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Today in History for 15th June 2022

Historical Events

1775 – George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the day after Congress establishes the force
1857 – San Francisco Water Works organized
1957 – US Open Men’s Golf, Inverness Club: Dick Mayer defeats defending champion Cary Middlecoff by 7 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only major title
1974 – “All the President’s Men” by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward detailing their Watergate investigation is published by Simon and Schuster in the US
1982 – Riots occur in Argentina after the country is defeated in the Falklands Island War
1992 – Erie Sailors (Fla Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13

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Famous Birthdays

1908 – Sam Giancana, American mafioso, born in Chicago, Illinois
1917 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer and composer, born in Agia Sofia, Piraeus, Greece (d. 2005)
1949 – Dusty Baker, American baseball outfielder and manager (MLB All Star 1981-82; LA Dodgers; NL Manager of the Year 1993, 97, 2000), born in Riverside, California
1971 – Stuart Howell, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics 1996)
1972 – Jean Francois Labbe, Sherbrooke, NHL goalie (Colorado Avalanche)
1983 – Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter, born in Sydney, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1978 – Anton Roosjen, Dutch politician and NCRV-chairman, dies at 83
1989 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
1994 – Manos Hadjidakis, Greek conductor, and Academy Award-winning composer (“Never On Sunday”), dies at 68
2011 – Bill Haast, American Herpetologist (b. 1910)
2014 – Casey Kasem, American radio personality (creator of American Top 40) and the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, dies from Lewy body dementia at 82
2015 – Jean Doré, Canadian politician (39th Mayor of Montreal), dies at 70

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Famous Deaths for 14th June 2022

1709 – Gottfried Wegner, German theologian and hymn composer, dies at 65
1750 – Franz Anton Maichelbeck, German composer, dies at 47
1752 – Daniel Marot, French/Neth, architect/engraver, dies at about 88
1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
1908 – “Blind” Tom Wiggins, African-American pianist and composer, dies at 59
1916 – João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
1944 – Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
1962 – Mykhaylo Verikivsky, Ukrainian composer, dies at 65
1968 – Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer (Facettes; Aniara), dies at 51
1982 – Marjorie Bennett, actress (Blossom-Dobie Gillis), dies at 87 of cancer

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Historical Events for 14th June 2022

1645 – Battle of Naseby, Leicestershire: “New Model Army” under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beat royalists forces of English King Charles I
1834 – Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
1900 – The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy
1934 – European despots Adolf Hitler, of Germany, and Benito Mussolini, of Italy, meet in Vienna, Austria
1936 – Oranienburg Concentration Camp opens in Germany
1949 – French-allied State of Vietnam is officially formed during the First Indochina War, Bảo Đại installed as Emperor
1965 – Beatles release album “Beatles VI”
1985 – “Michael Nesmith In Television Parts” premieres on NBC-TV
1988 – Woman sues Chuck Berry for $5,000,000, alleges he hit her
2017 – Fire in Grenfell Tower block in London, England kills 79 and injures 37

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Today in History for 14th June 2022

Historical Events

1923 – Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1968 – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” second studio album by Iron Butterfly is released
1982 – Argentina surrenders to Great Britain, ending the 74-day Falklands Islands conflict
1989 – “You’ve Got A Friend” singer-songwriter Carole King gets a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
2012 – The world’s first stem-cell assisted vein transplant is undertaken by Swedish doctors on a 10 year old girl
2020 – India reports surge of nearly 12,000 a day confirmed COVID-19 cases (320,922 overall), the world’s fourth-affected country, as death toll hits 9,195

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Famous Birthdays

1883 – Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian New Testament scholar, born in Presles, Belgium (d. 1968)
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)
1932 – Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, American pianist, arranger, jazz and classical composer (For Bird, With Love), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2004)
1940 – Dary John Mizelle, American composer, born in Stillwater, Oklahoma
1940 – Ben Davidson, American actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R) and football player, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
1969 – Eugene Chung, American NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts), born in Prince George’s County, Maryland

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Famous Deaths

1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, dies at 55
1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
1920 – Max Weber, German sociologist, economist and historian (Ancient Judaism), dies at 56
1962 – Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim
2007 – Ruth Graham [Bell], American Christian author and wife of evangelist Billy Graham, dies at 87
2020 – Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Mexican soccer striker (55 caps; Pumas, Atlante, Veracruz), dies at 77

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Famous Deaths for 13th June 2022

1371 – Jan V of Virneburg, bishop of Utrecht (Pledge Vollenhove), dies
1665 – Auke Stellingwerf, lt-admiral of Friesland, dies in battle at about 29
1873 – Angelo Mariani, Italian composer, dies at 51
1946 – Edward Bowes, American radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
1962 – Eugene Goossens, British conductor and composer (Perseus), dies at 69
1998 – Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (Andy Capp), dies at 80
2012 – William S. Knowles, American chemist and Nobel laureate, dies from complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 95
2014 – Chuck Noll, NFL head coach (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies of natural causes at 82
2018 – (Dominic Joseph) “D. J.” Fontana, American rock and roll drummer (Elvis Presley), dies at 87
2019 – Charles M. Wilson, Canadian organist and composer (The Angels Of The Earth), dies at 88

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Historical Events for 13th June 2022

1325 – Ibn Battuta begins his travels, leaving his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca (gone 24 years)
1392 – Assassination attempt on Olivier de Clisson, Constable of France, by Pierre de Craon fails
1908 – Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in 8th round at Neuilly Bowling Palace, Paris to retain world heavyweight boxing title
1936 – 2nd Belgian government of Van Zealand forms
1938 – Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe v England at Trent Bridge
1962 – Norway named ombudsman
1976 – Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Cedar Brae CC: Donna Caponi wins in a playoff with Judy Rankin
1980 – Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in “Abscam” investigation
1983 – NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the 1st man-made object to leave the solar system
1990 – “Les Miserables” opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary

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Today in History for 13th June 2022

Historical Events

1902 – Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland
1973 – Garvey, Lopes, Cey and Russell play together for 1st time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8½ years (LA Dodgers)
1980 – Deborah Harry and Meat Loaf film “Roadie” premieres
1991 – The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication
1995 – Björk releases her 2nd art pop solo album “Post”
2017 – Otto Warmbier returns to the US in an unresponsive state after being held in Norther Korean jail for 17 months,

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Famous Birthdays

1773 – Thomas Young, British physician and physicist (light interference), born in Milverton, Somerset, England (d. 1829)
1879 – Johannes Geelkerken, Dutch theologian and vicar, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1960)
1884 – Anton Drexler, German politician and founder of the German Worker’s Party, born in Munich (d. 1942)
1913 – Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), born in Merino, Colorado (d. 2005)
1941 – Tom Hallick, American actor (Search), born in Buffalo, New York
1961 – Bob Crow, English trade union leader (National Union RMT), born in Epping, Essex, England (d. 2014)

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Famous Deaths

1645 – Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman
1873 – Angelo Mariani, Italian composer, dies at 51
1995 – David Parry, British-Canadian folk musician (Friends of Fiddler’s Green), storyteller (Canadian Museum of Civilization), actor, stage director, and teacher (University of Toronto), dies of a heart attack at 53
2001 – Siegfried Naumann, Swedish conductor (Musica Nova Ensemble, 1962-77), teacher, and composer (Risposte), dies at 81
2016 – Oleg Karavaichuk, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 88
2018 – Roger Connor, American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (career HR record 138 stood for 23 years), dies of a stomach illness at 73

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Famous Deaths for 12th June 2022

1761 – Meinrad Spiess, German composer, dies at 77
1816 – Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (b. 1757)
1878 – Hendrik Jut, Dutch murderer (Head of Jut), dies at 26
1928 – Salvador Díaz Mirón, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas), dies at 74
1942 – Walter Leigh, British composer (The Frogs of Aristophanes), dies at 36
1966 – Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), dies at 81
1967 – Bombardier Billy Wells [William Thomas Wells], English heavyweight boxer (Lionsdale Belt, 1911), dies at 79
1994 – Ron Goldman, waiter, murdered with wife of O.J. Simpson at 27
1998 – Leo Buscaglia, American psychologist known as “Dr Love” (Love), dies of a heart attack at 74
2011 – Carl Gardner, American pop-rock vocalist (The Coasters – “Yakety Yak”), dies at 83

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Historical Events for 12th June 2022

1667 – -13] Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet
1838 – Iowa Territory forms with Burlington as its capital
1896 – England cricket spin bowler Jack Hearne sets record for earliest date taking 100 first-class wickets in a season when he captures 9-73 for the MCC in an innings and 18 run drubbing of Australia at Lord’s
1897 – Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, India, Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (low mortality rate given size of earthquake, 1,500 casualties).
1903 – The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music
1910 – Dutch soccer club PEC forms in Zwolle; renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and back to PEC Zwolle in 2012
1922 – St Louis Cardinals make MLB record 10 straight hits in 6th inning of a 14-8 win over the Phillies at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia
1933 – Financial and Economy World conference opens (66 countries)
1997 – Shakespeare’s Globe theatre opens in London, England, replica of original Globe theatre (1599-1642) with performance of Henry V, after campaign by Sam Wanamaker
2019 – World’s largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund, worth $1 trillion, gets authorization to drop fossil fuel investments from Norway’s government

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Today in History for 12th June 2022

Historical Events

28 – Roman General Gaius Carrinas’ triumphant procession through Rome, awarded for fighting in Gaul
1442 – King Alfonso V of Aragon occupies Naples
1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch
1939 – Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York
1979 – Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
1991 – NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers, 108-101 in Game 5 for first of 3 straight titles; MVP: Michael Jordan in his first NBA Finals appearance

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Famous Birthdays

1913 – Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general, born in Sainte-Monique-de-Nicolet, Quebec (d. 1996)
1916 – Ivan Tors, Hungarian TV producer (Sea Hunt, Flipper), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1983)
1937 – Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician (Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 2010)
1972 – Patrick van Diemen, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, NEC), born in Woerden, Netherlands
1979 – Dallas Clark, American football tight end (Super Bowl 2006; Pro Bowl, First-team All-Pro 2009; Indianapolis Colts), born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1997 – William Cuddy, Canadian actor (Amelia)

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Famous Deaths

1760 – Antoine Court, French minister and itinerant preacher in the Reformed church who restored Protestantism to France, dies at 69
1818 – Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia
1936 – M. R. James, English scholar and author (Ghost Stories of an Antiquary), dies at 73
1978 – Guo Moruo, Chinese scholar and writer, dies at 85
1980 – Billy Butlin, South African-born British founder of Butlins holiday camps, dies at 80
1995 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75

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