742 – Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14), born in Liège, Frankish Kingdom (d. 814)
1915 – Al Barlick, American Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (7 x World Series; 7 x MLB All Star games), born in Springfield, Illinois (d. 1995)
1948 – Danny Ford, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C’ship, Clemson University 1981; University of Arkansas; career record 122–59–5), born in Gadsden, Alabama
1954 – Ron Palillo, American actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2012)
1961 – Keren Jane Woodward, English rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus), born in Bristol, England
1975 – Deedee Magno Hall, Filipino-American rocker (Party-Rodeo, That’s Why), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
1977 – Aiden Turner, Irish actor (The Hobbit-Kili), born in Clondalkin, Dublin
1986 – Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball center (Golden State Warriors 2004-13; 510 games), born in Riga, Latvia
1986 – Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch soccer midfielder (53 caps; PSV Eindhoven), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1987 – Pablo César Aguilar, Paraguayan soccer defender (28 caps; Sportivo Luqueño, América, Cruz Azul), born in Luque, Paraguay
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Famous Deaths for 11th June 2018
1825 – Daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54
1828 – Dugald Stewart, Scottish philosopher and mathematician (Scottish common sense), dies at 74
1858 – Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (b. 1773)
1903 – King Alexander I and Queen Draga of Serbia are assassinated by a group of army officers as part of a coup
1956 – Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
1970 – Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies
1994 – Kitty Rosalind Muggeridge, author, dies at 90
2001 – Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (b. 1923)
2013 – Robert Fogel, American economic historian and Nobel Laureate, dies at 86
2015 – Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer (Nashville on the Road), dies at 81
Famous Birthdays for 11th June 2018
1456 – Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)
1672 – Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and amateur composer, born in Padua, Italy (d. 1749)
1879 – Roger Bresnahan, baseball player (d. 1944)
1902 – Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer
1925 – William Styron, Va, novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie’s Choice)
1945 – Robert Munsch, Canadian children’s author (The Paper Bag Princess, Love You Forever), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1946 – Jenny Pittman, horse trainer
1958 – Kevin Wilkinson, English drummer (The Waterboys), born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (d. 1999)
1984 – Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
1994 – Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
Historical Events for 11th June 2018
1793 – 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick
1940 – World War II: First attack of the Italian Air force on the island of Malta
1953 – Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge
1960 – House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)
1963 – Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama
1975 – Greece adopts constitution
1991 – Natalie Cole releases “Unforgettable…with Love”, covering her father’s standards, (Grammy Album of the Year)
2000 – 99th Women’s French Open: Mary Pierce beats Conchita Martinez (6-2, 7-5)
2001 – Saudi Arabia seizes ownership, effective June 7, of the 1.6-million-barrels-per-day IPSA pipeline that had carried Iraqi crude oil to the Saudi Red Sea port of Mu’jiz prior to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
2012 – Five people are killed after an ambulance hits a roadside bomb in Afghanistan
Today in History for 11th June 2018
Historical Events
1919 – 51st Belmont: J Loftus riding Sir Barton wins in 2:17.6 and Trip Crown
1940 – Italy declares war on Allies
1964 – Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
1978 – 24th LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
1988 – “Everything Your Heart Desires” by Daryl Hall and John Oates peaks at #3
1992 – Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame
Famous Birthdays
1917 – James Bostock, painter/engraver
1927 – Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman (1922 Committee)
1940 – Joey Dee, singer (Hey Let’s Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris), born in Passaic, New Jersey
1962 – Michael Kenny, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores)
1968 – Sophie Okonedo, English actress (Hotel Rwanda), born in London
1982 – Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
Famous Deaths
1216 – Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire
1949 – Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
1988 – Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89
1990 – Clyde McCoy, American jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86
2008 – Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1938)
2015 – Ornette Coleman, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Free Jazz), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 10th June 2018
1923 – Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies
1944 – Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter, executed at 28
1944 – Gerrit Jan van der Veen [Wolffensperger], Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 41 (b. 1902)
1954 – Will Rossiter, composer, dies at 87
1992 – Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
1996 – Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter, dies at 89
1996 – Uno Chiyo, Japanese writer (Confessions of Love), dies at 98
2000 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)
2000 – Hafez al-Assad, General and President of Syria (1971-2000), dies of a heart attack at 69
2001 – Princess Leila Pahlavi of Iran, youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, dies at 31
Famous Birthdays for 10th June 2018
1839 – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Council President of Denmark (d. 1912)
1840 – Theodor Philipsen Danish painter (d. 1920)
1861 – Joseph Cuypers, Dutch architect (St Bavo, Haarlem), born in Roermond, the Netherlands (d. 1949)
1890 – Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity)
1927 – Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (d. 2002)
1929 – Edward O Wilson, American sociobiologist, world’s leading authority on ants, born in Birmingham, Alabama
1959 – Eliot Spitzer, American politician (Governor of New York 2007-8), born in the Bronx, New York
1965 – Claudio Mezzadri, Swiss tennis star
1970 – David Wilson, WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
1973 – Pokey Reese, American baseball player
Historical Events for 10th June 2018
1805 – First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States
1809 – 1st US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Philadelphia
1857 – Britain passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system
1911 – Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam
1915 – British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
1962 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27′ 3½”
1963 – US Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy
1968 – 4h Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats France 20-2
1991 – David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” airs its final episode airs on ABC-TV
1996 – Stanley Cup: Colo Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games
Today in History for 10th June 2018
Historical Events
1794 – Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia forms
1865 – Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” 1st performance Munich, Germany
1890 – 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes riding Burlington wins in 2:07.75
1946 – Italian Republic established
1990 – 89th Women’s French Open: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (7-6, 6-4)
1999 – Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
Famous Birthdays
1844 – Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1914)
1888 – Leo Weismantel, German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse)
1928 – Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
1961 – Kim Deal, American musician (Pixies), (The Breeders)
1962 – Duane Sutter, NHL player (NY Islander)
1994 – Nicholas Santo Pietro, son of Vanna White
Famous Deaths
1247 – Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada, archbishop Toledo/advisor Alfonso VIII, dies
1424 – Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)
1839 – Nathaniel Pryor, sgt of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies
1996 – Norman Lambert, British restaurateur, dies at 63 (b. 1933)
2003 – Dr Phil Williams, Welsh politician and scientist (b. 1939)
2007 – Augie Auer, Meteorologist and television presenter (b. 1940)
Famous Deaths for 9th June 2018
1597 – Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies
1834 – William Carey, one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society (b. 1761)
1892 – William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (b. 1863)
1892 – Taiso Yoshitoshi, Woodblock print artist
1968 – Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (b. 1884)
1978 – Chief Tahachee [Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert], Cherokee stage and film actor, dies from a heart attack at 74
1992 – Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
1993 – Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
1993 – Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53
1996 – Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91