1675 – Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag Native Americans form anti-English front under Metacom
1825 – Coronation of Charles X, the last Bourbon King of France
1855 – Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin
1864 – Battle of Kinston, North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
1871 – Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Mississippi
1948 – 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo
1983 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oakmont CC: Larry Nelson wins by 1 shot from Tom Watson in a storm affected Monday finish
2018 – US President Donald Trump signs Executive Order ending family separation at the border for illegal immigrants
2018 – Hungarian government passes legislation that criminalizes aiding undocumented migrants
2018 – FIFA World Cup: Portugal superstar Cristiano Renaldo heads a goal against Morocco to become the all-time leading European goalscorer (85) in international competition
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Today in History for 20th June 2020
Historical Events
1819 – 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
1912 – NY Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12
1941 – German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on US battleship Texas
1966 – Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
1977 – Menachem Begin forms Israeli government
1994 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oakmont CC: Ernie Els of South Africa wins on the second sudden-death hole to defeat Loren Roberts, after Colin Montgomerie was eliminated in an 18-hole playoff
Famous Birthdays
1634 – Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1675)
1819 – Jacques Offenbach, German-French composer (Tales of Hoffmann), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1880)
1868 – Helen Miller Shepard, American philanthropist who established Hall of Fame, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1938)
1915 – Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2002)
1916 – William Balchin, English geographer, born in Aldershot, England (d. 2007)
1972 – Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996)
Famous Deaths
1917 – James Mason Crafts, American chemist (Friedel-Crafts alkylation synthesis), dies at 78
1941 – [Stephanie] Hélène Swarth, Dutch poet (“Lonely flowers”), dies at 81
1974 – Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player, dies at 62
1977 – Abner Biberman, American director and actor (His Girl Friday, The Leopard Man), dies at 68
1996 – Irving Krick, meteorologist, dies at 89
2007 – Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
Famous Deaths for 19th June 2020
1747 – Nader Shah, Iranian ruler (1736-47) and founder of Afsharid Dynasty of Persia, murdered at 58
1759 – Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer, dies at 31
1940 – Maurice Jaubert, French composer and soldier, dies a few hours after being fatally wounded in action at 40
1962 – Will Wright, American actor (Adam’s Rib, Living Christ Story), dies of cancer at 68
1994 – Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier, dies at 75
1996 – G. David Schine, American businessman, dies at 70
2007 – Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrería, dies of pneumonia at 88
2009 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese supercentenarian, dies of old age at 113
2010 – Anthony Quinton, British philosopher (b. 1925)
2013 – James Gandolfini, American actor (The Sopranos), dies from a heart attack at 51
Historical Events for 19th June 2020
1910 – 1st airship in service “Germany”
1940 – Hermann Goering orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses and ships
1944 – French troops free Elba
1955 – Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history
1961 – “Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)” by Coasters peaks at #23
1961 – US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland’s constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
1987 – Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
1992 – Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in NYC
2017 – First full genetic study of cats published in “Nature Ecology and Evolution”, reveals domesticated 9,000 years ago, descended from one species (African wildcat)
2019 – Oklahoma writer Joy Harjo is named the first Native American US Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress
Today in History for 19th June 2020
Historical Events
1863 – Battle at Middleburg Virginia (100+ casualties)
1913 – Natives Land Act, Act No 27, passed in South Africa: confines Africans to hopelessly overcrowded reserves and deprives them of rights to purchase land outside the native reserves
1917 – The British Royal Family, which has had strong German ties since George I, renounces its German names and titles and adopts the name of Windsor
1938 – Paul Waner (Pirates) homers off Pete Sivess (Phillies) in DH
1978 – “Best Little Whorehouse…” opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 performances
2009 – “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox is released
Famous Birthdays
1905 – George Voskovec [Jirí Wachsmann], Czech actor (12 Angry Men, Somewhere in Time), born in Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
1942 – Willie Frazier, AFL/NFL tight end (Houston Oilers), born in El Dorado, Arkansas (d. 2013)
1944 – Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
1965 – Luc Donckerwolke, Belgian car designer
1974 – Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player
1975 – Brandon Mitchell, defensive end (New England Patriots)
Famous Deaths
1312 – Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, beheaded
1762 – Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer, dies at 60
1844 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist, dies at 72
1939 – Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60
1996 – Henry Ralph Carr, soldier, dies at 82
1997 – Bobby Helms [Robert Lee Helms], American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
Famous Deaths for 18th June 2020
1629 – Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (Spanish silver fleet) and folk hero (b. 1577) shot by cannonball at 51
1772 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (Austrian Empress Maria Theresa’s personal physician), dies at 72
1880 – John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77
1898 – George Ulyett, English cricket all-rounder (25 Tests; 949 runs, 50 wickets), dies from pneumonia at 46
1916 – Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67
1973 – Fritz Mahler, Austrian composer, dies at 71
1974 – Georgy Zhukov, Russian deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Army during WWII (Battles of Stalingrad, Kursk and Berlin) and Minister of Defense, dies at 77
1982 – Curd Jürgens [Curt Jurgens], German-born Austrian actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
2005 – J.J. Pickle, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1963-95), dies at 91
2017 – Lord Joffe [Joel Goodman Joffe], South African-born British lawyer (instructing solicitor for Nelson Mandela’s defence team) and businessman, dies at 85
Historical Events for 18th June 2020
618 – Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty’s rule over China
1639 – Treaty of Berwick: Ends the First Bishops’ War between England and Scotland
1682 – William Penn founds Philadelphia, US
1892 – Macadamia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1967 – Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
1972 – BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
1981 – Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra Day O’Connor, 1st woman on US Supreme Court)
1986 – Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)
1987 – Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts
Today in History for 18th June 2020
Historical Events
1898 – 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey
1938 – Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season
1947 – Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
1959 – New York City premiere of the film version of Kathryn Hulme’s “The Nun’s Story”
1961 – KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1999 – Hindi film “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam” premieres directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, starring Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai
Famous Birthdays
1517 – Emperor Ōgimachi, 106th Emperor of Japan (d. 1593)
1868 – Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)
1927 – Simeon Pironkov, Bulgarian composer, born in Lom, Bulgaria (d. 2000)
1948 – Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano
1952 – Carol Kane, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1991 – Willa Holland, American actress (Arrow), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1821 – Charles Hague, English composer, dies at 52
1973 – Roger Delgado, English actor (Doctor Who, Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enough for June), dies in a road accident at 55
1981 – Richard Goolden, British actor (Two Days to Live, School for Husbands), dies at 86
1989 – I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
2010 – José Saramago, Portuguese writer and Nobel laureate, dies of leukemia at 87
2011 – Frederick Chiluba, 2nd President of Zambia (1991-2001), dies at 68
Famous Deaths for 17th June 2020
1719 – Joseph Addison, English essayist and poet (co-founder of The Spectator), dies at 47
1775 – Joseph Warren, American physician and soldier, dies at 34
1973 – Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born, American actor, author and translator (One Man’s Family), dies at 66
1974 – Yadavendra Singh, cricketer (Yuvraj of Patiala, Test for India), dies
1983 – Eelco N van Kleffens, Dutch min of Foreign affairs 1939-46, dies at 88
1983 – Peter Mennin[i], American composer (Moby Dick) and educator (Juilliard), dies of cancer at 60
1986 – Kate Smith, American singer (God Bless America), dies at 78
1995 – Claire Sterling, journalist, dies at 75
2007 – Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
2010 – K. S. Rajah, Singaporean jurist (b. 1930)
Historical Events for 17th June 2020
1850 – Paddle-wheeler “G P Griffith” burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)
1864 – 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia finished
1916 – US troops under General Pershing march into Mexico
1939 – Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre
1940 – Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
1953 – Riots in East Germany for reunification
1965 – Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour
1974 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombs the Houses of Parliament in London, injuring 11 people and causing extensive damage
1976 – ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets and Spurs) merges into NBA
1991 – Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78