1839 – Hester Stanhope, English aristocrat, traveller and archaeologist, dies at 63
1893 – Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman (b. 1817)
1910 – John McGraw, 2nd Governor of Washington (1893-97), dies at 59
1924 – Cecil Sharp, British collector of English folk music and dance, dies at 64
1996 – Pasqualino de Santis, Italian cinematographer, dies at 69
1997 – “Wino” Willie Forkner, American biker (Wild One), dies of a heart attack at 77
2007 – Rod Beck, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1993, 94, 97; San Francisco Giants), dies from a drug overdose at 38
2010 – Allyn Ferguson, American orchestra leader (The Andy Williams Show), and TV theme composer (Barney Miller; Charlie’s Angels), dies at 85
2012 – Alan McDonald, Northern Irish soccer defender (52 caps; QPR 476 games), dies from a heart attack at 48
2024 – Hugo Villanueva, Chilean soccer defender (21 caps; Universidad de Chile 133 games), dies at 85
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Historical Events for 23rd June 2025
1794 – Russian Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great) grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev
1909 – Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections
1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam in USA
1928 – Commencement of West Indies cricket’s first ever Test match; England go on to win by an innings and 58 runs at Lord’s
1947 – Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v South Africa
1972 – Hurricane Agnes becomes America’s costliest natural disaster, affecting 15 states, with 119 deaths and $3 billion in damage
1979 – Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America” becomes No. 1 album in the US featuring “Take the Long Way Home”
1997 – Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 192.25 points
2013 – 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
2021 – Rembrandt’s masterpiece “The Night Watch” seen in its entirety for first time in 300 years after AI used to fill in pieces trimmed at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Today in History for 23rd June 2025
Historical Events
1758 – Seven Years’ War: Battle of Krefeld – British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany
1760 – Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia
1944 – German writer Thomas Mann becomes a US citizen
1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey (about halfway between NYC and Washington, DC)
1988 – Yanks manager Billy Martin’s 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager
Famous Birthdays
1887 – Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1960)
1925 – Nuno Oliveira, Portuguese equestrian, horse trainer, dressage instructor, author (‘baroque’ or ‘classical’ style), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1989)
1937 – Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish politician, and diplomat, President of Finland (1994-2000), Nobel Peace Prize 2008 for helping resolve international conflicts, born in Viipuri, Finland (d. 2023)
1944 – Clive Barker, South African soccer coach (South Africa 1994-97; AmaZulu FC), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2023)
1978 – Memphis Bleek [Malik Cox], American rapper (“Is That Yo Chick”), born in New York City
Famous Deaths
1615 – Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545)
1891 – George Parr, English cricket batsman (captain first England touring team [North America 1859], second tour [Australia and NZ 1864]), dies at 65
1991 – Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies
2013 – Bobby “Blue” Bland, American blues an soul singer (“Call on the Drummer”), dies at 83
2016 – Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 22nd June 2025
1634 – Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
1915 – James Murray Spangler, American inventor of portable vacuum cleaner (Hoover), dies at 66
1922 – Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
1928 – George Siegmann, American actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist), dies from pernicious anemia at 46
1966 – Roger Blunt, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and broadcaster (9 Tests; BBC), dies at 65
1988 – Dennis Day [Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty], Irish-American tenor (“Danny Boy”), radio and television comic actor (Jack Benny Program; A Day in the Life of Dennis Day), dies of ALS at 72
1994 – L. V. Prasad, Indian pioneering filmmaker, dies at 87
2007 – Guy Vander Jagt, American politician (Rep-R-MI, 1966-93), dies at 75
2020 – Carlos Luis Morales, Ecuadorian soccer goalkeeper (40 caps; Independiente, Palestino, ESPOLI), dies from cardiocirculatory arrest at 55
2022 – Alec Head, French horse trainer and breeder (6 x champion trainer France; 4 x Arc de Triomphe; owner Haras du Quesnay), dies at 97
Historical Events for 22nd June 2025
1812 – Upon learning of plans by the Americans to execute a surprise attack, Laura Secord walks 32 km to warn British troops, results in a British surprise victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams
1868 – Arkansas re-joins the US
1921 – Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2)
1933 – German social-democratic party (SPD) forbidden
1961 – Tony Sheridan and the Beatles, billed as The Beat Brothers, record “My Bonnie” and “The Saints”, produced by Bert Kaempfert, in Hamburg, Germany
1980 – UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Horst Hrubesch scores a double as Germany beats Belgium, 2-1
1990 – Adam Sandler joins “Saturday Night Live”
1996 – Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavyweight boxing title
2014 – US Open Women’s Golf, Pinehurst Resort: Michelle Wie wins by 2 shots from Stacy Lewis for her first major title
2015 – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley calls for the removal of the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds in wake of killings in a Charleston church
Today in History for 22nd June 2025
Historical Events
1596 – Cornelis de Houtman’s Dutch fleet reaches Bantam (Banten), Java
1981 – Iranian president Abolhassan Banisadr is impeached and removed from office, several of his associates are executed and he goes into hiding
1984 – Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins
1992 – Supreme Court rules “hate crime” laws violated free-speech rights
2023 – US President Joe Biden meets with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House
Famous Birthdays
1900 – Jennie Tourel [Davidovich], Russian-American mezzo-soprano (Paris Opera, 1931-38; Metropolitan Opera,1937-47), born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (d. 1973)
1910 – Peter Pears, British operatic tenor (Death in Venice), born in Farnham, England (d. 1986)
1958 – Bruce Campbell, American actor/producer/director (Army of Darkness, Evil Dead II), born in Birmingham, Michigan
1973 – Carson Daly, American television personality (The Voice), born in Santa Monica, California
1994 – Marnus Labuschagne, Australian cricket batsman (HS 215; Queensland CA, Brisbane Heat, Glamorgan CCC), born in Klerksdorp, South Africa
Famous Deaths
1521 – Leonardo Loredan, Venetian nobleman, statesman and Doge of Venice (1501-21), dies at 84
1989 – Henri Sauguet [Poupard], French organist and composer (Symphonie Expiatoire), dies at 88
1996 – Terrel Bell, American politician (2nd United States Secretary of Education 1981-84), dies at 74
2008 – Dody Goodman, American comedienne (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – “Martha Shumway”; Max Duggan), dies at 93
2009 – Steve Race, British composer, jazz pianist and radio and television presenter (BBC’s “My Music”, 1967-94), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 21st June 2025
1040 – Fulk the Black, French Count of Anjou, one of the great medieval castle builders (Langeais, Loches)), dies at 69 or 70
1887 – Adolf Schimon, Austrian German composer, dies at 67
1976 – Margaret Herrick, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences director (b. 1902)
1983 – Anton van de Velde, Belgian writer and director (Tijl), dies at 87
1986 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer, with his lyricist brother, Mansour (Biya el-Khawatim – The Ring Seller), dies at 63
1997 – Arthur Prysock, American jazz and RandB singer (“I Didn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night”; “In The Rain”), dies at 68 or 73 [birth year disputed]
2005 – Jaime Cardinal Sin, Filipino Catholic Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
2012 – Richard Adler, American musical theater composer and songwriter (ThePajama Game; Damn Yankees)), dies at 90
2021 – Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey defenseman (Hobey Baker Award 1984; Stanley Cup 1986 Montreal Canadiens), dies from adenocarcinoma at 58
2023 – Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician (Member of Scottish Parliament, 1999-2003; President of the Scottish National Party, 1987-2005; Member of the European Parliament, 1979-99), dies at 93
Historical Events for 21st June 2025
1749 – Town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded by the British – sparks Father Le Loutre’s War
1946 – Federal judge in Seattle rules that club doesn’t have to play returning serviceman
1948 – Rhodes conference on Israeli-Arab war opens
1948 – Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India (formerly the last Viceroy)
1948 – 1st stored computer program runs on Manchester Mark I at a laboratory in Manchester University, England
1948 – HMT Empire Windrush with the first 800 emigrants from the West Indies to the UK arrives at Port of Tilbury near London
1970 – Detroit’s Cesar Gutierrez goes 7-for-7 to tie a record set in 1892
1994 – German tennis superstar Steffi Graf becomes first defending champion to lose in the 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to American Lorrie McNeal)
2003 – “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” the 5th book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published worldwide in English
2024 – Landmark case in Namibia rules colonial laws banning same-sex between men are unconstitutional
Today in History for 21st June 2025
Historical Events
1868 – Wagner’s opera “Meistersinger von Nuernberg” premieres in Munich
1974 – 24th Berlin International Film Festival: “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” wins the Golden Bear
1978 – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical “Evita”, starring Elaine Page, premieres at the Prince Edward Theatre, London
1982 – John Hinckley, Jr is found not guilty by reason of insanity of 1981 attempted assassination of US President Ronald Reagan
1988 – 42nd NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3
Famous Birthdays
1528 – Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1564-76), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1603)
1817 – James Brewerton Ricketts, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1887)
1862 – Henry Holden Huss, American classical pianist, composer, and educator, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1953)
1865 – Herbert Brewer, English composer, organist (Gloucester Cathedral, 1896-1928), and choral director, born in Gloucester, England (d. 1928)
1950 – Anne Carson, Canadian poet (Autobiography of Red), born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1865 – Frances Adeline Seward, American First Lady of New York (1839-42) and wife of US Secretary of State William H. Seward, dies of a heart attack at 59
1874 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (Spectroscopy), dies at 59
2015 – Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and proponent of jazz-classical “third stream” (Visitation; Of Reminiscences and Reflections – Pulitzer Prize, 1994), dies at 89
2015 – Veijo Meri, Finnish writer, dies at 86
2018 – Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), dies small intestine cancer of at 68
Famous Deaths for 20th June 2025
1842 – Michael Umlauf, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (premiere of Beethoven’s 9th), dies at 60
1925 – Wilhelm Posse, German composer, dies at 72
1948 – George Frederick Boyle, Australian-American composer, dies at 61
1958 – Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 55
1975 – Daniel Ayala Pérez, Mexican violinist, conductor, and composer, dies at 68
1984 – Hans Studer, Swiss composer, dies at 73
1998 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard, committed suicide at 56
2011 – [Anna] Ottilie Patterson, Irish blues and jazz singer (Chris Barber Jazz Band), dies at 79
2017 – Prodigy [Albert Johnson], American rapper (Mobb Deep), dies at 42
2024 – Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor (The Dirty Dozen; M*A*S*H (film): Ordinary People; The Hunger Games films), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 88