1918 – Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler’s nova of 1604, discovered
1948 – “Milton Berle Show” premieres on NBC TV
1950 – Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin and Valentine (8-104 1st inn) v England
1961 – Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, v England at Edgbaston, 57
1965 – US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1969 – 68th Men’s French Open: Rod Laver beats Ken Rosewall (6-4, 6-3, 6-4)
1988 – Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20%
1995 – Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O’Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
1996 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
2013 – NHL Western Conference Finals: Chicago Blackhawks beat Los Angeles Kings, 4 games to 1
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Today in History for 8th June 2018
Historical Events
1929 – 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8
1944 – Allies occupy Port-en-Bessin Normandy
1963 – 95th Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:30.2
1965 – US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1991 – Warren Schutte is 1st non American to win NCAA Division 1 golf title
2017 – British General Election results in a hung parliament, Prime Minster Theresa May and the Conservative party lose their majority
Famous Birthdays
1854 – Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician, born in Hawkesbury, Ontario (d. 1921)
1912 – Ian Morrow, company director
1926 – Anatol Vieru, composer
1932 – Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and captain, born in Yorkshire, England
1943 – J C A Barrett, Headmaster (Leys School-Cambridge)
1949 – Hildegard Falck, German FR, 800m runner (Olympic gold 1972)
Famous Deaths
1042 – Harthacnut/Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018) Lambeth
1809 – Thomas Paine, English American writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), dies at 54
1924 – George Mallory, English mountain climber (“because it is there”), dies in a climbing accident at 37 (b. 1886)
1966 – Joseph A. Walker, WWII and NASA test pilot (1st spaceplane flights to edge of outerspace), dies in an aircraft collison at 45
1987 – Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33
Famous Deaths for 7th June 2018
1329 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scots (1306-1329) and national hero, dies at 54
1862 – William B. Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42
1866 – Chief Seattle, Native American leader
1935 – Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies
1937 – Jean Harlow, actress (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26
1938 – Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies
1942 – Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (b. 1903)
1991 – Eric Francis, actor (Shillingbury Blowers), dies
1992 – Bill France, Sr., American racing car driver and co-founder of NASCAR, dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 82
2009 – Hugh Hopper, British musician (b. 1945)
Famous Birthdays for 7th June 2018
1619 – Paulus Voet, Dutch jurist and historian, born in Heusden, Netherlands (d. 1667)
1730 – Georg von Pasterwiz, Austrian composer, born in Passau, Germany (d. 1803)
1811 – James Young Simpson, Scottish obstetrician who popularized chloroform for medicinal use, born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (d. 1870)
1848 – Paul Gauguin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter who worked in French Polynesia, born in Paris (d. 1903)
1862 – Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
1867 – Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, composer
1928 – David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy
1930 – Ian Leggat, cricketer (1 Test v South Africa 1953-54 without distinction)
1934 – Philippe Entremont, French pianist and conductor (Vienna Chamber Orchestra), born in Reims, France
1935 – Harry Crews, US writer/actor (Indian Runner), (d. 2012)
Historical Events for 7th June 2018
1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the new world along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa
1628 – English King Charles I ratifies the Petition of Rights
1654 – Louis XIV crowned King of France
1900 – Boer general Christian de Law occupies British rail depot at Roodewal
1917 – The British detonate mines beneath the German-held Messines Ridge, in the Ypres area
1965 – Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
1969 – 101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts and Letters wins in 2:28.8
1969 – Wash Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1
1987 – 86th Women’s French Open: Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova (6-4, 4-6, 8-6)
1998 – 52nd Tony Awards: “The Lion King” and ‘”Art” win
Today in History for 7th June 2018
Historical Events
1340 – Rotterdam Netherlands founded
1527 – Pope Clement VII surrenders to Emperor Charles V’s armies
1905 – Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)
1924 – 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8
1987 – 86th Men’s French Open: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6)
1991 – Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time
Famous Birthdays
1897 – George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1970)
1909 – Jessica Tandy, British actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included), born in London, England (d. 1994)
1925 – Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer (Thunder and Lightning)
1933 – Henk E Koning, Dutch sect of Finances (VVD)
1935 – Thomas Kailath, American engineer
1973 – Robert Barr, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
Famous Deaths
1555 – Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76
1654 – Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright and actor (L’adamo), dies at 76
1863 – Franz Xaver Gruber, composer (“Silent Night”), dies at 75
1976 – Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orchestra leader (Air time ’57), dies at 61
1993 – Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
1995 – Joseph Tomelty, Irish actor and playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 6th June 2018
1881 – Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61
1898 – Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
1917 – Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59
1951 – Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
1974 – Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86
1992 – Larry Riley, American actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39
1993 – Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
1994 – Mark McManus, actor (Ned Kelly), dies of pneumonia at 59
2005 – Dana Elcar, American actor (Peter Thornton- MacGyver), dies of pneumonia at 77
2013 – Jerome Karle, American chemist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 94
Famous Birthdays for 6th June 2018
1519 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician and botanist, born in Arezzo, Italy (d. 1603)
1576 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1649)
1826 – Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist
1868 – Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition, born in Plymouth, England (d. 1912)
1872 – Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina (1894-1918)
1918 – Tom Scott, poet/editor
1968 – Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer and journalist
1973 – Jon Hesse, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1987 – Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor (Boba Fett-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1987 – Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer
Historical Events for 6th June 2018
1885 – 19th Belmont: Paul Duffy aboard Tyrant wins in 2:43
1936 – 40th US Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1949 – Orapin Chaiyakan becomes the first Thai woman to be elected to the Parliament of Thailand
1966 – Stokely Carmichael launches “Black Power” movement
1967 – Israeli troops occupy Gaza during second day of the Six-Day War
1974 – 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte
1983 – 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff
1985 – Body of Nazi concentration camp doctor Dr Josef Mengele located and exhumed
1992 – WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17 (Montreal)
1999 – 53rd Tony Awards: “Fosse” and “Side Man” win
Today in History for 6th June 2018
Historical Events
1903 – President Emile Loubet of France and Minister of Foreign Affairs Theophile Declasse visit London, furthering the cause of Entente Cordiale between Britain and France
1936 – Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey
1965 – Rolling Stones release single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1972 – Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London
2012 – 46th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan wins
2015 – 114th Women’s French Open: Serena Williams beats Lucie Safarova (6-3, 6-7, 6-2)
Famous Birthdays
1661 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer
1772 – Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Holy Roman Empire Empress consort (d. 1807)
1894 – Violet Trefusis, English writer and socialite who had a famous affair with writer Vita Sackville-West, born in London England (d. 1972)
1902 – Harold Roxbee Cox Kings Norton, aeronautical engineer
1907 – Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43) and manager, born in Bastrop, Louisiana (d. 1993)
1973 – Jamie Wilson, tackle (Carolina Panthers)
Famous Deaths
1799 – Patrick Henry, American Revolutionary and Founding Father famous for his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech, dies at 63
1928 – Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer, dies at 67
1941 – Louis Chevrolet, American automotive pioneer (b. 1878)
1951 – Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
1956 – Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 74
1999 – Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b. 1930)