1784 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer and son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
1860 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and manufacturing engineer who invented the vulcanization process for rubber, dies at 59
1883 – Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 39
1939 – Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
1943 – Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1964 – Pierre Monteux, French-American conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1924–34;, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, 1929–38; San Francisco Symphony, 1936–52), dies at 89
1976 – Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
1987 – Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)
2009 – Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer (3-weight world champion), dies of self inflicted gun wound at 57
2020 – Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99
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Historical Events for 1st July 2022
1776 – 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain’s North American colonies
1816 – French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault’s painting “Raft of the Medusa”
1850 – At least 626 ships lie at anchor around San Francisco Bay
1916 – First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men (WWI)
1932 – NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Democratic Convention in Chicago
1946 – The last White Rajah, Charles Vyner Brooke cedes Sarawak to the British Crown
1973 – 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1976 – Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of US Conference of Mayors
1991 – “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong premieres at Century City, California
2019 – Japan resumes commercial whaling after a break of more than 30 years
Today in History for 1st July 2022
Historical Events
1859 – Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
1896 – Wilfrid Laurier sworn in as 1st French speaking Prime Minister of Canada
1915 – Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
1931 – Cleveland Municipal Stadium (MLB: Indians, NFL: Browns, 78,189 capacity) opens; demolished 1996
1948 – NYC subway fare goes to 10 cents, bus fare to 7 cents and combo fare at 12 cents
1978 – Former US President Richard Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974
Famous Birthdays
1915 – Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon and pioneer in the modern neurosurgery, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2001)
1916 – Olivia de Havilland, British-American Academy Award-winning actress (All the King’s Men; The Adventures of Robin Hood; Gone With The Wind; The Heiress), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2020)
1971 – Melissa Peterman [Melissa Margaret], American actress (Reba, Fargo), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1976 – Patrick Kluivert, Dutch soccer striker (Netherlands 79 caps)), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1977 – Jessica Meir, American NASA astronaut and marine biologist, born in Caribou, Maine
1998 – Pa Salieu, Gambian British rapper (Frontline), born in Slough, England
Famous Deaths
1805 – Georg Ritschel, German composer, dies at 60
1939 – Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
1949 – Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
1964 – Pierre Monteux, French-American conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1924–34;, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, 1929–38; San Francisco Symphony, 1936–52), dies at 89
2008 – Mel Galley, English guitarist (Whitesnake; Phenomena), dies of esophageal cancer at 60
2014 – Walter Dean Myers, African-American author, dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 30th June 2022
1704 – John Quelch, English pirate, hanged for piracy in Boston at 38
1934 – Ernst Röhm, German army officer and chief organizer of Adolf Hitler’s Storm Troopers (Sturmabteilung, or SA; Brownshirts), executed at 46
1935 – Bill Brockwell, English cricketer (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies at 70
1960 – Clarence Cameron White, American concert violinist, and composer (Elegy; Ouanga!), dies from cancer at 79
1971 – Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies in outer space aboard Soyuz at 38
1983 – Bo Gentry [Robert Ackoff] American songwriter (“Mony, Mony”), and record producer (Tommy James), dies at 41
1992 – Doug Delauder, American actor, dies at 41
2001 – Chet Atkins, American guitarist (Me and My Guitar), dies at 77
2006 – Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
2020 – Alfred Kotey, Ghanaian boxer (WBO Bantamweight C’ship 1994-95), dies of complications from a stroke at 52
Historical Events for 30th June 2022
1643 – Battle of Adwalton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary army during First English Civil war
1758 – Seven Years’ War: The Battle of Domstadtl results in Austrian victory over Prussia in Moravia
1910 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: New Zealander Anthony Wilding beats Arthur Gore 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 for his 1st of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles
1924 – J. B. M. Hertzog becomes Primes Minister, head of a coalition government between the National and Labour Parties in South Africa
1928 – Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards
1936 – Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone With The Wind” published
1936 – 40 hour work week law approved for US federal employees
1966 – Richard Helms promoted from deputy director to 8th director of US Central Intelligence Agency
1992 – “End of the Road” single released by Boyz II Men (Grammy Award Best RandB Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best RandB Song 1993, Billboard Song of the Year 1992)
2002 – FIFA World Cup Final, International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan: Ronaldo scores twice as Brazil beats Germany, 2-0 to win record 5th title; first World Cup held in Asia
Today in History for 30th June 2022
Historical Events
1953 – 1st Chevrolet Corvette manufactured
1968 – East German Communist Party leader Walter Ulbricht receives “Order of October Revolution”
1974 – Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to hide his burglary at a bowling alley, fires spreads next door to “Gulliver’s” nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester, New York)
1979 – “Good Times” single released by Chic (Billboard Song of the Year 1979)
1992 – Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
2019 – President Donald Trump becomes first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea in the Korean Demilitarized Zone meeting Kim Jong Un
Famous Birthdays
1722 – Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer and violinist, born in Benátky nad Jizerou, Bohemia (d. 1795)
1938 – Chris Hinze, Dutch flutist (Vivat Vivaldi), born in Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
1956 – David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, Boomerang), born in Detroit, Michigan
1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican MLB baseball shortstop, 1983-2001, 5X All-Star, 4X Golden Glove (Toronto Blue Jays, and 6 other teams), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic (d. 2020)
1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German Formula 1 race car driver, born in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1980 – Rade Prica, Swedish footballer, born in Ljungby, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1857 – Alcide d’Orbigny, French naturalist, dies at 54
1935 – Bill Brockwell, English cricketer (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies at 70
1973 – Elmer Layden, College Football Hall of Fame fullback (Notre Dame legendary 4-horsemen, 1st NFL Commissioner), dies at 70
1992 – Nico Booken, Dutch director (Jewish Labor Social), dies at 72
2003 – Buddy Hackett [Leonard Hacker], American comedian and actor (God’s Little Acre; The Music Man; The Love Bug), dies of heart disease at 78
2014 – Paul Mazursky, American film director and screenwriter, dies from pulmonary cardiac arrest at 84
Famous Deaths for 29th June 2022
1725 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657)
1895 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (comparative anatomy), dies at 70
1923 – Gustave Kerker,German-American composer, dies at 66
1957 – Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12′ dinghy 1920), dies at 58
1965 – Sidney Marion, American actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), dies at 64
1967 – Jayne Mansfield [Vera Jane Palmer], American actress (The Girl Can’t Help It), dies in a car crash at 34
1992 – Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73
2002 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer (Come On-a My House) and actress (White Christmas), dies of lung cancer at 74
2006 – Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinean film director (b. 1959)
2018 – Irina Szewińska, Polish athlete, administrator (Olympic various sprint gold 1964, 68, 76), dies of cancer at 72
Historical Events for 29th June 2022
1914 – Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia
1927 – 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1931 – Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)
1946 – Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2,700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist
1950 – Striker Joe Gaetjens heads US to an upset, 1-0 win over England in a FIFA World Cup group match in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Americans next win over England: 1994
1956 – Dutch PM Drees refuses resignation of Queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
1959 – Pope John XXIII publishes his 1st encyclical “On truth, unity, and peace, in charity”
1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
2017 – Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces retake destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri from Islamic State – symbolic site where their leader declared a “caliphate”
2018 – Drake releases his fifth studio album “Scorpion”, a double album with 25 tracks
Today in History for 29th June 2022
Historical Events
1755 – 515 prominent Filipinos baptized as Catholic
1863 – Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
1864 – Samuel Crowther, bishop of Niger, becomes the first Black bishop of the Church of England
1988 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected the 4th President of Iceland becoming the world’s 1st democratically elected female President
1989 – Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 10th time
1997 – “London Assurance” closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 72 performances
Famous Birthdays
1783 – August Alexander Klengel, German pianist and composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1852)
1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer, poet and pioneering aviator (The Little Prince), born in Lyon, France (d. 1944)
1902 – Carl-Heinz Schroth, German actor and director (Reaching for the Stars), born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1989)
1943 – Little Eva [Boyd], American pop singer (“The Loco-motion”; “Keep Your Hands Off My Baby”), born in Belhaven, North Carolina (d. 2003)
1970 – Mike Vallely, American skateboarder and singer (Black Flag), born in Edison, New Jersey
1978 – Luke Kirby, Canadian American actor (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), born in Hamilton, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1315 – Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)
1964 – Milenko Živković, Yugoslavian composer, dies at 63
1968 – Kitty Kelly, American actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66
1973 – Tin-Tan [Germán Valdés], Mexican actor, singer and comedian (Spanish dubbing of The Jungle Book, The Aristocats), dies from cancer at 57
1996 – Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), dies of heart failure at 78
2016 – Elechi Amadi, Nigerian novelist (The Concubine), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 28th June 2022
1954 – Red Deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
1964 – King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
1980 – Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (Nixon’s 1st opponent for the United States Senate in 1950), dies at 79
1994 – William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44
1994 – Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black and Tan), dies at 90
1996 – Willard F. McMurry, musician, dies at 89
2000 – Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (the Seventh Seal, Dum-Bom), dies of viral complications after several stroke at 92
2006 – George Page, American television host (b. 1935)
2007 – Eugene B. Fluckey, American Navy submariner, dies at 93
2009 – A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1955)