1925 – J. H. Leopold, Dutch poet (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60
1964 – James Chaney, US civil rights activist, murdered at 21
1969 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (1st women’s Grand Slam 1953; 9 x Grand Slam singles titles), dies of ovarian cancer at 34
1985 – Tage Erlander, Swedish politician (25th Prime Minister of Sweden 1946-69), dies at 84
1989 – Lee Calhoun, American hurdler (Olympic gold 1956, 60), dies at 56
1993 – Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61
1998 – Al Campanis, Greek baseball second baseman and executive (first Greek player in MLB history; GM LA Dodgers 1968-87), dies from coronary artery disease at 81
2000 – Johanna Moosdorf, German writer (Next Door), dies at 88
2001 – Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (b. 1942)
2002 – Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger (“Everything Happens To Me”; “Angel Eyes”), dies at 88
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Historical Events for 21st June 2022
1853 – Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes in Worcester, Massachusetts
1858 – Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
1898 – US captures Guam from Spain during the Spanish–American War
1907 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Frenchman Arnaud Massy wins by 2 strokes from J.H. Taylor; first non-Briton to win Open Championship
1919 – Social Democrat Gustav Bauer forms a German government
1938 – Baseball’s Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit
1962 – USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 75,190 m
1986 – Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women’s record)
2009 – ICC Women’s Cricket T20 World Cup, Lord’s: England 86/4 win inaugural event; beat New Zealand 85; England’s Katherine Brunt takes 3 for 6
2015 – 94 people die and 45 are hospitalized after drinking moonshine in Mumbai, India
Today in History for 21st June 2022
Historical Events
1788 – The population of Vizille, France, demands local parliament
1824 – Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea
1853 – Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes in Worcester, Massachusetts
1919 – Social Democrat Gustav Bauer forms a German government
1923 – Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud
2005 – Billy Corgan releases “TheFutureEmbrace”, his first solo album
Famous Birthdays
1900 – Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer and musician, born in Asarum Blekinge (d. 1981)
1912 – Mary McCarthy, American novelist (Group), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1989)
1944 – Tony Scott, English film director and producer (Top Gun; Revenge: Days of Thunder), born in Northumberland, England (d. 2012)
1950 – Joey Kramer, American hard rock drummer (Aerosmith – “Walk This Way”), born in The Bronx, NYC, New York
1969 – Donovan Osborne, Amercian pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Roseville, California
1970 – Pete Rock, American rapper/producer, born in The Bronx, New York
Famous Deaths
223 – Liu Bei, Emperor of Shu Han (b. 161)
1907 – Lena Rice, Irish tennis player (Wimbledon 1890), dies of tuberculosis at 41
1980 – Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader and songwriter, dies of a stroke at 56
1987 – Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer, TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
1995 – Tristan Jones, British sailor and author, dies at 71
2013 – Edgeworth Blair “Elliott” Reid, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies from heart failure at 93
Famous Deaths for 20th June 2022
1820 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician and military leader who took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina, dies at 50
1846 – Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67
1869 – Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader, dies at 34
1923 – Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85
1950 – Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies
1972 – Howard Johnson, US restaurant/hotel founder, dies at 75
1974 – Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player, dies at 62
1986 – Tim Herbert, American comedian (Dagmar’s Canteen), dies at 71
1990 – Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension
1995 – Henry Iliffe Cozens, English Royal Air Force pilot, dies at 91
Historical Events for 20th June 2022
1221 – Foundation stone laid for Burgos Cathedral in the presence of Ferdinand III of Castile (made a UNESCO World Heritage Site 1984)
1871 – Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Mississippi
1921 – 11.5″ (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
1944 – Heavy storm hits the Channel
1944 – Nazis begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz
1951 – Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox
1967 – Phillies Larry Jackson beats NY Mets for 18th straight time
1988 – Coup in Haiti: Henri Namphy overthrows Leslie Manigat, general assembly dissolved
1988 – US Open Men’s Golf, The Country Club: Curtis Strange wins a Monday 18-hole playoff by 4 strokes from Englishman Nick Faldo
1992 – Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Washington Capitals to the Detroit Red Wings
Today in History for 20th June 2022
Historical Events
1779 – Battle of Stono Ferry fought near Charleston, South Carolina (American Revolutionary War)
1919 – Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria
1919 – 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1953 – LPGA Western Golf Open Women’s Golf, Capital City Club: Louise Suggs defeats Patty Berg, 6 and 5 in the final
1960 – Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 – Carol Fugate, Starkweather accomplice, is paroled
Famous Birthdays
1674 – Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (Tamerlane), Poet Laureate (1715-18), born in Little Barford, Bedfordshire (d. 1718)
1717 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor, born in Valenciennes, France (d. 1776)
1723 – Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian and clergyman, born in Middlewich, Cheshire (d. 1808)
1733 – Betty Washington, younger sister of George Washington, born in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia (d. 1797)
1743 – Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet and writer of hymns (Life! I Know Not What Thou Art), born in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England (d. 1825)
1952 – John Goodman, American actor (Dan Conner on Roseanne, Babe), born in St Louis, Missouri
Famous Deaths
1947 – Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, American gangster who created casinos in Las Vegas, shot dead in Beverly Hills at 41
1948 – George Frederick Boyle, Australian-American composer, dies at 61
1950 – Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies
1953 – Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67
1995 – Henry Iliffe Cozens, English Royal Air Force pilot, dies at 91
2002 – Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
Famous Deaths for 19th June 2022
1650 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
1840 – John Cockerill, English-Belgian industrialist (founded iron, steel, and manufacturing company – John Cockerill and Company), dies at 50
1904 – Mungo Park, Scottish golfer (British Open 1874), dies of pernicious anemia at 67
1953 – Ethel Rosenberg, 1st US civilian executed (in 5 tries) at Sing Sing, NY, for espionage at 37
1966 – Ed Wynn [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], American comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79
1986 – Coluche [Michel Colucci], French comedian (My Best Friend’s Girl), dies at 41
1988 – Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), dies at 83
2003 – Michael “Peanuts” Hucko, American big band jazz and session clarinetist (Glenn Miller’s Army-Air Force Band; Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 85
2008 – Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)
2017 – Brian Kenny, British Army officer, deputy supreme allied commander (Europe), dies at 83
Historical Events for 19th June 2022
1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson’s Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba
1821 – Decisive defeat of the Greek revolutionary society Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia)
1829 – Robert Peel introduces the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 into Parliament to establish a unified police force for London, world’s 1st modern police force
1908 – British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotsman James Braid wins his 4th Championship by 8 strokes from Tom Ball
1953 – Albert W Dent elected president of US National Health Council
1969 – State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
1972 – -29] Tropical storm Agnes upgraded to a hurricane, makes landfall in Panama City (would kill 128)
1993 – David Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord’s
2015 – Actress Shannen Doherty reveals that she has breast cancer
2019 – Oklahoma writer Joy Harjo is named the first Native American US Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress
Today in History for 19th June 2022
Historical Events
1286 – Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim
1940 – German 7th Armoured division under command of Rommel occupies Cherbourg
1944 – French troops free Elba
1963 – Greek government of Pipinolis forms
1990 – Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V., founded by Carlos Slim is listed on the Mexico Stock Exchange
2006 – Stanley Cup Final, PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC: Carolina Hurricanes beat Edmonton Oilers, 3-1 for a 4-3 series victory; Hurricane’s first Championship
Famous Birthdays
1301 – Prince Morikuni, 9th shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, born in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (d. 1333)
1898 – James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1968)
1905 – George Voskovec [Jirí Wachsmann], Czech actor (12 Angry Men, Somewhere in Time), born in Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
1906 – Ernst Chain, German-British chemist and bacteriologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945 – for his work on penicillin), born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1979)
1914 – Morgan Morgan-Giles, British Naval officer and politician (d. 2013)
1977 – Peter Warrick, American NFL running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1542 – Leo Jud[ae], Swiss pastor/church reformer
1857 – Alexander Twilight, American politician and minister, first African American to graduate and hold political office, dies at 61
1867 – Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro at 34
1984 – Sunny Johnson, American actress (Flashdance), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 30
2007 – Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
2013 – Bojidar Dimov, Bulgarian pianist and composer (Die Hochzeit von Susa), dies at 61
Famous Deaths for 18th June 2022
1772 – Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher, dies at 65
1942 – John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28
1954 – Albert Patterson, American politician and attorney, asassinated in Phenix City, Alabama, shortly after his designation as the Democratic candidate for Alabama Attorney General, at 60
1955 – Walter Rein, German composer, dies at 61
1967 – William Tracy, American actor (To the Shores of Tripoli, The Shop Around the Corner), dies at 49
1973 – Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
1974 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (The Man Who Counted), dies at 79
1995 – Arthur John Howard, British actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage), dies at 85
2012 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor (A Hard Day’s Night, Help!), dies from prostate cancer at 82
2018 – Walter Bahr, American soccer midfielder (19 caps) and coach (Penn State), dies of complications broken hip at 91