1861 – CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade
1934 – “Night of Long Knives” – Adolf Hitler stages a bloody purge of the Nazi party
1937 – The world’s first emergency call telephone service is launched in London using the number 999
1950 – US General MacArthur visits front in South Korea/asks for US troops
1962 – LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0
1970 – Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2
1978 – Giants’ Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs
1981 – Zwelakhe Sisulu, President of the Black Media Workers Association of South Africa, is detained
2009 – Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast of Moroni, Comoros killing 152 people and leaving 1 survivor
2009 – Turkey records its fastest contraction of 13.8% in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008, leading the country into recession; this is Turkey’s biggest economic slump since 1945
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Today in History for 30th June 2020
Historical Events
1371 – Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht
1722 – Hungarian Parliament condemns Emperor Charles VI’s Pragmatic Sanctions
1955 – “Johnny Carson Show” debuts on CBS-TV
1974 – Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Candiac GC: Carole Jo Skala wins by 3 from JoAnn Carner
1979 – “Good Times” single released by Chic (Billboard Song of the Year 1979)
1992 – Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s)
Famous Birthdays
1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat and scholar, born in Clapton, London, England (d. 1929)
1939 – Lindembergue Cardoso, Brazilian composer, born in Livramento de Nossa Senhora, State of Bahia, Brazil (d. 1989)
1949 – Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut, born in Hanoi, Vietnam (d. 1981)
1950 – Leonard Whiting, English actor and singer (Romeo and Juliet), born in London, England
1966 – Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor (Guy de Lusignan-Kingdom of Heaven), born in Invercargill, New Zealand
1983 – Patrick Wolf, British musician
Famous Deaths
1660 – William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575)
1930 – Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist known for leadership in the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, dies at 85
1935 – William Brockwell, cricket (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies
1993 – George McFarland, American actor (Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals), dies at age 65
2014 – Bob Hastings, American actor, dies from prostate cancer at 89
2015 – eonard Starr, American comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 29th June 2020
1509 – Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England, dies at 66
1790 – Feike H Van de Crew, Fries writer (Mayke Jakkelis), dies
1957 – Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12′ dinghy 1920), dies at 58
1959 – A. Cecil Snyder, American lawyer and Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51
1965 – Sidney Marion, American actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), dies at 64
1969 – Veselin Stoyanov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 67
1979 – Lowell George, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34
1992 – Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73
1993 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)
2007 – Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)
Historical Events for 29th June 2020
1694 – Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
1943 – US forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea
1946 – “Billion Dollar Baby” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 219 performances
1957 – Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj and Sjepilov leave USSR communist party
1961 – SF outfielder Willie Mays becomes the 4th player in MLB history with 3 or more home runs twice in one season with a 10th inning blast in Giants 8-7 win over the Phillies in Philadelphia
1977 – Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR
1981 – Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
1992 – “Salome” opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 9 performances
1997 – Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia)
2016 – US Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter lifts Pentagon’s ban on transgender people serving in the US armed forces
Today in History for 29th June 2020
Historical Events
1891 – Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation.
1925 – Canada House opens in London, England.
1967 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress, and Samuel S. Brody, attorney and Mansfield’s current partner, die in a car crash
2003 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Inverness Club: Bruce Lietzke wins by 2 strokes from Tom Watson
2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
2015 – Beijing Times reports 30% of the Great Wall of China has disappeared due to natural forces and stealing of bricks
Famous Birthdays
1805 – Hiram Powers, American sculptor (Greek Slave), born in Woodstock, Vermont (d. 1873)
1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer, poet and pioneering aviator (The Little Prince), born in Lyon, France (d. 1944)
1901 – Nelson Eddy, American baritone (Duets with Jeanette MacDonald), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1967)
1906 – Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (youngest ever Soviet general of the army), born in Uman, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1945)
1942 – Larry Snyder, American jockey, born in Toledo, Ohio
1961 – Sharon Lawrence [Sharon Elizabeth], American actress (NYPD Blue, Fired Up), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
Famous Deaths
1293 – Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies
1764 – Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)
1860 – Thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67
1923 – Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer, dies at 66
2000 – Coen Flink, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje), dies at 68
2002 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer (Come On-a My House) and actress (White Christmas), dies of lung cancer at 74
Famous Deaths for 28th June 2020
1061 – Floris I, count of Holland, dies
1714 – Cornelis Chastelein, colonial director, dies at 56
1748 – Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged
1776 – Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged
1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, led to declarations of war in WWI
1981 – Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed
1992 – John Piper, British writer (US Churches in WWI) and official war painter, dies at 88
1994 – Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black and Tan), dies at 90
2001 – Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
2009 – Billy Mays, American television pitchman (b. 1958)
Historical Events for 28th June 2020
1833 – Three missionaries of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society obtain permission from Chief Moshoeshoe (Moshesh) to found a mission station in Basutoland (now Lesotho)
1928 – Alfred E Smith (NY-Governor) nominated for US President at Democratic Convention
1941 – German troops occupy Galicia, Poland
1956 – 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago Illinois)
1965 – 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson
1976 – 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1978 – UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill
1987 – Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
1993 – Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
2006 – NBA Draft: Benetton Treviso (Italy) power forward Andrea Bargnani first pick by Toronto Raptors
Today in History for 28th June 2020
Historical Events
1904 – SS Norge runs aground and sinks off Rockall, North Atlantic, more than 635 die, largest maritime loss of life until Titanic
1954 – 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1975 – The South African rugby team beats France 33-18 in Pretoria
1987 – “Dreamgirls” opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
2012 – A series of car bombs in Iraq kills 14 and injures 50 people
2015 – Greek Credit Crisis: Greek government says banks closed for a week and ATM withdrawals restricted after European Central Bank refused to supply emergency funds
Famous Birthdays
1904 – Włodzimierz Poźniak, Polish composer, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1967)
1925 – Anne Mackenzie, South African long distance athlete, born in Ceres, Cape Province, South Africa
1933 – Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, composer, born in Reykjavík, Iceland
1946 – Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1989)
1979 – Florian Zeller, French novelist (La Fascination du Pire) and playwright, born in Paris
1988 – Lacey Schwimmer, American dancer (So You Think You Can Dance), born in Redland, California
Famous Deaths
1175 – Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince
1916 – Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
1992 – Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
1993 – GG [Jesus Christ] Allin, American punk rock singer, dies of accidental heroin overdose at 36
2008 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b.1987)
2016 – Buddy Ryan, American NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Phoenix Cardinals), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 27th June 2020
1794 – Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (b. 1715)
1829 – James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute
1862 – Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35
1873 – Hiram Powers, American sculptor (Greek Slave), dies at 67
1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
1948 – George Templeton Strong, American composer, dies at 92
1961 – Harry Hooton, Australian poet, dies of cancer at 52
1989 – A. J. Ayer, English Neopositivist philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies at 78
2004 – Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
2008 – Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
Historical Events for 27th June 2020
678 – St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1915 – 100°F (38°C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record)
1947 – 98°F (36.8°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
1953 – Joseph Laniel appointed French premier
1971 – US Open Women’s Golf, Kahwa GC: JoAnne Carner wins by 7 strokes from Kathy Whitworth
1972 – Legendary video game and home computer Atari, Inc. founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Sunnyvale, California
1984 – UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Michel Platini and Bruno Bellone score as France beats Spain, 2-0
1993 – “Falsettos” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances
1994 – Aerosmith become first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet
2017 – African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina wins the World Food Prize