1755 – British capture strategic Fort Beauséjour, eastern Canada, expelling the Acadians and renaming it Fort Cumberland
1858 – Abraham Lincoln says “A house divided against itself cannot stand” accepting Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the Senate
1903 – Ford Motors under Henry Ford incorporates
1961 – Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France
1962 – 2 US army officers killed in Saigon
1974 – US Open Men’s Golf, Winged Foot GC: Hale Irwin’s score of 287 (+7) is good enough for the first of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Forrest Fezler
1985 – Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58 feet 11 inches) in Indianapolis
1996 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oakland Hills GC: Steve Jones wins his lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Tom Lehman and Davis Love III
2016 – Philadelphia is the first US city to pass a tax on sweetened drinks
2022 – NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors beat Boston Celtics, 103-90 for a 4-2 series win; Warriors’ 4th title in 8 years; MVP: Stephen Curry
Author: gil7
Today in History for 16th June 2024
Historical Events
1953 – Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, NY Yankees lose ending an 18 game winning streak and also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
1954 – Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months
1969 – US Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr from House of Representatives violated Article I of the Constitution by citing reasons beyond the exclusive list of qualifications in the article
1989 – Only 17 holes-in-one recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price)
1989 – Funeral for Imre Nagy, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956
2013 – 20 people are killed by a series of car bombings across Iraq
Famous Birthdays
1941 – Dino Ciani, Italian pianist, born in Fiume, Italy (d. 1974)
1942 – Alan “Howling Laud” Hope, British politician and leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP), born in Mytchett, Surrey
1958 – Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (Þeyr), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
1977 – Kerry Wood, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), born in Irving, Texas
1981 – Miguel Villalta, Peruvian soccer defender (28 caps; Sporting Cristal CS 233 games, CS Cienciano), born in Cusco, Peru
1986 – Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi cricket all-rounder (34 ODIs, 1 x 50, 22 wickets; Dhaka Warriors), born in Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Famous Deaths
1925 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer, politician and activist (founded Swaraj Party), dies at 55
1944 – Marc Bloch, French historian and member of the French resistance, executed by firing squad by the Gestapo at 57
1947 – Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian Egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86
2003 – Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish-Swedish philosopher (b. 1916)
2004 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai politician and general (1971 coup Prime Minister of Thailand 1958-73), dies at 92
2010 – Maureen Forrester, Canadian operatic contralto (Resurrection Symphony), dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 15th June 2024
991 – Theophanu, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II and regent of Otto III, dies (b. 960)
1341 – Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies
1869 – Albert Grisar, Belgian comic opera composer, dies at 60
1895 – Richard Genée, Austrian playwright, librettist, and composer, dies at 72
1941 – Evelyn Underhill, British Anglo-Catholic poet, dies at 65
1965 – E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902
1968 – Sam Crawford, American Baseball HOF outfielder (MLB HR leader 1901, 08; AL RBI leader 1910, 14, 15; MLB record 309 career triples; Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), dies at 88
1992 – Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies
2000 – Jules Roy, French writer (b. 1907)
2015 – Jean Doré, Canadian politician (39th Mayor of Montreal), dies at 70
Historical Events for 15th June 2024
1598 – Battle of San Juan: British forces led by Sir George Clifford attack Spanish-held San Juan, capturing the citadel El Moro and holding for 65 days
1864 – Battle of Petersburg begins as General Ulysses S. Grant assaults the Confederate line at the important Southern rail center of Petersburg
1869 – Mike McCoole (US) defeats Tom Allen (England) in bare-knuckle bout
1917 – In order to calm troubled relations with Ireland, the British grant amnesty to the Prisoners taken during the Easter Rising of 1916
1929 – 1st time NY curb stock exchange transacts more business than NY Exch
1943 – Race riot in Beaumont, Texas erupts killing 2
1955 – The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual “Operation Alert” (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA’s preparations for a nuclear attack
1978 – Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days
1988 – Turkish premier Özal meets Greek premier Papandreou in Athens
1994 – New York Giants cut Super Bowl XXI MVP quarterback Phil Simms after 15 years service with the NFL club
Today in History for 15th June 2024
Historical Events
1667 – 1st fully documented human blood transfusion is performed by French physician, Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, when a small amount of sheep blood is transfused into a 15-year old boy, who survives the procedure
1903 – The Serbian Assembly meets and elects Prince Peter Karageorgevich king
1964 – Last French troops leave Algeria
1998 – 32nd Music City News Country Awards: Neal McCoy, Lorrie Morgan and Billy Ray Cyrus win
2012 – Five Dutch banks, including ING, receive credit rating downgrades of one or two notches
2015 – 800 year anniversary of “the birthplace of modern democracy”, the signing of the Magna Carta by King John at Runymede, England
Famous Birthdays
1809 – François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
1915 – Patrick Piggott, British pianist, composer, and musicologist (The Life and Music of John Field; The Innocent Diversion – Music in the Life and Writings of Jane Austen), born in Dover, England (d. 1990)
1929 – Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, Australian piano player, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1995)
1949 – Michael Lutz, American bassist, singer, guitarist (Brownsville Station – “Smokin’ In The Boys Room”), and producer, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
1972 – Ramiro Mendoza, Panamanian MLB pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Los Santos, Panama
1999 – Peso Pluma [Hassan Laija], Mexican corridos singer, rapper, and guitarist (“Ella Baila Sola”), born in Zapopan, Mexico
Famous Deaths
1814 – Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French playwright (Les Tuteurs) satirist and politician, dies at 84
1858 – Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French Romantic painter, etcher and sculptor, dies at 63
1991 – A. B. “Happy” Chandler, American Baseball HOF executive (MLB Commissioner 1945-51) and politician (44th and 49th Governor Kentucky), dies at 92
1996 – Piet Bambergen, Dutch comic and actor (The Mounties; The Mad Adventures of Sherlock Jones), dies of a heart attack at 65
2007 – Richard Bell, Canadian musician (Full Tilt Boogie Band), dies of multiple myeloma at 61
2013 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist (Nobel 1982), dies from lymphoma at 77
Famous Deaths for 14th June 2024
1800 – Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French military leader (b. 1768)
1968 – Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer (Facettes; Aniara), dies at 51
1968 – Ken Errair, American pop-jazz singer (Four Freshmen, 1953-55 – “Graduation Day”), dies in a chartered plane crash at 42
1988 – Johnny Farrell, American golfer (US Open 1928), dies of a stroke at 87
1994 – Mark Alexander Lees, English rowing coach, dies at 38
1995 – Els Aarne, Estonian composer, dies at 78
1995 – Gordon Greig, British political journalist (Daily Mail), dies at 63
2000 – Paul Griffin, American session musician and pianist, dies at 62
2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1972-81) and 9th President of Austria (1986-92), dies at 88
2012 – Dumitru Capoianu, Romanian conductor and classical and film composer (The Little Man), dies at 82
Historical Events for 14th June 2024
1597 – At 4:30 AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents leaves Novaya Zemlya on his third Arctic expedition to return to the Netherlands (dies on the return voyage)
1906 – Pogrom against Jews in Bialystok, Polish Russia
1919 – 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock and Brown) leaves Newfoundland
1952 – US Open Men’s Golf, Northwood GC: Julius Boros wins 1st of 3 majors by 4 shots from Ed Oliver
1955 – Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
1972 – Tropical storm (later hurricane) Agnes forms over Yucatán Peninsula
1985 – Earl Weaver comes out of retirement to manage Baltimore Orioles
1985 – Lebanese Shiite Muslim extremists hijacked TWA Flight 847
2018 – 21st FIFA World Cup opens at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia with British singer Robbie Williams and Russian soprano Aida Garifullina performing
2019 – Swiss women hold a national strike over the country’s slow pace towards equality
Today in History for 14th June 2024
Historical Events
1847 – Robert Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner
1968 – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” second studio album by Iron Butterfly is released
1988 – “Guy” debut album by Guy is released
1990 – NBA Finals: Defending champion Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers, 92-90 in Game 5 for back-to-back titles; MVP: Isiah Thomas
2013 – The US government charges NSA leaker Edward Snowden with violating the Espionage Act and theft of government property
2018 – Rashid Khan makes his Test debut for Afghanistan against India
Famous Birthdays
1903 – Alonzo Church, American Mathematician whose work provided foundation for computer science, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1995)
1929 – Alan Davidson, Australian cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 1,328 runs @ 24.59, 186 wickets, best 7/93, 42 catches; NSW), born in Lisarow, Australia (d. 2021)
1965 – Trina Shoemaker, American mixer, record producer, and sound engineer (Queens of the Stone Age; Sheryl Crow), born in Joliet, Illinois
1968 – Tony Smith, American NBA guard (Miami Heat), born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
1979 – Carlos Henriquez, American jazz and Latin jazz double bassist (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), born in New York City
1989 – Courtney Halverson, American actress (Unfriended), born in Orange County, California
Famous Deaths
1674 – Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer and poet (Polexandre), dies at about 74
1952 – Felix Calonder, Swiss politician (Free Democratic Party), dies at 88
1989 – Pete de Freitas, British drummer (Echo and the Bunnyman), dies in a motorcycle accident at 27
2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor, dies at 91
2006 – Monty Berman, British film and television producer (b. 1905)
2009 – Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
Famous Deaths for 12th June 2024
1904 – Camille de Renesse, Belgian nobleman and entrepreneur, dies at 67
1932 – René de Clerq, Flemish poet and writer (Book of Love), dies at 54
1936 – Karl Kraus, Austrian satirical writer, dies at 62
1952 – Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (Archbishop of Munich who opposed Nazi regime), dies at 83
1963 – Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80
1980 – Milburn Stone, American actor (Gunsmoke, Pickup on South Street), dies from a heart attack at 75
1989 – Peter Baden, Norwegian composer, organist and music critic, dies at 80
1997 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian poet-bard and singer-songwriter (founder of author’s song genre), dies at 73
2011 – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Skolt Sámi poet and writer, dies at 63
2023 – Harvey Glance, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1976; World C’ship gold 4x100m relay 1987), dies of a heart attack at 66
Historical Events for 12th June 2024
1792 – British explorer Captain George Vancouver lands on the site of what is now Vancouver, British Columbia
1899 – New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200
1901 – In Cuba, the constitutional convention – knowing that the USA will not withdraw its troops until does so – adopts the Platt Amendment as part of its constitution
1910 – Dutch soccer club PEC forms in Zwolle; renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and back to PEC Zwolle in 2012
1947 – British Amateur Women’s Golf, Gullane GC: Babe Didrikson becomes first American to win event; beats England’s Jacqueline Gordon 5 and 4
1972 – Apple Records releases John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s political album “Sometime in NYC” in US; includes studio recordings of songs “Woman is the Nigger of the World”, “Attica State” and “Luck of the Irish”; and some live tracks from 1971 concert with Frank Zappa
1977 – Groundbreaking ceremony for John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts; architect I. M. Pei’s design would take over 2 years to build
1996 – Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations because of her numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women and Asians
2016 – Stanley Cup Final, SAP Center, San Jose, CA: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat San Jose Sharks, 3-1 for a 4-2 series victory; Penguins 4th title
2018 – Battle for key Yemen port of Hudaydah begins with assault by Saudi backed pro-government forces against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels