545 – Chlotilde, wife of French King Clovis and saint, dies at about 70
1881 – Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian
1882 – Christian Wilberg, German painter, dies at 42
1890 – Henryk Oskar Kolberg, Polish folklorist and composer, dies at 76
1959 – Ole Windingstad, Norwegian conductor (Brooklyn’s Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra, 1913-39), pianist and composer, dies after a heart attack at 73
1995 – Frank Waters, American writer, dies at 92
1998 – Joseph C. Harsch, American newscaster (Background), dies at 93
2004 – Jonathan D. Kramer, American composer (Notta Sonata), dies of leukemia at 61
2013 – Deacon Jones, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (8 × Pro Bowl; 5 × First-team All-Pro; LA Rams, SD Chargers), dies from natural causes at 73
2017 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book and film, “Fear Strikes Out”), dies at 87
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Historical Events for 3rd June 2024
1860 – Comanche, Iowa, completely destroyed by one of a series of tornadoes
1876 – Lacrosse introduced in Britain and Canada
1950 – French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
1977 – Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals)
1985 – Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1
1995 – 1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards held at Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
2012 – Plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, kills all 152 passengers and 40 people on the ground
2014 – Dove Cameron releases single “Count Me In”
2017 – Largest-ever exhibition of works by Piet Mondrian opens at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, Netherlands to mark centenary of De Stijl movement
2019 – Jay-Z named the world’s first billionaire rapper by Forbes magazine
Today in History for 3rd June 2024
Historical Events
1789 – Explorer Alexander Mackenzie sets out on his first expedition to the Pacific from Fort Chipewyan (finds the Arctic Ocean instead)
1861 – 1st American Civil War land battle: Union forces defeat the Confederacy at Philippi in modern-day West Virginia
1916 – US National Defense Act establishes Reserve Officers Training Corps
1944 – Generals Giraud and de Gaulle reach agreement on constitution
1987 – Cubs and Astro tie Oriole and Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
1989 – Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing
Famous Birthdays
1866 – George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952)
1891 – Mary Browne, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1912-14), born in Ventura County, California (d. 1971)
1923 – Michael Jaffe, English professor and museum director (Fitzwilliam Museum), born in London, England (d. 1997)
1946 – Eddie Holman, American singer (“Hey There Lonely Girl”; “You Make My Life Complete”), born in Norfolk, Virginia
1978 – Lyfe Jennings, American RandB singer-songwriter, born in Toledo, Ohio
1991 – Yordano Ventura, Dominican MLB pitcher (Kansas City Royals), born in Samaná, Dominican Republic (d. 2017)
Famous Deaths
1397 – William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader, dies at 68
1849 – Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 73
1983 – Ypk van der Fear, Dutch writer (Reade Runen), dies at 75
2000 – William E. Simon, American businessman, US Secretary of Treasury under Nixon, dies at 72
2015 – Bevo Francis, American basketball forward (NCAA record for points scored in a game [113] 1954–2012), dies at 82
2017 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book and film, “Fear Strikes Out”), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 2nd June 2024
1871 – George Stevens, English jockey (record 5 Grand National wins), dies from fractured skull at 38
1873 – François George-Hainl, French cellist and composer, dies at 65
1951 – Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher and writer, dies at 83
1959 – Max Rousié, French rugby footballer, dies in a car crash at 46
1990 – Robert Noyce, American inventor (co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968), dies at 62
1992 – Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84
1994 – David Stove, Australian philosopher (b. 1927)
1999 – Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican musician (The Wailers) (b. 1949)
2003 – Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (b. 1918)
2023 – Jacques Rozier, French film director (Adieu Philippine; Du côté d’Orouët), dies at 96
Historical Events for 2nd June 2024
1863 – Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
1942 – Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a US Navy aviator
1958 – Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record
1979 – John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a Communist country (Poland)
1984 – Flight readiness firing of Discovery’s main engines
1984 – Actress Jill Ireland has a radical mastectomy
1984 – “Welcome To Fun Zone” hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV
1985 – RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco
1987 – Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr. #1
2004 – Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated television game show “Jeopardy!”
Today in History for 2nd June 2024
Historical Events
1763 – Pontiac’s Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison’s attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort
1862 – Raid at Early’s: Maryland towards Washington, D.C.
1902 – British naval officer David Beatty is appointed captain of the cruiser HMS Juno
1967 – Capitol Records releases The Beatles’ album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in the US; it is their first album with identical track listings in US and UK, and goes to number one for 15 weeks in US, 22 weeks in UK
1985 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins by 8 shots from fellow American Alice Miller
2020 – UK death toll from COVID-19 passes 50,000 (50,032) according to its Office of National Statistics
Famous Birthdays
1740 – Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and writer (Justine) and where the words sadism and sadist are derived from, born in Paris, France (d. 1814)
1941 – William Guest, American soul singer (Gladys Knight Show), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2015)
1941 – Stacy Keach, American actor (Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer), born in Savannah, Georgia
1968 – Jon Culshaw, British comedian and impressionist
1972 – Simon Staho, Danish film director
1972 – Wentworth Miller, American actor
Famous Deaths
1575 – Pieter Aertsen [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65
1873 – François George-Hainl, French cellist and composer, dies at 65
1913 – Alfred Austin, English poet laureate of England (Garden), dies at 78
1948 – Viktor Brack, German Nazi physician and war criminal, executed by hanging at 43
1990 – Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76
1998 – Sylvester Ritter (Junkyard Dog), American professional wrestler, dies at 45
Famous Deaths for 1st June 2024
1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (3rd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia), dies at 68
1938 – Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian writer (A Child of Our Time), dies at 36
1942 – Vladislav Vančura, Czech writer (Rozmarné léto), dies at 50
1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (Hermeticism) and journalist, dies at 82
1973 – Harvey S. Firestone Jr, American tire manufacturer, dies at 75
1983 – Anna Seghers [Netty Reiling], German author (The 7th Cross), dies at 82
1983 – Charles Tham, of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, count of Flanders/Prince, dies
1991 – David Ruffin, American soul musician and early lead singer for The Temptations (My Girl; Ain’t Too Proud to Beg), dies of a drug overdose at 50
1992 – Howard Ralston, actor (Pollyana), dies
1996 – Stephen Jones, English art historian, dies of cancer at 41
Historical Events for 1st June 2024
1543 – Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius publishes “De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body in seven books)” a major step forward in understanding human anatomy [date is representative as exact date of publication unknown]
1888 – California gets its 1st seismograph
1890 – US census at 62,622,250
1920 – Dutch soccer club RKSV forms in Volendam; merges with FC Volendam in 1977
1945 – WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
1979 – Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
1989 – 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator
1994 – Indiana guard Reggie Miller drills an NBA Playoff record 5 three-pointers in the 4th quarter of the Pacers’ 93-86 win over host New York Knicks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals
1997 – Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
2007 – Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for the 1998 second-degree murder of Thomas Youk
Today in History for 1st June 2024
Historical Events
1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1958 – The Riverside International Raceway in Southern California opens with three 500-mile races in one weekend; Eddie Gray wins the Crown America 500 for NASCAR Grand National cars
1967 – Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C.
1975 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Pine Ridge GC: Kathy Whitworth wins her 3rd LPGA C’ship by 1 stroke from Sandra Haynie
1997 – LA Dodger Wilton Guerrero’s bat breaks, revealing it is corked
2022 – US Coast Guard Admiral Linda Fagan, assumes post of Commandant, becoming 1st female commander of US military branch
Famous Birthdays
1776 – George Schetky, Scottish-American cellist, music teacher, and composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1831)
1882 – John Drinkwater, English poet and playwright (Abraham Lincoln), born in Leytonstone, Essex (d. 1937)
1892 – Samuel L M Barlow II, American composer (Mon Ami Pierrot), born in New York City (d. 1982)
1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
1965 – Olga Nazarova, Russian athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1988, 92; World C’ship gold 4x400m relay 1991), born in Moscow, Russia
1990 – Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer (US Open 2018 3rd; 2 LPGA Tour titles), born in Pamplona, Spain
Famous Deaths
1943 – Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (Pelle Erobreren), dies at 84
1973 – Helen Parkhurst, American educator (The Dalton Plan), dies at 86
1995 – Prudence Hyman, English dancer, dies at 80
1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer and inventor (Hovercraft), dies at 88
2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)
Famous Deaths for 31st May 2024
1198 – Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies
1551 – Aristotele “Basiano” da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies
1747 – Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
1891 – Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Canadian politician and jurist (joint premier of Canada 1858, 1863-64), dies at 73
1960 – Willem Elsschot [Alfons Josephus de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78
2000 – Johnnie Taylor, American RandB and multi-genre singer (“Disco Lady”; “I Believe In You”), dies at 66
2009 – Danny La Rue, Irish drag entertainer, dies at 81
2010 – William A. Fraker, American cinematographer (b. 1923)
2017 – Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1990-92 and 2012-17; Prague Philharmonia, 1993-2005; BBC Symphony, 2006-12), dies of cancer at 71
2019 – Roky Erickson [Roger Kynard], American musician (The 13th Floor Elevators – “Starry Eyes”; “Don’t Slander Me”), dies at 71