28 – Roman General Gaius Carrinas’ triumphant procession through Rome, awarded for fighting in Gaul
1665 – England installs a municipal government in New York City
1849 – Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville, Kentucky)
1897 – Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, India, Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (low mortality rate given size of earthquake, 1,500 casualties).
1901 – In Cuba, the constitutional convention – knowing that the USA will not withdraw its troops until does so – adopts the Platt Amendment as part of its constitution
1947 – British Amateur Women’s Golf, Gullane GC: Babe Didrikson becomes first American to win event; beats England’s Jacqueline Gordon 5 and 4
1968 – U.S. premiere of horror film “Rosemary’s Baby”, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Ira Levin
1978 – US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
1988 – The Republic of Ireland beats England 1-0 at Euro88 thanks to a headed goal by Ray Houghton. This is Ireland’s first competitive match at a major football tournament.
2013 – Russia passes a law banning gay propaganda
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 11th June 2020
631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk for the release of Chinese prisoners captured during transition from Sui to Tang from northern frontier; succeeds in freeing 80,000
1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City
1898 – Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking
1900 – David Beatty and 150 men from HMS Barfleur land as part of a force of 2,400 defending Tientsin from 15,000 Chinese troops plus Boxers
1907 – George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket
1911 – The Greek national assembly adopts a more liberal constitution
1937 – Marx Brothers’ “A Day At The Races”, directed by Sam Wood, is released in the US
1940 – British Premier Winston Churchill flies to Orleans
1967 – Mexico becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
1986 – “Blacke’s Magic” last airs on NBC-TV
Historical Events for 10th June 2020
1719 – Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel.
1794 – Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia forms
1865 – Richard Wagner’s opera “Tristan und Isolde” premieres in Munich, Germany
1916 – Great Arab Revolt begins against ruling Ottoman turks
1933 – Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker flip their car into a ravine. Parker suffers serious third degree burns from the accident which would affect her for the rest of her life.
1968 – “Danny Thomas Hour” last airs on NBC-TV
1987 – Discovery’s SRBs and External Tank are mated
1990 – Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland
1990 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Andres Gomez of Ecuador wins his 1st and only career Grand Slam title; beats American Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
1990 – “Meet Me in St Louis” closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 253 performances
Historical Events for 9th June 2020
1534 – Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1892 – 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
1899 – American boxer James J. Jeffries KOs defending champion Bob Fitzsimmons of England in 11th round in Brooklyn, New York to win the lineal World Heavyweight title
1940 – General Charles de Gaulle’s 1st meeting with Winston Churchill
1966 – 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A’s 9-4
1967 – The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl
1979 – Willie Horton is honored at Seattle’s Kingdome
1985 – 39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
2012 – Burma (Myanmar) riots kill 20 people and burn down 300 houses
2019 – 95 people killed in attack on Dogon village Sobame Da in central Mali by suspected Fulani group
Historical Events for 8th June 2020
1624 – Earthquake strikes Peru
1921 – Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM
1948 – “Texaco Star Theater” premieres on NBC-TV, with “Mr. Television” Milton Berle being made the permanent emcee in September of the same year
1965 – USSR launches Luna 6; it missed the Moon by 99,000 miles
1969 – Nixon says 25,000 US troops would leave Vietnam by end of August
1984 – “Ghostbusters”, American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murrary and Dan Aykroyd is released
1985 – 117th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Creme Fraiche wins in 2:27
1991 – Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
2008 – The Akihabara massacre took place on the Sunday-pedestrian-zoned Chūōdōri street. A man killed seven in an attack on a crowd using a truck and a dagger.
2017 – British General Election results in a hung parliament, Prime Minster Theresa May and the Conservative party lose their majority
Historical Events for 7th June 2020
1557 – England declares war on France
1672 – Battle by Solebay: Dutch admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
1769 – Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass, State of Kentucky
1863 – Mexico City captured by French troops
1929 – Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st British female cabinet minister (Labour)
1976 – NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres
1978 – Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
1980 – “Billy Bishop Goes to War” closes at Morosco NYC after 12 performances
1989 – For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
2013 – NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 games to 0
Historical Events for 6th June 2020
1787 – Franklin College founded, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Now part of Franklin and Marshall College.
1882 – Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay, India) drowns 100,000 (disputed event)
1919 – Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910
1965 – Rolling Stones release single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1989 – Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
1990 – For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
1994 – 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens
2002 – A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. Resulting explosion estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
2017 – Scooter Gennet hits four home runs in Cincinnati Reds 13-1 victory against at home against St. Louis Cardinals, 17th player to do so
2018 – MLB Draft: Auburn pitcher Casey Mize first pick by Detroit Tigers
Historical Events for 5th June 2020
1632 – Prince Frederick Henry conquers Roermond
1849 – Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy
1861 – Federal marshals seize arms and gunpower at Du Pont works DE
1876 – Bananas become popular in US, at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
1945 – USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
1948 – Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23
1954 – “Your Show Of Shows” last airs on NBC-TV
1975 – The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA), which establishes collective bargaining for farmworkers, becomes law
1988 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Mats Wilander of Sweden wins 3rd French title; beats home favourite Henri Leconte 7-5, 6-2, 6-1
1999 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Steffi Graf of Germany wins her 22nd and final Grand Slam title; beats Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Graf’s 6th French singles crown
Historical Events for 4th June 2020
1878 – Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes
1916 – General Aleksei Brusilov begins a massive Russian offensive on the Eastern Front (WWI)
1920 – Peace of Trianon between Allies and Hungary
1940 – Winston Churchill’s speech “We shall fight on the seas and oceans”
1946 – Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed
1967 – Curt Flood’s record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games)
1977 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Mima Jaušovec of Yugoslavia wins her lone Grand Slam singles title; beats Florența Mihai of Romania 6-2, 6-7, 6-1
1985 – Supreme Court strikes down Alabama “moment of silence” law
1990 – Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
2018 – Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigns amid huge protests against tax and price increases. King Abdullah appoints Omar Razzaz to replace him.
Historical Events for 3rd June 2020
1889 – The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast
1939 – Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe
1944 – 76th Belmont: G L Smith riding Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
1953 – KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins
1989 – Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
1989 – Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season and 11th overall
2015 – 200 people are killed by an explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana
2018 – Dead whale found with 17 pounds (80 pieces) of plastic in its stomach in Songkhla province, Thailand
2019 – MLB Draft: Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman first pick by Baltimore Orioles
2019 – Canadian government inquiry find deaths of over 1,000 indigenous women and girls over decades who have been murdered or are missing a “national genocide”