1608 – Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, dies at 44
1921 – Heinrich E Albers-Schoenberg, German x-ray experimenter, dies at 56
1925 – Pierre Louys, [PF Louis], French writer (Aphrodite), dies
1970 – Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier Suriname, dies
1978 – Jorge de Sena, Portuguese novelist and poet (Reino da Estupidez), dies at 58
1990 – Jack Gilford, American comedic actor (Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2), dies at 81 of stomach cancer
1994 – [Derek] Lek Leckenby, English rock guitarist (Herman’s Hermits), dies of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at 48
1995 – William J Law, sailor, dies at 84
1997 – Kurt Alfred Adler, therapist/writer, dies at 92
2015 – Hermann Zapf, German typeface designer (Palatino and Optima), dies at 96
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Famous Birthdays for 4th June 2018
1394 – Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)
1876 – Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898, scored 0 and 9)
1908 – Earl of Halsbury, chancellor (Brunei University)
1923 – John Lea, British vice-admiral
1936 – David Lyon, CEO (Bowater)
1945 – Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, Mickey Thompson off-road champ (1983, 84, 90)
1955 – Paul Stewart, British writer (The Edge Chronicles, Far Flung Adventures), born in London, England
1968 – Scott Wolf, actor (Broken Arrow, Party of 5), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1972 – Nikka Costa, American singer
1985 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (d. 2006)
Historical Events for 4th June 2018
1133 – Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor
1756 – Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania
1783 – Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public hot-air balloon flight (unmanned), covering 2km and lasting 10 minutes with an estimated altitude of 1,600-2,000m
1859 – Second Italian War of Independence: Battle of Magenta, results in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III over the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai
1944 – French general De Gaulle arrives in London
1950 – CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
1964 – LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0
1967 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Louis Women’s Golf Invitational
1970 – Tonga (formerly Friendly Islands) declares independence from UK
2012 – Car bomb kills 26 and injures 190 people in central Baghdad, Iraq
Today in History for 4th June 2018
Historical Events
1664 – Viceroy Willem Frederik conquers Dijlerschans
1940 – Winston Churchill’s speech “We shall fight on the seas and oceans”
1954 – Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m
1972 – Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3)
1990 – Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die
1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing
Famous Birthdays
1754 – Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
1869 – Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen
1882 – Karl Valentin, German comic/writer
1902 – Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic gold 1928)
1922 – Irwin Bazelon, composer (Duo for Viola), born in Evanston, Illinois
1970 – Richie Hawtin, Canadian musician, born in Banbury, Oxfordshire
Famous Deaths
1830 РAntonio Jos̩ de Sucre, Great Marshall of Ayacucho (b. 1795)
1925 – Gheorghe Dima, composer, dies at 77
1945 – Georg Kaiser, German playwright (The Burghers of Calais), dies at 66
1960 – Lucien Littlefield, American actor (Blondie), dies at 64
1979 – Herman Shumlin, American Broadway producer, director and actor (Watch on the Rhine), dies at 80
2004 – Saturnino “Nino” Manfredi, Italian actor (Between Miracles), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 3rd June 2018
1679 – Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried
1809 – John “Christmas” Beckwith, composer, dies at 58
1898 – Samuel Plimsoll, English MP (Folkestone), dies at 74
1933 – William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88
1963 – Paul Maxey, American actor (The Narrow Margin, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies from a heart attack at 56
1975 – SatÅ Eisaku, Japanese Prime Minister (1964-72), (Nobel 1974), dies at 74
1981 – Carleton Coon, American anthropologist (What in the World), dies at 76
1995 – Estelle Brody, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), dies at 94
1995 – Jean-Patrick Manchette, French thriller writer (3 to Kill, The Prone Gunman), dies at 52
2004 – Jonathan D Kramer, American composer (Notta Sonata), dies of leukaemia at 61
Famous Birthdays for 3rd June 2018
1904 – Charles R. Drew, American physician, surgeon, and pioneer of blood plasma research, born in Washington, D. C. (d. 1950)
1911 – Ellen Corby [Hansen], American actress (The Waltons, Vertigo, Caged), born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 1999)
1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American beat poet (Howl), born in Newark, New Jersey
1931 – Lindy Remigino, American athlete
1936 – David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist
1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (E.T.), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
1963 – Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
1964 – Nelson Liriano, Puerto Plata Dom Rep, infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1974 – Bryan Still, wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
1975 – José Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player (New York Yankees), born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Historical Events for 3rd June 2018
1357 – Peace of Ath signed (in modern Belgium), settles Brabant succession
1861 – 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, West Virginia
1925 – Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits
1956 – Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Pittsburgh Golf Open
1968 – Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times
1973 – 72nd Men’s French Open: Ilie Năstase beats Nikola Pilic (6-3, 6-3, 6-0)
1973 – “Smith” closes at Eden Theater NYC after 17 performances
1980 – Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
1989 – Leaking pipe in Asha, USSR, causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die
2001 – 55th Tony Awards: “The Producers” and “Proof” win
Today in History for 3rd June 2018
Historical Events
1961 – JFK and Khrushchev meet in Vienna
1966 – European DX Council forms in Copenhagen (shortwave listeners)
1972 – Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10
1991 – Kuwait asks Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members to produce 800,000 bbl/d (130,000 m3/d) of oil on its behalf
2015 – 200 people are killed by an explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana
2016 – A week of heavy rains in Germany and France leave 10 dead and closing Paris museums along the Seine, including the Louve
Famous Birthdays
1610 – Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised
1910 – Wilfred Thesiger, explorer/writer
1912 – William Douglas-Home, playwright (Now .. Barabbas)
1958 – Ann Wilson, Brisbane Qld, golfer (1985 R/U NSW Open)
1963 – Deb Richard, Abbeville LA, LPGA golfer (1991 Women’s Kemper Open)
1971 – Mark Parrish, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996), born in Columbia, Maryland
Famous Deaths
1826 – Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (b. 1766)
1877 РLudwig Ritter von K̦chel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1800)
1949 – Amadeo Giannini, American banker and entrepreneur (founded Bank of America), dies at 79
1989 – John McCauley, NHL official (b. 1945)
1997 – Dennis James, American television personality (b. 1917)
2016 – Dave Swarbrick, British folk fiddler (Fairport Convention), dies at 75
Famous Deaths for 2nd June 2018
1864 – George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brigadier general, dies at 34
1951 – John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71
1956 – Jean Hersholt, Danish actor (Heidi, Greed, Men in White, Aryan), dies form cancer at 69
1961 – George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72
1986 – Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 84 (b. 1901)
1992 – Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84
1996 – Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (b. 1937)
1997 – Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91
2000 – Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist (b. 1927)
2005 – Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian Nordic combined skier and sports official (b. 1930)
Famous Birthdays for 2nd June 2018
1876 – Hakon Borresen, composer
1904 – Frank Runacres, English artist (d. 1
1908 – Gordon Weir, cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37)
1920 – Yolande Donlan, British-American actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2014)
1955 – Chantal Hochuli, Swiss-born socialite
1960 – Kyle Petty, American racing car driver
1963 – Tim Balmer, Canadian Tour golfer (Bermuda Open-1990), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1976 – Elly Hutton, Australian 100m sprinter (Olympics 1996)
1981 – Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
1982 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress