1580 – States of Utrecht forbid Catholic worship
1980 – Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
2003 – Google launches AdSense, a program that enables website publishers to serve ads targeted to the specific content of their individual web pages, many of which like On This Day (then HistoryOrb.com) go on to start their own publishing businesses
2005 – David Tennant’s first appearance as the Tenth Doctor in BBC “Doctor Who” episode “The Parting of the Ways”
2013 – 27 people are killed and 30 are injured by a suicide bomb in Sher Garh, Pakistan
2017 – ICC Men’s Cricket Champions Trophy, The Oval, London: Pakistan wins the competition for the first time with a 180-run victory over India; Player of the Series: Hasan Ali (PAK) 13 wickets
2020 – World record for greatest duration for a single lighting flash of 17.1 seconds during thunderstorm over Uruguay and Argentina according to World Meteorological Organization
2022 – Flooding in Bangladesh and nearby Indian states leave four million stranded and without electricity, with at least 41 dead as monsoon floods become more frequent and extreme
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 17th June 2026
1397 – Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden and Norway
1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal
1789 – French Revolution: During the meeting of the Estates-General, the Third Estate proclaims itself the ‘National Assembly’
1916 – US troops under General Pershing march into Mexico
1990 – US Open Men’s Golf, Medinah CC: Hale Irwin wins his 3rd Open title; defeats Mike Donald at the 91st hole, the first in sudden-death, after tying the 18-hole Monday playoff
2012 – US Open Men’s Golf, Olympic Club, SF: American Webb Simpson wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson
2020 – First major breakthrough in treating COVID-19 using steroid dexamethasone announced by Oxford University
2024 – NBA Finals: Boston Celtics beat Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 to clinch the club’s record 18th Championship; MVP: Boston forward Jaylen Brown
Historical Events for 16th June 2026
1823 – Dutch King William I opens the Fijenoord shipyard at Rotterdam
1913 – South African Government pass the segregationist Native Land Act, which restricts purchase or lease of land by native Africans
1922 – Irish republicans are beaten in a national election; the vote is in favor of the Treaty of London, which leaves the Irish Free State as a dominion within the British Commonwealth
1929 – Otto E. Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
1985 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oakland Hills CC: 1978 champion Andy North wins by 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Dave Barr, T C Chen and Denis Watson
2000 – Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Shebaa Farms.
2013 – “Despicable Me 2” directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud with voices by Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig premieres at the Champs-Elysées Film Festival
2019 – India imposes retaliatory tariffs on 28 US goods
Historical Events for 15th June 2026
1667 – The first fully documented human blood transfusion is performed by French physician Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys when a small amount of sheep blood is transfused into a 15-year-old boy, who survives the procedure
1894 – Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8
1957 – US Open Men’s Golf, Inverness Club: Dick Mayer defeats defending champion Cary Middlecoff by 7 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only major title
1965 – South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products
1980 – Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
2014 – NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat Miami Heat, 104-87 in Game 5 for 5th NBA Championship in franchise history; MVP: Kawhi Leonard
2019 – Anthony Davis’s opera “The Central Park Five” premieres at the Long Beach Opera Company, California (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2020)
2021 – US death toll from COVID-19 tops 600,000 (Johns Hopkins), with 65% of adults vaccinated with at least one dose
Historical Events for 14th June 2026
1876 – George Hall of the Philadelphia Athletics becomes first MLB player to hit for cycle (single, double, triple, and home run), in 20-5 win over Cincinnati Reds at the Jefferson Street Grounds, Philadelphia
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes 1st African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy
1952 – British runner Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)
1965 – John Lennon’s second book “A Spaniard in the Works” is published
1968 – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” second studio album by Iron Butterfly is released
1975 – Janis Ian releases “At Seventeen”
1981 – No Nukes concert at Hollywood Bowl
1993 – Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
Historical Events for 13th June 2026
1727 – Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris
1895 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Englishman J.H. Taylor retains title; beats Sandy Herd of Scotland by 4 shots
1925 – 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8
1925 – American William DeHart Hubbard sets men’s long jump world record at 7.89m (25 ft 10 3⁄4 in) in Chicago, Illinois
1937 – Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns
1953 – English Cricketer Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 and 7-44) vs Australia
1962 – Norway named ombudsman
1988 – Fed jury finds Liggett liable in death of NJ woman of lung cancer
Historical Events for 12th June 2026
1775 – 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
1939 – Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York
1942 – Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1950 – The first of two Air France DC-4 aircraft flying the same route from Saigon to Paris crashes near Bahrain, killing 46 passengers and crew, while 6 survive; a second DC-4 on the same route crashes two days later a few miles away under similar circumstances
1978 – David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
1993 – “Three Little Pigs” by Green Jelly hits #17
2011 – 65th Tony Awards: “The Book of Mormon” (musical) and “War Horse” (play) win
2017 – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced to 30 days administrative arrest for organizing rallies
Historical Events for 11th June 2026
1231 – Harderwijk (Netherlands) becomes a city
1905 – Pennsylvania Railroad debuts the fastest train in the world, capable of traveling from NY to Chicago in 18 hours
1921 – Brazil adopts women’s suffrage
1938 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: American Don Budge beats Roderich Menzel of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 for the 2nd leg of his Grand Slam
1951 – NY Times reports the NYC subway will auction off unclaimed items left behind on the trains
1988 – 120th Belmont Stakes: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6
1992 – US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibition game, beat Venezuela 20-0
2006 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Rafael Nadal of Spain wins his 2nd straight French title; beats Roger Federer 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6
Historical Events for 10th June 2026
1768 – Riot breaks out in Boston after customs officials seize sloop owned by John Hancock for alleged customs violation
1876 – 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40.5
1956 – Due to Australia’s strict quarantine regulations, the XVI Summer Olympic equestrian events open in Stockholm, Sweden, five months early
1974 – Philadelphia Phillies slugger Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker hanging from Houston Astrodome roof
1981 – Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co
1996 – Intel releases 200 MHz Pentium chip
2003 – Stephen Schwartz’ musical “Wicked”, starring Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, officially opens at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, California
2007 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Bulle Rock GC: Suzann Pettersen of Norway wins her first major title by 1 stroke ahead of Australian Karrie Webb
Historical Events for 9th June 2026
1720 – Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
1784 – John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions
1868 – First meeting of the Board of Regents of the University of California
1898 – British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins 2nd title by 1 stroke from dual champion Willie Park Jr
1943 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Current Tax Payment Act into law, requiring taxes to be withheld from workers’ wages and paid directly to the federal government
1945 – Warner Bros. cartoon “A Gruesome Twosome” starring Tweety premieres in the US
1986 – 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn win
2024 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest man to win grand slams on all three surfaces, coming back to beat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in a final lasting 4 hours 15 minutes