1119 – Battle of Sarmada – Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders
1936 – Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China
1939 – Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper)
1953 – US Open Women’s Golf, CC of Rochester: Betsy Rawls wins an 18-hole Sunday playoff by 6 strokes over runner-up Jackie Pung
1976 – 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1979 – OPEC raises oil prices 24%
1984 – 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
1992 – LA Police commissioner Daryl Gates steps down
2000 – Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2012 – NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans
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Today in History for 28th June 2022
Historical Events
1897 – Marquis C de Bonchamps’ expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia
1940 – Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
1973 – Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected
1993 – Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
2013 – Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole’s final “Sportscentre” broadcast on TSN
2018 – Amsterdam elects its first-ever woman mayor Femke Halsema since its first mayor in 1343
Famous Birthdays
1906 – Nancy Mayhew Youngman, English painter and educationalist, born in Maidstone, England (d. 1995)
1928 – Hans Blix, Swedish head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission 2000-2003, born in Uppsala, Sweden
1942 – (Martin) “Chris” Hani, South African politician (Secretary-General of South African Communist Party, 1991-93), born in Cofimvaba, Transkei, South Africa (d. 1993)
1971 – Ron Mahay, American baseball player, born in Crestwood, Illinois
1975 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (Dissection), born in Strömstad, Sweden (d. 2006)
1988 – Lacey Schwimmer, American dancer (So You Think You Can Dance), born in Redland, California
Famous Deaths
1714 – Daniel van Papenbroeck, Flemish jesuit/historian, dies at 86
1754 – Martin Folkes, English antiquarian and mathematician, dies at 63
1776 – Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged
1855 – Giovanni Agostino Perotti, Italian composer, dies at 86
1909 – Israel Durham, Phillies president dies
2014 – Jim Brosnan, American baseball player and writer (Long Season), dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 27th June 2022
1912 – George Bonnor, Australian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128; NSW CA, Victoria CA), dies from a heart attack at 57
1965 – Anthony Veiller, writer, dies at 62
1992 – Allan Jones, American actor and singer (A Day at the Races; Showboat), dies at 84
2003 – David Newman, American filmmaker (b. 1937)
2008 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshal (b. 1914)
2010 – Dolph Briscoe, American businessman and 41st Governor of Texas (1973-79), dies at 87
2011 – Elaine Stewart, American actress and model (The Bad and the Beautiful, Take the High Ground), dies at 81
2014 – Bobby Womack, American RandB singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer (“It’s All Over Now”; “Woman’s Got to Have It”; “Across 110th Street”), dies at 70
2020 – Mihai Romilă, Romanian soccer midfielder (19 caps; Politehnica Iași 367 games), dies at 69
2021 – Arturo “Chico” O’Farrill, Cuban Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz composer, arranger, and conductor, dies of pneumonia at 79
Historical Events for 27th June 2022
1778 – Liberty Bell returns home to Philadelphia after the British departure
1904 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Laurence Doherty wins 3rd consecutive Wimbledon singles crown; beats Frank Riseley for 2nd straight year 6-1, 7-5, 8-6
1960 – Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens
1960 – British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
1970 – Festival Express opens in Toronto, Canada – The Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, Flying Burrito Bros, Buddy Guy, Great Speckled Bird, and Delaney and Bonnie and Friends cross Canada together by train, for 5 shows in 3 cities
1984 – Late Night’s 1st Tower Drop
1990 – NBA Draft: Syracuse power forward Derrick Coleman first pick by New Jersey Nets
1992 – Daryl Gates retires as LA police chief
1995 – Holland’s debut in English domestic comp (v Northants, NatWest)
2013 – Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is re-elected President of Mongolia
Today in History for 27th June 2022
Historical Events
1693 – 1st sea battle of Lagos: a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke
1944 – Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies
1969 – Denver Pop Festival opens; 50,000 attend; Frank Zappa, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Jimi Hendrix headline; other performers include Three Dog Night, Tim Buckley, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Winter, Joe Cocker, and Poco
1973 – Uruguayan president Juan Maria Bordaberry dissolves parliament and heads a coup d’état – beginning of the civic-military dictatorship
1975 – 25th Berlin International Film Festival: “Adoption” wins the Golden Bear
1984 – Late Night’s 1st Tower Drop
Famous Birthdays
1787 – Thomas Say, American naturalist and father of descriptive entomology, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1834)
1872 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet and novelist (Oak and Ivory), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1906)
1884 – Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (La psychanalyse du feu), born in Bar-sur-Aube, France (d. 1962)
1898 – Tibor Harsányi, Hungarian composer, born in Magyarkanizsa, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1954)
1975 – Daryle Ward, American baseball player (Houston Astros), born in Lynwood, California
1991 – Madylin Sweeten, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond), born in Brownwood, Texas
Famous Deaths
1848 – Heinrich Zschokke, German Swiss writer, dies at 77
1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player, dies at 81
1996 – Alberto Romero “Cubby” Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond), dies at 87
2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (Days of Wine and Roses, Missing), dies of colon cancer and metastatic cancer of the bladder at 76
2012 – Don Grady [Agrati], American actor (Robbie Douglas-My Three Sons), dies from cancer at 68
Famous Deaths for 26th June 2022
1657 – Tobias Michael, German composer, dies at 65
1810 – Joseph Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1740)
1864 – Tom Hyer, American bare-knuckle boxer (American heavyweight champion 1841-51), dies of edema at 45
1926 – Christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies
1997 – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, Native Hawaiian singer, songwriter (“Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World”), and Hawaiian sovereignty advocate, dies from respiratory failure at 38
1997 – Don Hutson, American College, Pro Football Halls of Fame wide receiver (Green Bay Packers), dies at 84
2002 – Dolores Gray [Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein], American singer and actress (Designing Woman’ Kismet), dies at 78
2003 – Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (Sen-D/R-SC), dies at 100
2005 – Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943)
2013 – Bert Stern, American photographer, dies at 83
Historical Events for 26th June 2022
1718 – Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great’s son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1925 – “The Gold Rush”, directed, starring and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released
1942 – German assault on British railroad terminal at Mersa Matruh, Egypt
1945 – United Nations Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco
1962 – Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0
1976 – Washington Senators player Toby Harrah plays an entire doubleheader at shortstop without a single chance in the field
1987 – Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. announces his retirement
1993 – NHL Draft: Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) center Alexandre Daigle first pick by Ottawa Senators
2002 – NBA Draft: Shanghai Sharks (China) center Yao Ming first pick by Houston Rockets
2014 – Luis Suárez is expelled from the 2014 FIFA World Cup following his biting incident
Today in History for 26th June 2022
Historical Events
1942 – German assault on British railroad terminal at Mersa Matruh, Egypt
1959 – 9th Berlin International Film Festival: “The Cousins” wins Golden Bear
1962 – Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill
1978 – Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France
1987 – Columbia Records releases “King’s Record Shop”, the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, and the final of her albums produced by husband Rodney Crowell
2017 – Helicopter with rogue police pilot attacks Venezuelan Supreme Court in Caracas
Famous Birthdays
1582 – Johannes Schultz, German composer, born in Lüneburg, Germany (d. 1653)
1902 – Antonia Brico, Dutch-American conductor and pianist, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1989)
1903 – Ashley Clarke, British diplomat to Italy and president (Venice in Peril Fund) (d. 1994)
1934 – John V Tunney, American politician (Rep/Sen-D-California), born in NYC, New York (d. 2018)
1934 – Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist and spy, born in England (d. 1965)
1939 – Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, South African Secretary-General (Bishops’ Conference 1983-88), born in Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Famous Deaths
1864 – Tom Hyer, American bare-knuckle boxer (American heavyweight champion 1841-51), dies of edema at 45
1922 – Albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73
1957 – Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
2007 – Liz Claiborne, American fashion designer, entrepreneur and founder of Liz Claiborne Inc, dies of cancer at 78
2020 – Milton Glaser, American graphic designer (founded New York Magazine, created the I ♥ NY” logo), dies at 91
2021 – Marcelo Campo, Argentine rugby union winger (20 Tests Argentina, 6 South America; Pueyrredón SC), dies from a heart attack at 63
Famous Deaths for 25th June 2022
1423 – Reinald IV, duke of Gelre and Gulik (Reinoud I), dies
1952 – Alec Ross, Scottish golfer (US Open 1907), dies at 72
1962 – Ephraim Lisitsky, American Hebrew poet, dies (b. 1885)
1983 – Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
1986 – Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
1988 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
1992 – James Stirling, Scottish architect (Neue Staatsgalerie, 1981 Pritzker Prize), dies at 66
1996 – Nicholas John, English National Opera’s dramaturge, dies at 43
1998 – Lounès Matoub, Kabylian singer-songwriter, guitar and mandole player, and Berber rights activist,, assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at 42
2011 – Margaret Tyzack, English actress (b. 1931)
Historical Events for 25th June 2022
1910 – US Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)
1910 – Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “The Firebird” for the Ballets Russes premieres at the Opéra de Paris, Paris
1941 – -26] Soviet counter attack at Rovno, Ukraine
1941 – James F. Byrnes is admitted to the US Supreme Court
1976 – Supernatural horror film “The Omen” starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick premieres in the US
1983 – Cricket World Cup, Lord’s, London: India upsets West Indies by 43 runs to win first title; Mohinder Amarnath 3/12 off 7 overs, Player of the Match
1990 – “Dave Thomas Comedy Show” last airs on CBS-TV
2015 – NBA Draft: Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns first pick by Minnesota Timberwolves
2018 – Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson announces it plans to move some production abroad in response to EU retaliatory tariffs
2021 – Former US police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 years and six months for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis