1742 – Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska
1907 – George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket
1907 – Northants all out for 12 v Gloucestershire
1950 – 50th US Open Men’s Golf, Merion GC: 16 months after being severely injured in an auto accident, Ben Hogan beats Lloyd Mangrum by 4 shots and George Fazio by 6 in an 18-hole playoff; the “Miracle at Merion”
1953 – “Amos ‘n Andy” TV Comedy, also radio from ’29; last aired on CBS
1959 – Charlie Sifford becomes the 1st African American to play in a US Golf Open
1977 – Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
1978 – Joseph Freeman Jr is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
2012 – Stanley Cup Final, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA : LA Kings defeat New Jersey Devils, 6-1 for 4-2 series win; first SC title in Kings’ 45-year history
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Today in History for 11th June 2025
Historical Events
1942 – US and USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II
1976 – Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa
1977 – Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
2009 – The World Health Organization declares H1N1 swine flu to be a global pandemic, the first such incident in over forty years
2012 – Two earthquakes in Afghanistan trigger landslides that kill more than 80 people
Famous Birthdays
1904 – Alan Roth, American orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1972)
1921 – Beatrice “Fiet” van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 2012)
1922 – Erving Goffman, American sociologist (presentation of self in everyday life), born in Mannville, Alberta, Canada (d. 1982)
1933 – Gene Wilder [Jerome Silberman], American actor, (Blazing Saddles; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Silver Streak; Young Frankenstein), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2016)
1955 – Tony Allcock, English bowls player (World Singles Champion (1986-87, 2002), born in Leicestershire
Famous Deaths
1249 – Aleydis of Schaarbeek, Flemish prioress, mystic and saint, dies
1882 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French Catholic prelate, dies at 77
1936 – Robert E. Howard, American pulp fiction author (Conan the Barbarian), commits suicide aged 30
1997 – Thalassa Cruso, English-American gardening expert (The Mike Douglas Show; The Tonight Show), dies of Alzheimer’s at 88
2005 – VVasco Gonçalves, Portuguese army officer and 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (1974-75), dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 10th June 2025
1075 – Ernest of Austria (b. 1027)
1849 – Frederich Kalkbrenner, German-French piano virtuoso, composer, music publisher, piano maker, and teacher, dies of cholera at 63
1858 – Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (discovered ‘Brownian Motion’), dies at 84
1930 – Adolf Harnack, German theologian (b. 1851)
1971 – Michael Rennie, British actor (The Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at 61
1994 – Edward Kienholz, American sculptor (Back Seat Dodge ’38), dies at 66
1995 – Lindsey Nelson, American sportscaster (NY Mets), dies at 76
2000 – Brian Statham, English cricket fast bowler (70 Tests, 252 wickets @ 24.84), dies at 69
2019 – Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, American epidemiologist and University of California professor (Living legacy award 2009), dies at 84
2021 – Buddhadev Dasgupta, Indian director and poet (Charachar, Grihajuddha), dies at 77
Historical Events for 10th June 2025
1944 – Nazi forces carry out a massacre of 642 civilians in the French village Oradour-sur-Glane
1962 – A one-day record 54 home runs hit in baseball
1968 – KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1972 – Hank Aaron’s grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)
1974 – Rumor’s government in Italy resigns
1977 – James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King’s killer) escapes from prison
1981 – Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co
1994 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1994 – Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel
1995 – 127th Belmont Stakes: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32
Today in History for 10th June 2025
Historical Events
1768 – Riot breaks out in Boston after customs officials seize sloop owned by John Hancock for alleged customs violation
1942 – Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, to “teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility”; over 170 adult men were executed by firing squad on site, women and children were sent to concentration camp gas chambers, and the village was burned down and plowed under
1950 – Germany doesn’t annex Oder-Neissegrens
1990 – Senior Tournament Players Championship Men’s Golf, Dearborn CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his second of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Lee Trevino
2007 – Novelty dance song “I’m a Gummy Bear” by German band Gummibär released
Famous Birthdays
1803 – Henry Darcy, French hydraulic engineer (Darcy’s Law), born in Dijon, France (d. 1858)
1920 – Zbyněk Vostřák, Czech composer (While We Are Falling Asleep), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
1926 – Willem Oltmans, Dutch investigative journalist and author (Outlawed; Free as a Bird), born in Huizen, Netherlands (d. 2004)
1936 – Graham Carleton Greene, British publisher (Jonathon Cape), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
1942 – Janet Vogel, American doo-wop soprano (Skyliners – “Since I Don’t Have You”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
Famous Deaths
1906 – Richard Seddon, New Zealand politician (longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1893-1906), dies at 61
1971 – Virginia True Boardman, American actress of the silent era (A Blind Bargain; The Lady Lies), dies of a heart attack at 82
2001 – Princess Leila Pahlavi of Iran, youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, dies at 31
2011 – Jeanne Bice, American entrepreneur (Quacker Factory clothes), dies of cancer at 71
2020 – Harry Glickman, American journalist, promoter and sports executive (co-founder NBA Portland Trail Blazers, President 1987-94), dies at 96
Famous Deaths for 9th June 2025
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
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