1109 – Alfonso VI, King of Castile and Leon (conquered Toledo) (b. c. 1040)
1592 – Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies
1662 – Simon Ives, English court composer, dies at 61
1774 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English corrupt politician (Chiswick), dies at 68
1776 – Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1947 – Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer, dies at 80
1953 – Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
2005 – Gus Bodnar, Canadian NHL center (NHL record 3 assists in 21 seconds 1952), dies at 82
2010 – Ilene Woods, American actress (b. 1929)
2020 – Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99
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Historical Events for 1st July 2021
649 – Pope Martinus I elected to succeed Theodore I
1543 – England and Scotland sign peace treaty of Greenwich
1847 – 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent Franklin and 10 cent Washington, NYC
1862 – Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confederate superior power driven out
1863 – Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee’s northward advance halted
1943 – “Pay-as-you-go” – 1st withholding tax from paychecks
1992 – Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming
1993 – Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit
1993 – 1 second is added to the clock
1994 – Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-19 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Today in History for 1st July 2021
Historical Events
1917 – In contravention of state law, Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday MLB game in Brooklyn; owner and manager arrested but escape with a fine; Robins edge Philadelphia, 3-2
1936 – AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens
1945 – 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office
1966 – NASA launches spacecraft Explorer 33
1977 – East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.88) in Dresden, Germany
2002 – Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71
Famous Birthdays
1506 – Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia (1516-26), born in Buda, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1526)
1872 – Louis Blériot, French aviator and 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel, born in Cambrai, France (d. 1936)
1899 – Charles Laughton, English actor (Mutiny on Bounty, Spartacus), born in Scarborough, England (d. 1962)
1901 – Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, English philanthropist (Prisoners’ Wives Service), born in London (d. 1996)
1916 – Bob Prince, American sportscaster (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1985)
1942 – Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress (King of Hearts, Choose Me, Coma), born in Montreal, Quebec
Famous Deaths
1589 – Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
1961 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (Die Nacht), dies at 67
1965 – Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55
1974 – Juan Perón, Argentine military officer and President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies of a heart attack at 78
2000 – Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992)
2014 – Jean Garon, Quebec economist and politician, dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 30th June 2021
1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)
1785 – James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b. 1696)
1819 – Ernst Ludwig Gerber, German organist, composer and musicologist, dies at 72
1889 – Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer, dies at 64
1971 – Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies in outer space aboard Soyuz at 38
1994 – Nicholas Warner, English test Pilot for Airbus, dies in Airbus Industrie A330-321 test flight crash at 51
1995 – Georgy Beregovoy, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 3), dies at 74
2001 – Chet Atkins, American guitarist (Me and My Guitar), dies at 77
2005 – Christopher Fry, English playwright (The Lady’s Not for Burning), dies at 97
2014 – Paul Mazursky, American film director and screenwriter, dies from pulmonary cardiac arrest at 84
Historical Events for 30th June 2021
296 – St Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1700 – Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700)
1909 – Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to a no decision in 6 rounds at Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to retain his heavyweight boxing title
1921 – The South African Reserve Bank is established
1962 – US Open Women’s Golf, Dunes Golf and Beach Club: Murle Lindstrom wins her first LPGA Tour victory, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Ruth Jessen and Jo Ann Prentice
1963 – Ciaculli massacre: A car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police and military officers near Palermo
1964 – Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
1997 – Leap Second to synchronize atomic clocks
2002 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Caves Valley GC: Don Pooley wins by 1 stroke in a playoff with Tom Watson
2015 – Hercules transporter plane crashes minutes after take-off in Medan, Indonesia killing 116
Today in History for 30th June 2021
Historical Events
1722 – Hungarian Parliament condemns Emperor Charles VI’s Pragmatic Sanctions
1905 – The crew of the Russian battleship “Georgei Pobiedonosets” mutinies in support of the “Potemkin”, which mutinied three days earlier
1905 – Conservative Australian Prime Minister George H. Reid is forced to resign and Alfred Deakin returns to power on July 5
1936 – Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie asks the League of Nations for sanctions against Italy
1958 – “No Chemise, Please” by Gerry Grenahan peaks at #24
2013 – US Open Women’s Golf, Sebonack GC: Inbee Park of South Korea wins her second US title, 4 strokes ahead of compatriot I.K. Kim
Famous Birthdays
1929 – Micki Grant [Minnie Perkins], American theater singer, actress, and composer (Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope; Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With God), born in Chicago, Illinois
1944 – Ron Swoboda, American baseball outfielder and sportscaster (NY Yankees, NY Mets), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1950 – Leonard Whiting, English actor and singer (Romeo and Juliet), born in London, England
1983 – Katherine Ryan, Canadian Irish comedian, born in Sarnia, Ontario
1984 – Fantasia [Barrino], American singer (Back to Me), born in High Point, North Carolina
1991 – Kaho [Indō], Japanese actress (A Gentle Breeze in the Village), born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Deaths
1792 – Francesco Antonio Rosetti, Bohemian composer, dies
1934 – Gregor Strasser, German political activist and NSDAP-Reich organization leader, murdered during the Night of the Long Knives at 42
1969 – Jan Evangelista Zelinka, Czech composer (Meluzina), dies at 76
1971 – Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 11), dies in outer space aboard Soyuz 11 at 35
1971 – Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies in outer space aboard Soyuz at 38
2014 – Bob Hastings, American actor, dies from prostate cancer at 89
Famous Deaths for 29th June 2021
1798 – Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], exerciser, dies
1873 – Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet (b. 1824)
1965 – Joseph Ryelandt, Belgian composer (Christus Rex – Christ the King), dies at 95
1968 – Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66
1979 – Lowell George, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34
1994 – Kurt Eichhorn, conductor, dies at 85
2002 – Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
2003 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (Adam’s Rib, On Golden Pond), dies of natural causes at 96
2020 – Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian singer songwriter (Waa’ee Keenyaa), shot and killed at 34
2020 – Ernesto Marcel, Panamanian boxer (WBA featherweight title 1972-74), dies at 72
Historical Events for 29th June 2021
1377 – French raid at Rye, England
1850 – British ex-Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel falls off his horse; dies three days later
1895 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis: Juliette Atkinson beats defending champion Helen Hellwig 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
1941 – DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler’s record
1979 – San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium
1985 – STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad
1986 – FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Argentina beats West Germany, 3-2 in front of 114,600
1986 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Scioto CC: Dale Douglass wins by 1 stroke ahead of Gary Player for his lone Champions Tour major title
2012 – 16 Naxalite Maoist insurgents in India are killed by police
2017 – Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner apologize and remove t-shirts from sale featuring Tupac Shakur and others, after accused of exploiting their legacies
Today in History for 29th June 2021
Historical Events
1858 – Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia
1880 – France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)
1881 – Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud
1946 – British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv
1949 – US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
1984 – Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski
Famous Birthdays
1902 – Carl-Heinz Schroth, German actor and director (Reaching for the Stars), born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1989)
1911 – Bernhard, German Prince (Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands), born in Jena, Germany (d. 2004)
1942 – Bas van der Vlies, Dutch politician (SGP), born in Sliedrecht, Netherlands
1953 – Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer (Men At Work), born in Saltcoats, Scotland
1961 – Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist (Circle Jerks), born in Brooklyn, New York
1970 – Troy Drayton, American NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins), born in Steelton, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1941 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman and pianist, dies in NY at 80
1964 – Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928)
1966 – Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82
1990 – Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74
1996 – Bobby Keetch, English footballer and entrepreneur, dies at 54
2019 – Gary Duncan [Grubb], American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) dies of cardiac arrest at 72
Famous Deaths for 28th June 2021
1776 – Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged
1834 – Joseph Bové, Russian architect (b. 1784)
1880 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy, dies at 33
1892 – Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)
1916 – Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
1940 – Italo Balbo, Italian pilot and governor of Libya, dies at 44
1954 – Red Deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
1991 – Klas Bruinsma, clergyman, dies
1996 – Michael Wishart, British figurative painter, dies at 68
2004 – Anthony Buckeridge, English author (Jennings), dies at 92