1675 – Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburg army beats Sweden
1770 – Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
1778 – Mary Ludwig Hayes “Molly Pitcher” aids American patriots
1841 – The Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique in Paris premieres the ballet Giselle
1897 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: England’s Blanche Bingley-Hillyard wins her 4th title beating Charlotte Cooper 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
1902 – US Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
1965 – 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson
1997 – Kandor and Ebb’s musical “Steel Pier” closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC after 76 performances
2012 – NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans
2015 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Del Paso CC: Jeff Maggert shoots final round 65 (-5) to win by 2 strokes from defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland
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Today in History for 28th June 2021
Historical Events
1924 – Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord’s
1941 – German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
1970 – Around 500 Catholic workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyard are forced to leave their work by Protestant employees as serious rioting continues in Belfast
1990 – Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 11th time
1992 – LA Police commissioner Daryl Gates steps down
2019 – 3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the Mittani Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir
Famous Birthdays
1875 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (Lebesgue integration), born in Beauvais, Oise, France (d. 1941)
1888 – George Challenor, West Indian cricketer (pioneering West Indian batsman), born in St. Michael, Barbados (d. 1947)
1895 – Kazimierz Sikorski, Polish composer, born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1986)
1932 – Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita, American actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid), born in Isleton, California (d. 2005)
1952 – Alan Pasqua, American jazz and rock pianist, composer and educator (Standards; Twin Bill), born in New Jersey
1976 – Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player, born in Hyōgo, Japan
Famous Deaths
1857 – Joseph Fischhof, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer, dies at 53
1950 – Henry Balfour Gardiner, English composer and musician, dies at 72
1981 – Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed
2009 – Billy Mays, American television pitchman (b. 1958)
2016 – Scotty Moore, American guitarist (for Elvis), dies at 84
2020 – Marián Čišovský, Slovak soccer defender (15 caps; Inter Bratislava, Viktoria Plzeň), dies of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at 40
Famous Deaths for 27th June 2021
1458 – Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies
1814 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer, dies at 61
1876 – Harriet Martineau, British controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist, dies at 74
1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
1962 – Paul Viiding, Estonian poet, dies at 58
1993 – Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
1996 – Alberto Romero “Cubby” Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond), dies at 87
2008 – Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
2015 – Chris Squire, British progressive rock bassist, founding and longest serving member of Yes, 1969-2014 (“The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)”), dies of acute erythroid leukemia at 67
2018 – Joe Jackson, American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family, dies at 89
Historical Events for 27th June 2021
1862 – -28] Battle at Garnett’s/Golding’s Farms, Virginia
1893 – Great stock crash on NY stock exchange
1934 – Federal Savings and Loan Association created
1974 – “Flip Wilson Show” last airs on NBC-TV
1980 – Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81
1981 – Ali Khamenei narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by the Mujaheddin-e Khalq, when a bomb concealed in a tape recorder, explodes on a desk in front of him
1986 – Ibrahim Babangida’s regime in Nigeria launches the ‘Structural Adjustment Program” to restructure the Nigerian economy via deregulation and privatization with the support of the IMF and the World Bank
2005 – “Bad Day” single is released by Daniel Powter, 1st song to sell 2 million digital copies in the US (Billboard Song of the Year 2006)
2018 – President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and former Vice President Riek MacharSouth sign peace deal to end four-year civil war
2018 – Malaysian police announce seizure of goods linked to former prime minister Najib Razak, worth $273 million, biggest in the country’s history, including 567 handbags and 14 tiaras
Today in History for 27th June 2021
Historical Events
1902 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Newport, RI: Marion Jones wins her second US singles title; beats Elisabeth Moore 6-1, 1-0 when the defending champion is forced to retire
1939 – Brilliant West Indies batsman George Headley scores 107 to follow his 106 in the 1st innings in 1st cricket Test v England at Lord’s; England still wins by 8 wickets
1943 – Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41,43m)
1969 – 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival
1975 – 25th Berlin International Film Festival: “Adoption” wins the Golden Bear
1983 – Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
Famous Birthdays
1889 – Moroni Olsen, American actor (Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 1954)
1908 – David Davis, British radio broadcaster (BBC Children’s Hour), born in Malvern, Worcestershire, England (d. 1996)
1912 – Audrey Christie, American actress (Splendor in the Grass, Fair Exchange), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1989)
1931 – Ryszard Kwiatkowski, Polish composer (Polyphonic Music), born in Jaranów, Włocławek, Poland (d. 1993)
1932 – Anna Moffo, American soprano (Adventurers), born in Wayne, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
1943 – Kjersti Døvigen, Norwegian actress (Offshore), born in Oslo, Norway
Famous Deaths
1961 – Harry Hooton, Australian poet, dies of cancer at 52
1974 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter, dies at 80
1986 – (Otis W.) “Joe” Maphis, American session and country music guitarist (“Dim Lights”), dies of lung cancer at 75
1986 – Zoltán Gárdonyi, Hungarian composer, dies at 80
2007 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
2009 – Fayette Pinkney, African American singer (The Three Degrees) (b. 1948)
Famous Deaths for 26th June 2021
1291 – Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England
1906 – Alexander Muir, Canadian composer (The Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76
1961 – Kenneth F. Fearing, American poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58
1979 – Charles Clore, financier, dies
1983 – Walter O’Keefe, songwriter, radio and TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies of congestive heart failure at 82
1993 – William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920)
1994 – Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and political activist, dies at 65
2002 – Jay Berwanger, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (1st Heisman Trophy winner 1935, Chicago), dies from lung cancer at 88
2004 – Eskil Hemberg, Swedish composer, conductor (Stockholm University Chorus, 1959-84), and artistic director (Royal Swedish Opera, 1987-96), dies at 66
2005 – Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943)
Historical Events for 26th June 2021
1848 – End of the June Days uprising in Paris by French workers
1857 – The first 62 recipients are awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Crimean war by Queen Victoria
1916 – Cleveland Indians experiment with numbers on their jerseys (one game)
1934 – FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions
1955 – LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Maple Bluff CC: Patty Berg wins her 5th WO title by 2 strokes from Louise Suggs and Fay Croker; first WO played at stroke play
1963 – US President John F. Kennedy gives his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” (intended to mean “I am a Berliner”, but may actually mean “I am a doughnut”) speech in West Berlin
1990 – 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad
1991 – ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress
1993 – The U.S. launches a cruise missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H. W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
2017 – America’s Cup: Emirates Team New Zealand defeat Oracle Team USA 7-1 in Bermuda, Peter Burling (26) youngest ever helmsman
Today in History for 26th June 2021
Historical Events
1910 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Defending champion Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Louise Hammond 6-4, 6-2
1960 – British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain
1992 – NYC’s MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993
2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional.
2018 – Quriyat, Oman, registers highest “low” temperature for a day ever recorded of 42.5 degrees
2019 – Former Gambian beauty queen Fatou “Toufah” Jallow says she was raped by former President Yahya Jammeh as part of a Human Rights Watch and Trial International report
Famous Birthdays
1934 – John V Tunney, American politician (Rep/Sen-D-California), born in NYC, New York (d. 2018)
1938 – Neil Abercrombie, American politician (Rep-D-Hawaii, 1986-88), born in Buffalo, New York
1943 – Allen Strange, American composer (Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls), born in Calexico, California
1980 – Jason Schwartzman, American actor (The Darjeeling Limited), born in Los Angeles, California
1988 – King Bach Andrew B. Bachelor, Canadian American internet personality (most watched in Vine), born in Toronto, Ontario
1992 – Jennette McCurdy, American actress (iCarly), born in Long Beach, California
Famous Deaths
1863 – Andrew Hull Foote, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), dies at 56
1965 – Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer (Milky Way system), dies at 69
1986 – Laurie Fishlock, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
1993 – Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81
2012 – Nora Ephron, American author/screenwriter, dies from pneumonia at 71
2015 – Ash Brownridge, American conservationist (National Wildlife Federation) creator of Ranger Rick, dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 25th June 2021
635 – Emperor Gaozu, first emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. 566)
1860 – Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, The Māori King, dies at Ngāruawāhia, New Zealand
1866 – Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist, dies at 63
1876 – Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
1918 – Jake Beckley, American baseball player, dies at 50
1949 – Buck Freeman, American baseball outfielder (World Series 1903; HR leader 1899, 1903; AL RBI leader 1902, 03; Boston Americans), dies at 77
1978 – Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
1994 – Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74
1995 – Warren Earl Burger, American judge, US Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78
1998 – Lounès Matoub, Kabylian singer-songwriter, guitar and mandole player, and Berber rights activist,, assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at 42
Historical Events for 25th June 2021
1080 – Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III
1621 – French government army occupies Fort St Jean d’Angély at La Rochelle
1835 – 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now San Francisco)
1862 – Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French’s Field) (Kings’s Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
1953 – 86°F in Anchorage, Alaska
1967 – First global satellite television programme “Our World” broadcast featuring 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing “All You Need is Love”
1985 – Thurman v City of Torrington decides in favor of Tracey Thurman, 1st woman to sue a police department for violating her civil rights (not protecting against abusive husband)
1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen
1997 – Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 9)
2020 – American country music band “The Dixie Chicks” change their name to “The Chicks” to remove connotations of Confederate history, two weeks after band “Antebellum” changed their name to “Lady A”