1349 – Günther von Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349 who gave up his claim to the throne for 20,000 marks of silver, dies at about 44
1916 – João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
1951 – Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73
1988 – Johnny Farrell, American golfer (US Open 1928), dies of a stroke at 87
1994 – Lionel Grigson, British jazz musician, dies at 52
1995 – Els Aarne, Estonian composer, dies at 78
1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47
1999 – Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian professional football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats), dies at 66
2016 – Henry McCullough, Irish guitarist (Wings), dies at 72
2023 – Charles L. Blockson, American historian, author, bibliophile, and curator (co-founder of the African American Museum in Philadelphia), dies at 89
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Historical Events for 14th June 2025
1834 – Sandpaper is patented by Isaac Fischer Jr. in Springfield, Vermont
1876 – California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes 1st African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy
1907 – Norway adopts female suffrage for middle class women only in parliamentary elections
1922 – US President Warren G. Harding is 1st US President to use radio, dedicates the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore
1933 – MLB’s Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn’t, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games
1942 – Anne Frank begins writing her diary, in Dutch, two days after her 13th birthday
1962 – Albert DeSalvo, better known as the Boston Strangler, murders Anna Slesers, his first victim
1966 – Dutch police beat construction workers, 60 injured
1995 – Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win
Today in History for 14th June 2025
Historical Events
1949 – French-allied State of Vietnam is officially formed during the First Indochina War, Bảo Đại installed as Emperor
1953 – Military coup by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia
1965 – Beatles release album “Beatles VI”
1967 – USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit
2000 – 34th Country Weekly Presents the TNN Music Awards: George Strait and Faith Hill win
Famous Birthdays
1854 – Frederik Rung, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1914)
1918 – LeRoy T. Walker, American sports executive (first black president US Olympic Committee 1992-96), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2012)
1952 – Pat Summitt, American Basketball HOF coach (8 × NCAA Division I tournament; 18 × NCAA Regional—Final Four; University of Tennessee), born in Clarksville, Tennessee (d. 2016)
1955 – Paul O’Grady, English TV presenter, comedian and drag queen (Lily Savage), born in Tranmere, England (d. 2023)
1988 – Kevin Michael McHale, American singer (NLT) and actor (Glee – “Artie”), born in Plano, Texas
Famous Deaths
1381 – Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1375-81) and Chancellor, beheaded during the Peasants’ Revolt
1891 – Nicolò Gabrielli, Italian opera composer, dies at 77
1986 – Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom), dies at 81
1994 – Lionel Grigson, British jazz musician, dies at 52
2007 – Robin Olds, American fighter pilot, flying ace in WWII and the Vietnam War, dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 13th June 2025
1749 – Jan Frans van Bloemen, Flemish landscape painter, dies at 87
1930 – Henry Segrave, British auto racer (3 x land speed, 1 x water speed record; 2 x F1 GP victories), dies in water speed record attempt accident at 33
1939 – Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer (one Test for Australia 1894), dies at 75
1976 – Don Bolles, American journalist (against Arizona), dies
1984 – Nathaniel Owings, American architect (Oak Ridge, TN; Sears Tower), dies at 81
2014 – Chuck Noll, American Pro Football HOF coach (Super Bowl 1974, 75, 78, 79; Pittsburgh Steelers 1969-91), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 82
2017 – Anita Pallenberg, Italian model and actress credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones, dies of complications of hepatitis C. at 75
2018 – Charles Vinci, American weightlifter (Olympic bantamweight gold 1956, 60), dies at 85
2019 – Sean McCann, Canadian character actor (…First Do No Harm; Tommy Boy; Night Heat), dies of heart disease at 83
2021 – Ziona Chana, Indian head of a Christian sect and ‘world’s largest family’ (38 wives, 89 children), dies at 76
Historical Events for 13th June 2025
1721 – England signs Treaty of Madrid
1889 – Two feet of snow accumulates in Rawlins, Wyoming
1890 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Ellen Roosevelt beats defending champion Bertha Townsend 6-2, 6-2
1924 – Bene Berak, Palestine, founded
1944 – German counterattack on Villers-Bocage, Normandy
1945 – Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead
1960 – Prince Norodom Sihanoek becomes head of Cambodia
1980 – US Congressman John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in “Abscam” investigation
1997 – Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death
2005 – A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch
Today in History for 13th June 2025
Historical Events
1925 – 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8
1995 – MLB Cleveland Indians’ Dennis Martínez no-hits Baltimore Orioles 11-0,
1995 – New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2 for a 4-2 series win; qualify for their first Stanley Cup Finals Series (beat Detroit Red Wings, 4-0)
1997 – American fugitive Ira Einhorn is arrested in France for the murder of Holly Maddux after 16 years on the run, though he would not return for another four years
2015 – Floods in Tbilisi, Georgia, kill 12 people and free animals from the city’s zoo, including bears and hippos, to roam the city
Famous Birthdays
1752 – Fanny Burney, English novelist (Camille, Evelina), born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (d. 1840)
1795 – Thomas Arnold, English educator and historian (History of Rome), born in West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (d. 1842)
1937 – Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician (Rep-D-DC), born in Washington, D.C.
1953 – Zdeněk Prokeš, Czech soccer defender (17 caps Czechoslovakia; Bohemians Praha 294 games), born in České Budějovice, Czech Republic (d. 2024)
1963 – Randy Gilhen, Canadian-German ice hockey forward (Stanley Cup 1991, Pittsburgh Penguins; first German-born player to win SC), born in Zweibrücken, West Germany
Famous Deaths
1036 – Ali az-Zahir, 7th Caliph of the Fātimids (1021-36), dies at 30
1231 – Antony of Padua [Fernando Martins de Bulhões], Portuguese Catholic friar and saint(patron saint of Portugal), dies at 35
1994 – Igor Youskevitch, Russian-Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies at 82
2020 – Mike McCormick, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1960–1961²; NL Cy Young Award 1967; NL wins leader 1967; NL ERA leader 1960; SF Giants), dies of Parkinson’s disease at 81
2023 – Cormac McCarthy, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (The Road; All the Pretty Horses; No Country for Old Men), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 12th June 2025
1567 – Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1490)
1687 – Jurriaen van Streeck, Dutch still life painter, buried
1760 – Antoine Court, French minister and itinerant preacher in the Reformed church who restored Protestantism to France, dies at 69
1858 – Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder, dies at 74
1976 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Prime Minister of South Vietnam, dies at 68
1983 – Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (Escape, Romeo and Juliet), dies at 82
2003 – Gregory Peck, American actor (To Kill a Mockingbird; Spellbound; Gentleman’s Agreement), dies of bronchopneumonia at 87
2011 – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Skolt Sámi poet and writer, dies at 63
2021 – Igor Zhelezovski, Belarusian speed skater (record 6 x World Sprint Champion; Olympic silver 1994; bronze 1988), dies from COVID-19 at 57
2021 – Anatoly Chukanov, Russian cyclist (Olympic gold Soviet Union team time trial 1976; UCI Road World C’ships gold 1977), dies at 67
Historical Events for 12th June 2025
1667 – Raid on the Medway: Dutch fleet sails up the Medway destroying British naval ships and capturing the flagship HMS Royal Charles
1851 – Abass I of Egypt signs a contract with Robert Louis Stevenson to build a railway in Egypt, first stage opens 1854 between Alexandria and Kafer Eassa – first railway in Africa
1916 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Molla Bjurstedt outclasses Louise Hammond Raymond 6-0, 6-1
1948 – George Lessner, Russell Maloney and Miriam Battista’s musical adaptation of Washington Irving’s “Sleepy Hollow” closes at St James Theater, NYC, after 12 performances
1948 – In his farewell Ashes Tour, Australian cricket batting maestro Don Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test against England at Trent Bridge
1988 – Soviet Union holds its 1st beauty content in Moscow, 16-year-old Maria Kalinina crowned the winner
1996 – Cincinnati Reds CEO Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations due to numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women and Asians
1997 – Shakespeare’s Globe theatre opens in London, England, replica of original Globe theatre (1599-1642) with performance of Henry V, after campaign by Sam Wanamaker
2002 – 1st CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards: Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride, and Kenny Chesney win
2019 – World’s largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund, worth $1 trillion, gets authorization to drop fossil fuel investments from Norway’s government
Today in History for 12th June 2025
Historical Events
1864 – Confederate forces of Jubal Early attack Fort Stevens, barely 4 miles from the White House, with Abraham Lincoln observing the battle
1864 – Skirmish at Mcafee’s Cross Road, Georgia, about 57 die in battle
1931 – Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury
2005 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Bulle Rock GC: 3-peat for Annika Sörenstam of Sweden; wins by 3 strokes ahead of 15-year-old amateur Michelle Wie
2018 – Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump – first time a North Korean leader and an incumbent US President have ever met
Famous Birthdays
1916 – Irwin Allen, American film and television producer (Land of the Giants; The Poseidon Adventure), born in New York City (d. 1991)
1927 – Henry Slesar, American writer and playwright (The Edge of Night), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1949 – Yann Piat [née Marie], French politician (National Assembly, 1986-94 – FN/PR), born in Saigon, French Cochinchina (now Vietnam) (d. 1994)
1971 – Ryan Klesko, American MLB outfielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Westminster, California
1971 – Iwan Tomasz, Polish soccer midfielder (40 caps; Roda JC, Feyenoord, PSV), born in Słupsk, Poland
Famous Deaths
1928 – Salvador Díaz Mirón, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas), dies at 74
1968 – Fidelio Friedrich Finke, Bohemian German composer, dies at 76
1989 – Lou Monte [Scaglione], Italian-American novelty song singer-songwriter (Peppino the Italian Mouse; Dominick the Donkey), dies at 72
2010 – Egon Ronay, Hungarian food critic, dies at 94
2022 – Fred Cuming, British painter, chiefly of contemporary landscapes, dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 11th June 2025
1811 – Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82
1912 – Léon Dierx, French poet (Aspirations; Les Amants), dies at 74
1949 – Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
1964 – Frank D. Smith, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame administrator (Beaches/Greater Toronto Hockey League), dies at 70
1992 – Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titanic, dies at 103
1995 – Lovelace Watkins, American singer known as “The Black Sinatra” (The Big, Big Voice of Lovelace Watkins), dies of leukemia at 58
2003 – David Brinkley, American NBC news anchor (The Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 82
2013 – Johnny Smith, American cool jazz guitarist (“Moonlight In Vermont”; “Walk, Don’t Run”), dies from injuries sustained in a fall at 90
2017 – Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman and white supremacist (British Israelism), dies at 67
2024 – Éric Tappy, Swiss operatic tenor, dies at 93