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
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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
Historical Events for 2nd June 2018
1848 – The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
1934 – 39th Women’s French Championships: Margaret Scriven beats Helen Jacobs (7-5, 4-6, 6-1)
1950 – St Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Washington Senators
1956 – Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow
1958 – Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record
1968 – WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, KY (ABC) 1st broadcast
1975 – James A Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)
1976 – East Timor People’s Assembly accepts annexation by Indonesia
1989 – 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy
2015 – 100 volunters in Bhutan set a world record for tree planting – 49,672 in 1 hour
Today in History for 2nd June 2018
Historical Events
1873 – Construction begins on Clay St (San Francisco) for world’s 1st cable railroad
1896 – 30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5
1957 – US TV interviews Nikita Khrushchev
1969 – Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne slices US destroyer USS Frank E Evans in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam)
1983 – Toilet catches fire on Air Canada’s DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati
1997 – Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168
Famous Birthdays
1865 – George Lohmann, British cricketer regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time, born in Kensington, England (d. 1901)
1899 – Royal Beal, American actor (Death of a Salesman), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1969)
1915 – Robert Moffat Palmer, American composer, born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2010)
1955 – Chantal Hochuli, Swiss-born socialite
1957 – King Lizzard, American entertainer and songwriter
1977 – Zachary Quinto, American actor (Star Trek), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
910 – Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia
1750 – Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine and composer, dies at 68
1839 – Wijnand Nuijen, Dutch romantic painter and lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26
1933 – Frank Jarvis, American athlete (Olympic 100m Champion-1900), dies at 54
2001 – Imogene Coca, American actress (b. 1908)
2003 – Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (b. 1918)