793 – Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert’s monastery on Lindisfarne Island, off the northeast coast of England
1869 – Ives W. McGaffey of Chicago patents the 1st vacuum cleaner, calls it a “sweeping machine”
1929 – 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8
1953 – Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court
1958 – LPGA Championship, Churchill Valley CC: Mickey Wright wins first of 13 major titles by 6 strokes from Fay Crocker
1960 – Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
1982 – Emmy 9th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 3rd time
1993 – Drag queen RuPaul releases his debut album “Supermodel of the World”
2008 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Bulle Rock GC: 19-year old tour rookie Yani Tseng of Taiwan wins a 4th hole playoff over Swede Maria Hjorth
2018 – World’s most powerful supercomputer, Summit, can process 200,000 trillion calculations per second, launched at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, by IBM and NVidia
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Today in History for 8th June 2021
Historical Events
1815 – 39 German states unite under Act of Confederation
1856 – Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island
1931 – Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo
1968 – New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted
2003 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Aronimink GC, PA: John Jacobs wins his only Champions Tour major title with a 2 stroke margin to runner-up Bobby Wadkins
2017 – UN states Islamic State forces have shot and killed hundreds of fleeing civilians during battle for Mosul, Iraq in past two weeks
Famous Birthdays
1812 – Spyridon Xyndas, Greek composer, born in Corfu, Greece (d. 1896)
1915 – Gustaaf Vincent Willem van Hemert tot Dingshof, Dutch Mayor of Maarn, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1994)
1915 – Julian Ridsdale, British politician (C), Member of Parliament for Harwich (1954-92) (d. 2004)
1916 – Francis Crick, English molecular biologist who co-discovered DNA’s structure and 1962 Nobel laureate, born in Northampton, England (d. 2004)
1941 – George Pell, Australian Catholic Cardinal and treasurer of the Vatican, convicted and then acquitted of child sex abuse, born in Ballarat, Australia
1979 – Derek Trucks, American guitarist and founder of Grammy Award-winning The Derek Trucks Band (Tedeschi Truck Band), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Famous Deaths
1476 – George Neville, English archbishop and statesman
1742 – Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker, son of Antonius, dies at 62
1794 – G A Borger, writer, dies
1865 – Joseph Paxton, English architect, gardener and MP (Crystal Palace), dies at 61
1934 – Dorothy Dell [Goff], American child actress (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel), dies in a road accident at 19
1948 – Sammy Carter, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 65 dismissals), dies at 70
Famous Deaths for 7th June 2021
1337 – Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49
1893 – Edwin Booth, American Shakespearean actor (Hamlet), dies at 59
1896 – Wyatt Eaton, Canadian-American artist, dies from tuberculosis at 47
1927 – Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Quebec), dies at 79
1957 – Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies
1983 – Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried
1994 – Dennis Potter, British TV dramatist (The Singing Detective, Karaoke, Midnight Movie), dies of cancer at 59
1995 – Hsuan Hua, influential Buddhist master in the United States (b. 1918)
2009 – Hugh Hopper, British musician (Soft Machine), dies at 64
2011 – Jorge Semprún, Spanish-French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z), dies at 87
Historical Events for 7th June 2021
1527 – Pope Clement VII surrenders to Emperor Charles V’s armies
1862 – General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint
1909 – Mary Pickford makes her screen debut at the age of 16
1938 – 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, “Susan and God”
1967 – NY Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1
1970 – 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire win
1977 – Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law
1980 – 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8
1998 – French Open Men’s Tennis: In an all-Spanish final Carlos Moya beats Alex Corretja 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 for his lone major title
2001 – BP announces that it will build a new $600-million platform offshore Trinidad that is expected to double the company’s production of natural gas there by 2004
Today in History for 7th June 2021
Historical Events
1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the new world along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa
1546 – England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland
1798 – Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews
1881 – 15th Belmont: T. Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47
1944 – Canadian 50th Division occupies Bayeux during the Normandy invasion
1998 – 52nd Tony Awards: “The Lion King” and ‘”Art” win
Famous Birthdays
1911 – Silas Roy Crain, American gospel singer (founder of The Soul Stirrers Gospel Quartet), born in Augustine, Texas (d. 1996)
1911 – Brooks Stevens, American automotive designer (1949 Hydra-Glide Harley; 1963 Jeep Wagoneer), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1995)
1928 – David Malcolm Lewis, English historian, expert in Greek Epigraphy, born in London (d. 1994)
1940 – Tom Jones [Woodward], Welsh pop singer (“What’s New, Pussycat?”; “Delilah”), and TV personality (The Voice UK), born in Pontypridd, Wales
1958 – Francesca Thyssen, Swiss art collector, born in Lausanne, Switzerland
1964 – Graeme Labrooy, Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 27 wickets; 44 ODIs; chairman of selectors; international match referee), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Famous Deaths
1654 – Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright and actor (L’adamo), dies at 76
1723 – Miguel Lopez, Spanish composer and organist, dies at 64
1779 – William Warburton, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1698)
1784 – Jean-Baptiste Canavas [Canvasso], Italian composer and cellist, dies at 71
1826 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (b. 1787)
1992 – Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies of cancer at 73
Famous Deaths for 6th June 2021
1735 – Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71
1898 – Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
1926 – Henry Tate, Australian composer and poet, dies at 52
1935 – Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68
1984 – A. Bertram Chandler, Anglo-Australian mariner and sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
1991 – Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77
1994 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (Duffy’s Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man), dies at 81
1996 – Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer, dies at 70
2006 – Billy Preston, American soul musician, singer and pianist, 5th Beatle (“Nothing From Nothing”; “You Are So Beautiful”), dies following long-term health issues at 59
2015 – Pierre Brice [Pierre-Louis Le Bris], French actor (Winnetou), dies at 86
Historical Events for 6th June 2021
1862 – Skirmish at Harrisonburg, Virginia, sees the Confederates win a minor victory in the Battle of Good’s Farm
1864 – Battle of Lake Chicot, Arkansas (Dutch Bayou)
1925 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: René Lacoste wins 1st of 3 French titles, beating fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
1941 – 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
1942 – Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians
1991 – NBC announces Jay Leno will succeed Johnny Carson as host on “The Tonight Show” on May 25, 1992
1998 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain beats Monica Seles 7-6, 0-6, 6-2; her 4th and last career Grand Slam singles title and 3rd French title
2010 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Rafael Nadal wins 5th French title; defeats Robin Söderling of Sweden 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
2015 – 147th Belmont: Victor Espinoza aboard American Pharoah wins in 2:26.65, 1st horse in 37 years to win the Triple Crown
2018 – LeBron James eclipses Michael Jordan’s record (109) for most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in Cleveland Cavaliers’ 110-102 Game 3 Finals loss to Golden State Warriors
Today in History for 6th June 2021
Historical Events
1905 – French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request
1925 – Walter Chrysler founds automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation
1932 – 37th Women’s French Championships: Helen Wills Moody beats Simonne Mathieu (7-5, 6-1)
1983 – Nicaragua expels 3 US diplomats
1984 – Video game Tetris is first released in the Soviet Union by Alexey Pajitnov
1993 – Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as President of Mongolia
Famous Birthdays
1236 – Wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China and scholar-general in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, born in Ji’an, China (d. 1283)
1840 – William Francis Bartlett, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Haverhill, Massachusetts (d. 1876)
1951 – Noritake Takahara, Japanese racing driver
1953 – Ken Calvert, American politician (Rep-R-California 1993-), born in Corona, California
1974 – Sonya Walger, British actress
1984 – Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballplayer
Famous Deaths
1799 – Patrick Henry, American Revolutionary and Founding Father famous for his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech, dies at 63
1943 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian immunologist and pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74
1955 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (founder of Australian Tonalism), dies at 79
1967 – Edward G Givens Jr, Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47
1974 – Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86
2017 – Paul Zukofsky, American violinist and conductor (Cappricio), dies from non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 73
Famous Deaths for 5th June 2021
535 – Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
1568 – Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded
1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41
1910 – O. Henry [William Sydney Porter], American short story writer (Cabbages and Kings), dies of cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes complications and an enlarged heart at 47
1946 – Maud Watson, British tennis player (first Wimbledon female champion 1884-85), dies at 81
1977 – “Sleepy” John Estes, American Blues musician (“Drop Down Mama”), dies at 78
1984 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
2000 – Don Liddle, American baseball player, dies at 75
2006 – Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909)
2007 – Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer, dies at 85
Historical Events for 5th June 2021
1288 – Battle of Worringen: Jan I, Duke of Brabant defeats army of Archbishop Siegfried II of Cologne, one of the largest and fiercest battles of the Middle Ages
1941 – Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1944 – German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel goes on leave just before WWII D-Day landings by the Allies
1953 – US Senate rejects China People’s Republic membership to UN
1957 – NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes
1977 – Los Angeles Dodgers retire Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman and manager Walter Alston’s #24
1988 – Russian Orthodox Church celebrates its 1,000th anniversary
1989 – Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
1995 – 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire
2017 – Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt sever ties with Qatar, citing its support of terrorist groups, Yemen, the Maldives and Libya follow suit