1140 – Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht
1850 – Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
1867 – 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1894 – Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers
1900 – Sibelius’ “Finlandia” premieres in Helsinki
1937 – Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear flying over the Pacific Ocean
1948 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 8-6 for the first of 3-straight Wimbledon singles titles
1972 – Two Catholic civilians are shot and killed in Belfast by Loyalist paramilitaries, probably the Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
1993 – Muslim fundamentalists in Sivas, Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36
2015 – 62 people are killed after the Kim Nirvana ferry capsizes off the coast of the Philippines
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 1st July 2018
1200 – In China, sunglasses are invented
1569 – Latvian Parliament accepts Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland
1858 – 1st Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent)
1862 – Battle of Malvern Hill [Poindexter’s Farm], day 7 of 7 days battles, Union forces repel Confederate attack, Tactical Union victory (US Civil War)
1874 – 1st Chamber accept law against child labor
1897 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Harold Mahony 6-4 6-4 6-3 for the first of 4 titles
1919 – SVV Scheveningen soccer club is established in the Dutch seaside town
1931 – Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents
1955 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: American Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen of Denmark 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 for his only Wimbledon success
1961 – KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast
Historical Events for 30th June 2018
1690 – Battle of Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Dutch/English fleet
1862 – Battle of Glendale [Frayser’s Farm], day 6 of 7 days battles, Virginia Confederate assault attack (US Civil War)
1933 – US Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise ,Indiana and Salt Lake City Utah closes
1939 – Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde
1940 – “Brenda Starr”, 1st cartoon strip by a woman, begins as a comic-book supplement to Chicago’s Sunday Tribune
1966 – Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour
1969 – Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco
1985 – 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut
1989 – Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup
1992 – “End of the Road” single released by Boyz II Men (Grammy Award Best RandB Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best RandB Song 1993, Billboard Song of the Year 1992)
Historical Events for 29th June 2018
1428 – Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good
1854 – Netherlands allows corporal punishment
1901 – 15th U.S. Women’s National Championship: Elisabeth Moore beats Myrtle McAteer (6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2)
1927 – 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1957 – 12th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1977 – Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults
1986 – Moses Mayekiso, former General Secretary of Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) and member of South African Communist Party (SACP), detained for a second time, spends months in solitary confinement
1990 – A’s Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays and Dodger’s Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues
1997 – Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic
2017 – Vatican treasurer Cardinel George Pell charged with historic sexual offences in Victoria, Australian
Historical Events for 28th June 2018
767 – St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1583 – Duke Frans de Valois returns to France
1935 – Earl Averill’s consecutive-game streak ends at 673
1950 – North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
1954 – 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1962 – Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
1974 – Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
1977 – Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1992 – Italian government of Amato forms
2017 – Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft
Historical Events for 27th June 2018
1891 – 5th U.S. Women’s National Championship: Mabel Cahill beats Ellen Roosevelt (6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3)
1915 – Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription
1959 – 14th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1977 – 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
1980 – US revives draft registration
1987 – In South Africa, the Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
1991 – Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
1994 – 118°F (47.8°C) at Lakewood, New Mexico a state record
2003 – The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
2005 – “Bad Day” single is released by Daniel Powter, 1st song to sell 2 million digital copies in the US (Billboard Song of the Year 2006)
Historical Events for 26th June 2018
1409 – Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V
1630 – Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde
1902 – Aga Khan III is appointed Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island
1971 – Angels suspend Alex Johnson (after 5 benchings and 29 fines)
1973 – On Plesetsk Cosmodrome, USSR, 9 people are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
1994 – Donna Andrews wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
1994 – FIFA World Cup: US loses to Romania 1-0
2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional.
2014 – Canadian Andrew Wiggins is selected as the No.1 draft pick in the NBA by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Historical Events for 25th June 2018
1580 – Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
1955 – “Imogene Coca Show” last airs on NBC-TV
1961 – Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
1964 – WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles’ Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th
1967 – Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
1988 – Roger Rabbit Cartoon Character debuts in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”
1989 – Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald’s Golf Championship
1990 – African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela meets with President George H. W. Bush at the White House
1992 – “Les Miserables” opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague
1997 – NHL approves franchises in Nashville, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minnesota-St Paul
Historical Events for 24th June 2018
1619 – Tsar Michail’s father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow
1861 – Tennessee becomes 11th (and last) state to secede from Union
1914 – King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent
1946 – 11.72″ (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen, Wisconsin (state 24-hr record)
1956 – 2nd LPGA Championship won by Marlene Hagge
1960 – Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa v England Lord’s
1961 – Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait
1968 – 14th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Post
1988 – Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves
1997 – USAF reports Roswell ‘space aliens’ were dummies
Historical Events for 23rd June 2018
1863 – Tullahoma campaign, Tennessee
1930 – Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8
1932 – Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a NY uniform, equaling Joe Sewell’s record with one team (Cleveland)
1963 – US President John F. Kennedy tours Western Europe
1973 – “Cyrano” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 49 performances
1980 – South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President’s Council fails
1981 – French government of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists
1986 – Tip O’Neill refuses to let President Reagan address House
1994 – Moshood Abiola is accused of treason and arrested after declaring himself president of Nigeria
2016 – Storms and widespread flooding in West Virginia leave at least 24 dead