Kazakhstan for the first time in over 200 years
Today in History for 5th June 2026
Historical Events
1991 – Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
1995 – 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba killedwin
2013 – The first article based on NSA leaked documents by Edward Snowden are published by the Guardian Newspaper in the UK
2018 – Film producer Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in court in New York City
2019 – On average, people ingest 50,000 pieces of microplastic a year and breathe in similar amount, according to first-ever such study published in journal “Environmental Science and Technology”
Famous Birthdays
1884 – Claude Jennings, Australian cricket batsman (6 Tests, HS 32; South Australia, Queensland), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1950)
1919 – Richard Scarry, American children’s author and illustrator (What Do People Do All Day?), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea (1979- ), born in Acoacán, Spanish Guinea
1970 – Martin Gelinas, Canadian NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks), born in Shawinigan, Quebec
1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player, born in Van Nuys, California
Famous Deaths
1855 – Rosine Lebrun, German opera singer, and actress, dies at 72
1885 – Julius Benedict, German opera composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80
1894 – Immanuel Faisst, German composer, dies at 70
1913 – Chris von der Ahe, German entrepreneur and owner of St. Louis Brown Stockings, dies at 61
1998 – Sam Yorty, American politician, Mayor of Los Angeles (1961-73), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 4th June 2026
1257 – Duke Przemysl I of Poland
1463 – Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65
1925 – Pierre Louÿs, French writer (Aphrodite), dies at 54
1972 – A.C. Bilbrew (née Harris), American poet, composer (“The Death of Emmett Till”), singer, choral conductor, and radio personality, dies at 81
1973 – Murray Wilson, father of the Beach Boys: Brian, Carl, and Dennis, dies at 55
2011 – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer, dies at 58
2012 – Pedro Borbón, Dominican baseball pitcher (World Series 1975, 76; Cincinnati Reds), dies from cancer at 65
2017 – Juan Goytisolo Gay, Spanish novelist and essayist (Marks of Identity, Count Julian), dies at 86
2019 – Jiggs Kalra, Indian food writer “Czar of Indian cuisine”, dies at 72
2021 – Friederike Mayröcker, Austrian poet and author (Death by Muses, Requiem for Ernst Jandl), dies at 96