1535 – Cardinal John Fisher is beheaded on Tower Hill, London, for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England
1774 – British parliament accepts Quebec Act, which extends the province’s territory and restores French civil law
1848 – Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for President
1874 – Dr Andrew T Still, discovers the science of osteopathy
1947 – 12″ rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO)
1961 – Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody’s Child and My Bonnie, in Hamburg
1990 – Adam Sandler joins “Saturday Night Live”
2002 – WLAF World Bowl 10, Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf: Berlin Thunder beats Rhein Fire, 26-20
2016 – NHL owners meeting unanimously approves the Las Vegas expansion bid to start play in the 2017-18 season.
2018 – President Trump spokesperson Sarah Sanders is asked to leave Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Virginia over her support of Trump’s policies, igniting debate
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 21st June 2020
1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Emperor of China and seventh Great Khan after defeating rival factions and succeeding his uncle Temür Khan
1667 – Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
1826 – Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas
1907 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Frenchman Arnaud Massy wins by 2 strokes from J.H. Taylor; first non-Briton to win Open Championship
1916 – Mexican troops defeat US expeditionary force under Gen. Pershing
1956 – Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
1963 – Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII
1978 – The British Army shoots dead 3 Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a passing Ulster Volunteer Force member at a postal depot on Ballysillan Road, Belfast; it is claimed that the PIRA volunteers were about to launch a bomb attack
1981 – Don Fagan and Walter Becker quit rock group Steely Dan
1992 – Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan Lamb
Historical Events for 20th June 2020
1675 – Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag Native Americans form anti-English front under Metacom
1825 – Coronation of Charles X, the last Bourbon King of France
1855 – Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin
1864 – Battle of Kinston, North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
1871 – Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Mississippi
1948 – 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo
1983 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oakmont CC: Larry Nelson wins by 1 shot from Tom Watson in a storm affected Monday finish
2018 – US President Donald Trump signs Executive Order ending family separation at the border for illegal immigrants
2018 – Hungarian government passes legislation that criminalizes aiding undocumented migrants
2018 – FIFA World Cup: Portugal superstar Cristiano Renaldo heads a goal against Morocco to become the all-time leading European goalscorer (85) in international competition
Historical Events for 19th June 2020
1910 – 1st airship in service “Germany”
1940 – Hermann Goering orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses and ships
1944 – French troops free Elba
1955 – Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history
1961 – “Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)” by Coasters peaks at #23
1961 – US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland’s constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
1987 – Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
1992 – Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in NYC
2017 – First full genetic study of cats published in “Nature Ecology and Evolution”, reveals domesticated 9,000 years ago, descended from one species (African wildcat)
2019 – Oklahoma writer Joy Harjo is named the first Native American US Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress
Historical Events for 18th June 2020
618 – Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty’s rule over China
1639 – Treaty of Berwick: Ends the First Bishops’ War between England and Scotland
1682 – William Penn founds Philadelphia, US
1892 – Macadamia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1967 – Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
1972 – BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
1981 – Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra Day O’Connor, 1st woman on US Supreme Court)
1986 – Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)
1987 – Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts
Historical Events for 17th June 2020
1850 – Paddle-wheeler “G P Griffith” burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)
1864 – 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia finished
1916 – US troops under General Pershing march into Mexico
1939 – Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre
1940 – Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
1953 – Riots in East Germany for reunification
1965 – Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour
1974 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombs the Houses of Parliament in London, injuring 11 people and causing extensive damage
1976 – ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets and Spurs) merges into NBA
1991 – Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
Historical Events for 16th June 2020
1779 – US General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, New York, inflicting heavy losses on the British
1864 – Skirmish at Golgotha, Georgia
1925 – The Union Government rejects a round-table conference with India on the grounds that it will constitute interference in South African affairs
1931 – Austrian government of Ender falls
1935 – US Congress accepts FDR’s “New Deal”
1941 – 1st US federally owned airport opened Washington, D.C.
1944 – US bombs Kyushu Japan
1962 – 2 US army officers killed in Saigon
1992 – Longest salami is 68’9 and 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway
2018 – World Cup: Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in 2-1 win over Australia in Kazan
Historical Events for 15th June 2020
1094 – Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupies Valencia on the Moren
1580 – Phillip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
1860 – 1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
1898 – US House of Representatives passes resolution to annex Hawaii
1919 – 1st nonstop Atlantic flight (Alcock and Brown) lands in Ireland
1955 – The International Olympic Committee votes to award Rome the rights to host the 1960 Summer Olympic Games
1957 – 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6
1963 – Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion resigns
1992 – Erie Sailors (Fla Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13
2002 – Near earth asteroid 2002 MN missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (120,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon
Historical Events for 14th June 2020
1863 – Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia
1872 – Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
1898 – France signs Niger Convention
1923 – Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1979 – Canada all out for 45 runs in Cricket World Cup v England, in 40.3 overs
1987 – Senior Tournament Players Championship Men’s Golf, Sawgrass CC: South African Gary Player wins by 1 stroke from Bruce Crampton and Chi-Chi Rodriguez
1990 – Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional
1991 – Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) lands
1995 – Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win
2003 – WLAF World Bowl 11, Hampden Park, Glasgow: Frankfurt Galaxy beats Rhein Fire, 35-16
Historical Events for 13th June 2020
1792 – King Louis XVI dissmisses French government
1942 – Germany lands 4 saboteurs on Long Island
1945 – Heerjansdam soccer team forms
1951 – UN arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea
1956 – “Shangri-La” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 21 performances
1969 – Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins The Rolling Stones
1970 – Beatles’ “Let It Be” album goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks
1990 – Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term
2011 – Christchurch, New Zealand is hit by another strong earthquake measuring magnitude 6.3
2017 – Warriors win 2nd NBA title in 3 years over the Cavaliers (129-120)