1535 – Thomas More goes on trial in England on charges of treason for refusing to accept Henry VIII’s supremacy over the Pope
1858 – First Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent) at the Royal Mint in London, England
1861 – US War Department decrees that Kansas and Tennessee are to be canvassed for volunteers
1889 – US mint at Carson City, Nevada, officially reopens after a four-year hiatus
1916 – Pittsburgh shortstop Honus Wagner, at 42 and 4 months, connects at Cincinnati to become the oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR; Pirates beat Reds, 2-1
1925 – Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs is created in UK
1932 – NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois
1981 – Prince Willem-Alexander opens the C. Veerling designed 318-meter cable-stayed Willemsbrug Bridge in Rotterdam
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 30th June 2026
1906 – US Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act; these laws owe much to the expose journalism of the period (Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’ in particular)
1924 – England score 2-503 in day’s play v South Africa at Lord’s
1941 – Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York is dedicated
1980 – British sixpence demonetised after being in used since 1551 and 12 years after introduction of decimal currency
1992 – South African ANC President Nelson Mandela meets with UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at Dakar
1994 – Pre-trial hearings open in LA against O.J. Simpson
2009 – Turkey records its fastest contraction of 13.8% in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008, leading the country into recession; this is Turkey’s biggest economic slump since 1945
2019 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Warren GC: Steve Stricker wins his second Champions Tour major of the year by 6 strokes from David Toms and Jerry Kelly
Historical Events for 29th June 2026
1945 – Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, annexed by Soviet Union, becomes Ukrainian SSR
1957 – US Open Women’s Golf, Winged Foot GC: Betsy Rawls wins when apparent champion, Jackie Pung at 298 (+6) is disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard kept by playing partner Betty Jameson
1963 – The Beatles’ first number one single, “From Me to You,” hits the UK charts
1964 – Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes the US Senate after a 60-working-day filibuster by Southern senators
1976 – Seychelles gains independence from the United Kingdom
1992 – Algerian head of state, Mohamed Boudiaf, is assassinated by military officers during a public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba
1994 – 128°F (53°C) Lake Havasu City, Arizona (state record, breaking previous set in 1905)
2015 – Beijing Times reports 30% of the Great Wall of China has disappeared due to natural forces and stealing of bricks
Historical Events for 28th June 2026
767 – St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1519 – King Carlos I is elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
1897 – Marquis C. de Bonchamps’ expedition reaches Gore, Ethiopia
1922 – The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin
1924 – Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93
1996 – The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
2000 – Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2011 – Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st women to be elected head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Historical Events for 27th June 2026
1580 – Duke of Alva’s army occupies Portugal
1890 – Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes the first Black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin “Nunc” Wallace in 18 rounds in London
1898 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Louisa Martin 6-4, 6-4 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles championship
1934 – Federal Savings and Loan Association created
1962 – NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m
1976 – In South Africa, the National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots in Soweto have lead to a new era of political consciousness
1984 – Late Night’s 1st Tower Drop
2018 – Complex carbon-based molecules are found by the Cassini spacecraft on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, previously found only on Earth and in meteorites, in research published in Nature
Historical Events for 26th June 2026
1243 – Battle of Köse Dağ: Mongols under Baiju defeat Seljuk army of Sultan Kaykhusraw II during Mongol attacks in north east Turkey
1927 – Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke approaches within 0.0394 AUs of Earth
1934 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the National Firearms Act into law, requiring registration and imposition of excise tax on firearms including machine guns. short-barreled shotguns and rifles, and silencers; exceptions made for pistol, revolvers, and long guns
1937 – Test cricket debut of all-time great English batsman Len Hutton v New Zealand in 1st Tests at Lord’s; scores 0 and 1
1972 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill two British Army soldiers in separate attacks during the day and at midnight begins a “bi-lateral truce”
1974 – The Universal Product Code (UPC) is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
1992 – NYC’s MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993
2015 – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls for a referendum on new bailout terms during the Greek Credit Crisis
Historical Events for 25th June 2026
1483 – The House of Lords and Commons declares King Edward V of England as illegitimate based on his parent’s alleged bigamous marriage
1788 – Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
1950 – Israeli airline El Al begins transatlantic service form Israel to New York City’s Idlewild Airport
1962 – İnönü government forms in Turkey
1978 – First use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
1982 – Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military
1984 – Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America
2018 – Californian Governor Jerry Brown declares State of Emergency for wildfire spread over 8,200 acres in Lake County
Historical Events for 24th June 2026
1396 – Crusaders under Earl of Nevers reach Vienna
1472 – Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologina departs Rome with a large entourage for Moscow to marry Ivan III
1497 – John Cabot claims parts of North America for England in what is now Eastern Canada, believing he has found Asia in Newfoundland
1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated in Lyon by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio
1968 – Australia all out for 78 v England at Lord’s
1970 – Bobby Murcer ties record of four consecutive home runs
2004 – Christie’s Auction House in New York City conducts sale of 80 of Eric Clapton and friends’ guitars to benefit Crossroads Centre at Antigua, a drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation facility he co-founded in 1997, raising over $5M; “Blackie”, a 1956-57 composite Fender Stratocaster used as his primary instrument form the mid 70s until 1985 sells for a then record $959,500
2020 – NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announces people arriving from nine states hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to isolate for two weeks
Historical Events for 23rd June 2026
1848 – A bloody workers’ insurrection erupts in Paris as laborers and radicals rise against the newly proclaimed Second Republic after the closure of the National Workshops during the June Days uprising
1919 – Nitti government forms in Italy
1945 – Last organized Japanese defiance broken (Tarakan)
1954 – 122°F (50°C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994)
1992 – Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 13th time
2011 – NBA Draft: Duke point guard Kyrie Irving first pick Cleveland Cavaliers
2014 – Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is re-elected President of Mauritania
2018 – Explosion at a rally in Addis Ababa after speech by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed kills two and injures 150
Historical Events for 22nd June 2026
1870 – US Congress creates Department of Justice
1936 – Harry Froboess dives 110 meters from an airship into Lake Constance at the foot of the Alps and survives
1938 – Joe Louis scores a stunning 1st round KO of German Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium, NYC to retain his world heavyweight boxing title
1946 – English cricketer Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket at Lord’s
1957 – Kansas City stops using streetcars in its transit system
1989 – Business Day reports that SA is about to test an intermediate range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads
1992 – Supreme Court rules “hate crime” laws violated free-speech rights
2019 – Seven-story building collapses in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, with at least 25 construction workers sleeping inside killed