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
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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
Today in History for 12th June 2024
Historical Events
1772 – Marion du Fresne is killed at Tacoury’s Cove, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, by local Māori
1933 – Financial and Economy World conference opens (66 countries)
1950 – 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
1963 – “Cleopatra” directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton premieres in NYC, then most expensive film ever made
2002 – 1st CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards: Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride, and Kenny Chesney win
2020 – African American Rayshard Brooks shot dead in drive-through carpark in Atlanta leading to further protests at police violence and the resignation of city’s police chief
Famous Birthdays
1835 – George Atzerodt, American conspirator who failed to attempt an assassination of Vice President Andrew Johnson on the night Abraham Lincoln was murdered, born in Dorna, German Confederation (d. 1865)
1878 – James Oliver Curwood, American journalist and writer (Kazan the wolfdog), born in Owosso, Michigan (d. 1927)
1942 – Bert Sakmann, German cell physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1991), born in Stuttgart, Germany
1945 – Alfred Gell, British social anthropologist (d. 1997)
1963 – Philippa Baker, New Zealand rower (World C’ship gold LW1x 1991; W2x 1993, 94), born in Wanganui, New Zealand
1973 – Jason Caffey, American NBA forward (Chicago Bulls), born in Mobile, Alabama
Famous Deaths
1687 – Jurriaen van Streeck, Dutch still life painter, buried
1761 – Meinrad Spiess, German composer, dies at 77
1888 – Carel Vosmaer, Dutch poet and art critic (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 62
1994 – Ron Goldman, waiter, murdered with wife of O.J. Simpson at 27
1995 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian classical pianist, dies at 75
2022 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby union fly-half (29 Tests Wales, 8 British and Irish Lions; Barbarians FC; Llanelli RFC 414 games and 2,535 points), dies at 73
Famous Deaths for 11th June 2024
1698 – Balthasar Bekker, Dutch theologist (helped end persecution of witches), dies at 64
1859 – Klemens von Metternich, Austrian statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1809-48) and host of the Congress of Vienna (1814-15), dies at 86
1903 – King Alexander I of Serbia assassinated during a coup d’etat at 26
1956 – Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
1970 – Frank Silvera, Jamaican-American actor (High Chaparral, Killer’s Kiss, Fear and Desire), accidentally electrocutes himself at 55
1991 – Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies
1993 – Bernard Bresslaw, English comedian (Carry On team), dies of a heart attack at 59
1994 – Kitty Muggeridge, British author and translator, dies at 90
2001 – Timothy McVeigh, American Oklahoma City bomber and terrorist, executed for bombing Oklahoma City at 33
2003 – William Marshall, American stage and screen actor, director, and operatic singer (Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman; Blacula; Scream Blacula Scream), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 78
Historical Events for 11th June 2024
1898 – Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking
1927 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th homers of MLB season record 60 HRs in New York’s 6-4 win over Cleveland Indians at Yankees Stadium
1938 – French Championships Women’s Tennis: In an all-French final Simonne Mathieu wins first of consecutive titles; beats Nelly Adamson 6-0, 6-3
1941 – 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam
1980 – K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (San Francisco)
1981 – Cannibal Issei Sagawa kills Dutch student
1984 – US Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally
2006 – 60th Tony Awards: “Jersey Boys” (musical) and “The History Boys” (play) win
2009 – Texas mother hit by lightning while standing in her kitchen in her Texas home. Witnesses say lightning came through a light fixture, struck her chest and exited her foot. Survived after three days in hospital.
2012 – US territory Puerto Rico votes to become a US State
Today in History for 11th June 2024
Historical Events
1594 – Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, creating a ruling class of native nobility known as the Principalía
1987 – Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term
1988 – Freedom Fest: Anti-apartheid benefit and Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert addresses his continued imprisonment; performers include Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Tracy Chapman, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba, Youssou N’Dour, Peter Gabriel, Al Green, Joan Armatrading; Jessye Norman, and The Eurythmics at Wembley Stadium, London; broadcast to 67 countries with estimated audience of 600 million
1992 – US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibition game, beat Venezuela 20-0
1994 – 126th Belmont: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 2:26.8
2020 – Bodies of 46 migrants recovered off the coast of Tunisia after a boat capsized a few days before
Famous Birthdays
1908 – George Paine, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 17 wickets; Warwickshire CCC), born in London, England (d. 1978)
1914 – Jack Mann, British fighter pilot and hostage, kidnapped by Islamists in Lebanon in May 1989, born in Northampton, England (d. 1995)
1920 – Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955-72), born in Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal (d. 1972)
1931 – Margarita Pracatan [Figueroa], Cuban-American novelty singer (BBC’s Saturday Night Clive), born in Santiago, Cuba (d. 2020)
1949 – Frank Beard, American blues-rock drummer (ZZ Top – “Legs”), born in Frankton, Texas
1964 – Kim Gallagher, American athlete (Olympic silver 800m 1984; bronze 1988), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2002)
Famous Deaths
1879 – William, Prince of Orange, Dutch crown prince of the Netherlands, dies of typhus at 39
1975 – Floro Ugarte, Argentine composer (From My Land; Saika), and educator, dies at 90
1976 – Folke Eriksberg [Eriksberger], Swedish jazz and session guitarist and composer, dies at 65
2005 – Ghena Dimitrova, Bulgarian operatic soprano, dies of cancer at 64
2008 – Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
2015 – Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer-songwriter (“Here Today and Gone Tomorrow”; “Pop a Top”), and radio and television host (Nashville on the Road), dies of lung cancer at 81
Famous Deaths for 10th June 2024
1580 – Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal’s national poet (Os Lusiados), dies
1607 – John Popham, English politician (Speaker of the House, Lord Chief Justice), dies at 75 or 76
1849 – Friedrich Kalkbrenner, German-French pianist and composer, dies at 63
1849 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly, dies at 64
1955 – Margaret Abbott, American golfer (1st American woman to win Olympic event, golf 1900), dies at 76
1968 – Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, Russian composer, dies at 65
1996 – Norman Lambert, British restaurateur, dies at 63 (b. 1933)
2016 – Gordie Howe, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (23-time NHL All Star; NHL: Detroit Red Wings; WHA: Houston Aeros), dies of a stroke at 88
2020 – Harry Glickman, American journalist, promoter and sports executive (co-founder NBA Portland Trail Blazers, President 1987-94), dies at 96
2023 – Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer (Zavara-Katra-Nemia; 24 Dances), dies of cancer at 84