1594 – Michel Renichon, priest, executed
1640 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, dies at 55
1649 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
1657 – William Harvey, English physician (discovered blood circulation), dies at 79
1913 – Josef Richard Rozkošný, Czech composer, dies at 79
1946 – Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938-46), dies at 60
1981 – Eric Dalton, South African cricket batsman (15 Tests, top score 117), dies at 74
1983 – Nanna, Rafi Khawar, Lollywood actor, Lahore
1986 – Arthur Charles Ernest Hoérée, Belgian-French composer, dies at 89
2009 – Sam Butera, American jazz musician (b. 1927)
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Historical Events for 3rd June 2020
1889 – The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast
1939 – Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe
1944 – 76th Belmont: G L Smith riding Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
1953 – KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins
1989 – Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
1989 – Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season and 11th overall
2015 – 200 people are killed by an explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana
2018 – Dead whale found with 17 pounds (80 pieces) of plastic in its stomach in Songkhla province, Thailand
2019 – MLB Draft: Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman first pick by Baltimore Orioles
2019 – Canadian government inquiry find deaths of over 1,000 indigenous women and girls over decades who have been murdered or are missing a “national genocide”
Today in History for 3rd June 2020
Historical Events
1860 – Comanche, Iowa, completely destroyed by one of a series of tornadoes
1950 – French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
1964 – Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis
1967 – 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8
1974 – Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government
2018 – Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts killing at least 110, with 332 missing and forcing the evacuation of over 3,100
Famous Birthdays
1771 – Charles Bernard Desormes, Dijon, French Physicist and Chemist who determined the ratio of the specific heats of gases as well as the exact composition of carbon monoxide and carbon disulphide
1864 – Ransom Eli Olds, American auto (Oldsmobile) and truck (REO) manufacturer, born in Geneva, Ohio (d. 1950)
1911 – Olaf Okern, Norwegian Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948)
1922 – Alain Resnais, French director (Muriel, Hiroshima mon amour), born in Brittany, France (d. 2014)
1926 – Hamilton Fish Jr, (Rep-R-NY, 1969- )
1974 – Arianne Zuker, American actress
Famous Deaths
1864 – Peter A Porter, US Union colonel (8th NY), dies in battle
1877 – Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of Netherlands as wife of William III, dies at 58
1964 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1967 – Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children’s book author, dies
1994 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist, dies at 89
2009 – David Carradine, American actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets, Kill Bill V.1 and 2), dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 2nd June 2020
1701 – Madeleine de Scudéry, French novelist (Artamène ou le grand Cyrus), dies at 93
1785 – Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician (b. 1713)
1812 – John W de Winter, Dutch vice-adm, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51
1941 – Lou Gehrig, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (6 x World Series, 2 x AL MVP), dies of motor neurone disease at 37
1970 – Albert Lamorisse, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1987 – Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94
1992 – Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84
1997 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles, US Open 1932-35), dies of heart failure at 88
2006 – Keith Smith, English professional rugby player (b. 1952)
2013 – Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor, dies at 82
Historical Events for 2nd June 2020
1619 – England and the Netherlands sign treaty about trading in the Indies
1771 – “Armida”, an operatic ‘dramma per musica’ by Antonio Salieri debuts at the Vienna Burgtheater
1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US
1920 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O’Neill (Beyond the Horizon)
1932 – German Chancellor Franz von Papen forms his “Cabinet of the Barons”
1935 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his only French title, beating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1946 – Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
1956 – Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow
1958 – Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio
1997 – Liberals beat Conservatives in France
Today in History for 2nd June 2020
Historical Events
1869 – Cleveland’s Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cincinnati Red Stockings)
1960 – Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity)
1973 – “Nash at Nine” closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 21 performances
1986 – NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token
1994 – Sharon Stone files $12m lawsuit against her jeweler
1996 – 9th Children’s Miracle Network Telethon
Famous Birthdays
1857 – Edward Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode, Pomp and Circumstance), born in Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire (d. 1934)
1929 – Norton Juster, American author, architect and children’s author (The Dot and the Line), born in New York City
1946 – Roger Freed, baseball player
1967 – Mike Stanton, American pitcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox), born in Houston, Texas
1973 – Jayantha Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995)
1976 – Josef Marha, Havl-brod Cze, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
Famous Deaths
1968 – R Norris Williams, American tennis player, survivor RMS Titanic sinking (US Nat C’ship 1914, 16), dies of emphysema at 77
1990 – Shriram Sharma, Indian spiritual leader and founder of “All World Gayatri Pariwar”, dies at 78
1994 – David Stove, Australian philosopher (b. 1927)
2001 – Imogene Coca, American comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl), dies at 92
2004 – Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer, dies at 74
2013 – Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor, dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 1st June 2020
1340 – Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies
1769 – Edward Holyoke, American academic and 9th President of Harvard University, dies at 79
1910 – Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon and etcher, dies at 91
1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-born caricaturist (b. 1900)
1951 – Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85
1952 – John Dewey, American philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92
1975 – Dennis Cowan, British rocker (Bonzo Dog Band), dies at 28
1987 – Rashid Karami, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65
1996 – Michael Fox, American actor (Perry Mason, Quincy, Dallas, Bold and the Beautiful), dies at 75
2004 – William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
Historical Events for 1st June 2020
1861 – US and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
1868 – Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico
1917 – Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WWI
1918 – Canadian ace Billy Bishop downs 6 aircrafts over a three-day span, including German ace Paul Bilik, reclaiming his top scoring title from James McCudden
1919 – Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden
1975 – California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan records his record equalling 4th MLB career no-hitter in beating the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0
1979 – Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier
1980 – ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
2000 – The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.
2017 – “Beren and Lúthien,” compiled and edited by Christopher Tolkien from his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s archives is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Today in History for 1st June 2020
Historical Events
1866 – General Dutch Typographer Union forms
1935 – Driving test and license plates introduced in England
1958 – Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election
1962 – SS officer Adolf Eichmann is executed in Israel after being found guilty of war crimes
1968 – 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2
2018 – Law professor Giuseppe Conte is sworn in as Italian Prime Minister as head of a populist coalition
Famous Birthdays
1549 – Allesandre Spontone, composer
1881 – Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
1955 – Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas
1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer defender (96 caps; NE Revolution, LA Galaxy), born in Birmingham, Michigan
1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor (Midsomer Murders), born in Stockton-on-Tees, England
1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
Famous Deaths
1710 – David Mitchell, Scottish admiral in the British Royal navy (b. 1642)
1846 – Gregory XVI [Bartolomeo Alberto Mauro Cappellari], Pope (1831-1846), dies at 80
1943 – Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
1959 – Sax Rohmer [Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward], English author (Dr Fu Manchu novels), (b. 1883)
1980 – Rube Marquard, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (NL wins leader 1912; NL strikeout leader 1911; no-hitter 1915; NY Giants), dies at 93
2014 – Ann B. Davis, American actress, dies from a subdural hematoma from a fall at 88
Famous Deaths for 31st May 2020
1504 – Engelbert II, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz and viceroy of Luxembourg, dies at 53
1809 – Jean Lannes, French marshal (b. 1769)
1854 – Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34
1900 – John Power, Irish baronet and whiskey manufacturer (Powers Whiskey), dies in battle
1908 – C L “Boy” Johnson, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
1962 – Henry F. Ashurst, American Democratic politician (U.S. Senator from Arizona), dies at 87
1989 – Terry Drinkwater, American CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer
1995 – Pavel Sivic, Slovenian composer, dies at 87
2001 – Arlene Francis, American actress and radio and television personality (What’s My Line?), dies at 93
2013 – Jean Stapleton, American actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family), dies at 90