This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
06/06/1436 Regiomontanus (Johannes Mller), prepares astronomical tables 
06/06/1502 Joƒo III, King of Portugal (1521-57) 
06/06/1599 Diego Vel zquez, Spain, painter (Rokeby Venus) (baptized) 
06/06/1606 Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) 
06/06/1621 P‚ter Zrinyi, Hungarian exile of Croatia 
06/06/1625 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor 
06/06/1661 Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer 
06/06/1676 Georg Reidel, composer 
06/06/1695 Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen Neth-Indies (1737-41) 
06/06/1722 Adrien Trudo Sale, composer 
06/06/1735 Anton Schweitzer, composer 
06/06/1755 John Flaxman, English sculptor (Tomb of Westminster Abbey) 
06/06/1755 Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his countr

06/06/1756 John Trumbull, US painter (Declaration of Independence) 
06/06/1765 Cornelis Loots, accountant/poet (Dwingeland˜) 
06/06/1799 Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit 
06/06/1799 Alexandr Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) (5/26 OS) 
06/06/1804 Petter Conrad Boman, composer 
06/06/1807 Adrien Francois Servais, composer 
06/06/1813 Israel Washburn, gov (Union), died in 1883 
06/06/1815 Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer 
06/06/1819 William Howard Glover, composer 
06/06/1829 John Baillie McIntosh, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 
06/06/1840 John Stainer, composer 
06/06/1840 William Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 
06/06/1847 Gerben Postma, [Ids], Fries writer (Swealtsjeblommen) 
06/06/1850 Karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)

06/06/1860 William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St Paul's Cathedral 
06/06/1868 Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expediti

06/06/1869 Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor 
06/06/1872 Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina (1894-1918) 
06/06/1875 Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929) 
06/06/1875 Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp (1925) 
06/06/1878 Vincent [de Moro-]Giafferi, French criminal (Dieudonn‚, Landru) 
06/06/1879 L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect 
06/06/1880 William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state 
06/06/1886 Paul Dudley White, heart specialist 
06/06/1890 Dorothy Heyward, NYC, playwright (Porgy) 
06/06/1891 Istvan Kardos, composer 
06/06/1891 Ted Lewis, actor/writer (Is Everybody Happy?) 
06/06/1893 Ludovic Feldman, composer 
06/06/1894 Sabin V Dragoi, composer 
06/06/1896 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome) 
06/06/1896 Robert Sheriff, playwright (Journey's End) 
06/06/1898 Johannes J Fouch‚, president South-Africa 
06/06/1898 Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina (Royal Ballet) 
06/06/1898 Walter Abel, St Paul Mn, actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl) 
06/06/1900 Arthur Askey, actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train) 
06/06/1901 Achmed Sukarno, Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67) 
06/06/1902 Avraham Daus, composer 
06/06/1903 Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer (Gayane

06/06/1905 John Gart, Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show) 
06/06/1906 Max Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn) 
06/06/1907 Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43), manager (1946

06/06/1909 Isaiah Berlin, philosopher 
06/06/1910 Ben Aerden, [John Mikkelsen], actor (Hamlet) 
06/06/1910 Toshitsugu Ogiwara, composer 
06/06/1913 Jiri Hajek, Czech jurist/foreign minister 
06/06/1915 Dhimit‰r Shuteriqi, Albania, writer (€lirimtar‰t The liberator) 
06/06/1915 Vincent Persichetti, Phila Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl) 
06/06/1916 Robert McNamara, US banker/min of Defense 
06/06/1917 Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA) 
06/06/1918 Richard Crane, Newcastle Ind, actor (Surfside 6) 
06/06/1920 Maria Montez, [Maria AV de Santo Silas], US actress (Arabian Nights)

06/06/1922 Ian Hamilton, composer 
06/06/1924 Serge Nigg, composer 
06/06/1926 Klaus Tennstedt, Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio) 
06/06/1928 George Deukmejian, Menands NY, (Gov-Cal) 
06/06/1929 Boguslaw Schaffer, composer 
06/06/1932 Billie Whitelaw, Coventry England, actress (Omen, Adding Machine) 
06/06/1932 David R Scott, San Antonio Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (Gem 8, Apol 9, 15

06/06/1933 Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986) 
06/06/1934 Ad G J Lansink, chemist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 
06/06/1934 Albert II FHTCEM, king of Belgium (1993-  ) 
06/06/1934 Philippe Entremont, France, pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orch) 
06/06/1935 Bobby Mitchell, NFL running back, wide receiver (Browns, Redskins) 
06/06/1935 Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhist

06/06/1935 Harry Crews, US writer 
06/06/1935 Misja Mengelberg, jazz pianist/composer (Reconstruction) 
06/06/1936 Levi Stubbs, rocker (4 Tops-Same Old Song) 
06/06/1939 Gary 'US' Bonds, [Anderson] singer/songwriter (New Orleans) 
06/06/1939 Louis Andriessen, composer (Reconstruction) 
06/06/1939 Marian Wright-Edelman, health care president (Childrens Defense Fund

06/06/1939 Nganani Enos J Mabuza, S African leader of Inyandza Natl Movement 
06/06/1940 Phillip Rhodes, composer 
06/06/1942 Sandra Morgan, US 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956) 
06/06/1943 Willie D Davenport, Troy Al, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968) 
06/06/1944 Peter Albin, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Co) 
06/06/1945 David Dukes, SF, actor (Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War) 
06/06/1945 David E Bonior, (Rep-D-MI, 1977-  ) 
06/06/1946 Chelsea Brown, Chicago Ill, comedienne (Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln) 
06/06/1947 Marion Coakes, England, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)

06/06/1949 Edgar Warren Williams, composer 
06/06/1949 Robert Englund, actor (Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V) 
06/06/1951 Dwight Twilley, country singer (Twilley Don't Mind) 
06/06/1952 Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker (Yellow Magic Orchestra) 
06/06/1953 Ken Calvert, (Rep-R-California) 
06/06/1954 Harvey Fierstein, playwright (Torch Song Trilogy) 
06/06/1954 Nicko McBrain, rocker (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast) 
06/06/1955 Dana Carvey, US comedian (SNL, Wayne's World) 
06/06/1955 Sandra Bernhard, Flint Mich, actress (King of Comedy)/bugs Letterman

06/06/1956 Bj”rn B”rg, Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbeldon 1976-79) 
06/06/1956 Marilyn Jones, Pitts Pa, actress (Carey-King's Crossing) 
06/06/1959 Amanda Pays, actress (Max Headroom, Off Limits) 
06/06/1960 Gary Graham, actor (Money on the Side) 
06/06/1960 Lola Forner, Alicante SW Spain, Miss Spain (1979) 
06/06/1960 Steve Val, rock guitarist (Passion & Warfare) 
06/06/1961 Sydney Walsh, actress (Mo-Hooperman) 
06/06/1964 Dee C Lee, [Diane Sealey], rocker (Style Council-You're Best Thing) 
06/06/1964 Sherry J Traylor, Mexico Missouri, Miss Missouri-America (1991) 
06/06/1965 David Whyte, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret) 
06/06/1966 Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer 
06/06/1967 Max Casella, actor (Vinnie-Doogie Howser) 
06/06/1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell, Miles Mi, heavy metal artist (Southgang) 
06/06/1975 Damon Pampolina, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why) 
06/06/1975 Staci Keanan, [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], actress (Nicole-My 2 Dads) 
06/06/1976 Lukas Hass, actor (Lady in White, Witness, Music Box) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/06/ 840 Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies 
06/06/1134 Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 
06/06/1686 Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60 
06/06/1735 Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71 
06/06/1784 Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42

06/06/1785 Johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36 
06/06/1816 Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51 
06/06/1852 Tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79 
06/06/1861 Giuseppe Concone, Italian child singer, dies at 59 
06/06/1862 Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA 
06/06/1877 Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies 
06/06/1878 Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 
06/06/1881 Henry Vieuxtemps, composer, dies at 61 
06/06/1883 Ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29 
06/06/1898 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62 
06/06/1914 Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies 
06/06/1916 Yuan Shikai, president of China, dies at 56 
06/06/1917 Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59 
06/06/1922 Lillian Russell, entertainer, dies at 60 
06/06/1926 Henry Tate, composer, dies at 52 
06/06/1928 Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer, dies at 67 
06/06/1935 Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of Erde), dies at 68 
06/06/1937 Jean Harlow, [Harlenean Carpenter], US actress (China Seas), dies 
06/06/1940 E E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56 
06/06/1943 Karl Landsteiner, Austrian/US pathologist, dies at 75 
06/06/1944 Danny Brotheridge, British, 1st to die during D-Day 
06/06/1944 Gerrit John van de Peat, artist/resistance fighter, executed at 41 
06/06/1945 Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide 
06/06/1956 Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 75 
06/06/1958 Lily Theresa Strickland, composer, dies at 71 
06/06/1961 Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychatrist (šber Alchemie), dies at 85 
06/06/1962 Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies at 63 
06/06/1962 Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter, dies at 34 
06/06/1964 Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85 
06/06/1965 Lester Matthews, (Sir Dennis-Adv of Fu Manchu), dies at 64 
06/06/1966 Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash 
06/06/1967 Edward G Givens Jr, astronaut, dies in an auto accident at 37 
06/06/1968 Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies 
06/06/1968 Robert F Kennedy, (Sen-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan 
06/06/1971 Arnold Elston, composer, dies at 63 
06/06/1974 Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 

06/06/1975 Larry Blyden, actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49 
06/06/1976 J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London 
06/06/1976 Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85 
06/06/1977 Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69 
06/06/1979 Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies at 79 
06/06/1984 A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 

06/06/1985 Siem Devout, actor, dies at 54 
06/06/1988 Ella Raines, actress (Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 67 
06/06/1991 Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS 
06/06/1991 Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64 
06/06/1991 Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77 
06/06/1992 Georgia Brown, British actress (Lock up your daughters), dies at 58 
06/06/1992 Larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 3

06/06/1992 Th˜s van Lier, lawyer/2rd Chamber member (PvdA), dies at 44 
06/06/1993 James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57 
06/06/1993 Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73 
06/06/1994 John Slot, mayor of Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede, dies 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/06/1002 German king Henry II the Saint crowned 
06/06/1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) 
06/06/1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill 
06/06/1664 New Amsterdam renamed New York 
06/06/1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed 
06/06/1772 Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago 
06/06/1795 Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured 
06/06/1801 Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal 
06/06/1809 Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established 
06/06/1813 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont) 
06/06/1816 10' snowfall in New England, 'year without a summer' (Krakatoa) 
06/06/1831 2nd national black convention (Phila) 
06/06/1844 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London 
06/06/1862 Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered 
06/06/1862 Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry) 
06/06/1862 Skirmish at Harrisonburg, PA 
06/06/1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA & Williamsport, MD 
06/06/1864 Battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou) 
06/06/1875 Netherlands goes on the gold standard 
06/06/1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000 
06/06/1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, NYC 
06/06/1885 Opera 'Lakm‚' is produced (Paris) 
06/06/1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks 
06/06/1890 United States Polo Association formed, NYC 
06/06/1896 George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across Atlantic 
06/06/1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ 
06/06/1905 French Foreign minister Delcass‚ resigns on German request 
06/06/1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified) 
06/06/1913 Rabbit Maranville, was thrown out trying to steal home 3 times 
06/06/1914 1st air flight out of sight of land (Scotland to Norway) 
06/06/1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st US victory of WW I 
06/06/1919 Finland declares war on bolsheviks 
06/06/1919 Man O' War wins 1st victory as a 2-year-old at Belmont 
06/06/1920 Gen Wrangel opens offensive against red Army 
06/06/1924 Cyril Walker wins US Open golf tournament 
06/06/1924 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica 
06/06/1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp (Iacocca was 8 months ol

06/06/1926 Egyptian cabinet-Adly Pasja forms 
06/06/1931 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1210 Morosovia 
06/06/1931 Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians 
06/06/1932 Carlos Davila coup against pres Juan Montero of Chile 
06/06/1932 US Federal gas tax enacted 
06/06/1933 1st drive-in theatre opens (Camden NJ) 
06/06/1933 US Employment Service created 
06/06/1934 Securities & Exchange Commission established 
06/06/1934 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game 
06/06/1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro NJ 
06/06/1936 Tony Manero wins US Open golf tournament 
06/06/1937 Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game 
06/06/1938 Sigmund Freud arrives in London 
06/06/1939 NY supreme court justice JF Crater legally declared dead 
06/06/1941 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched 
06/06/1942 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray) 
06/06/1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 
06/06/1942 Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians 
06/06/1944 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 
06/06/1944 Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad 
06/06/1944 Nazis executed 96 prisoners by firing squad 
06/06/1944 Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor 
06/06/1945 'Free Preople' play, premieres in Amsterdam 
06/06/1946 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season 
06/06/1946 Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV 
06/06/1946 Martin Kresses begins publishing 'Eric the Viking' comic strip 
06/06/1947 Treaty drawn for establishment of Intl Patent Institute 
06/06/1949 WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast

06/06/1950 German DR & Poland sign treaty of Oder-Neissegrens 
06/06/1953 J Churms discovers asteroid #2025 
06/06/1955 Bill Haley & Comets, 'Rock Around the Clock' hits #1 
06/06/1958 Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French 
06/06/1960 Roy Orbison releases 'Only the Lonely' 
06/06/1960 South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill 
06/06/1963 Gasunie established 
06/06/1964 Beatles arrive in netherlands 
06/06/1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive HRs beating White Sox 12-0 
06/06/1966 Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with 'angry alligator'

06/06/1966 Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi 
06/06/1966 Claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed 
06/06/1966 NFL & AFL announce their merger 
06/06/1966 Stokely Carmichael launches 'Black Power' movement, 1966 
06/06/1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza 
06/06/1968 WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting 
06/06/1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die 
06/06/1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station 
06/06/1971 WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, GA (CBN) begins broadcasti

06/06/1972 David Bowie releases 'Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust' 
06/06/1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia) 
06/06/1972 Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London 
06/06/1972 US bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed 
06/06/1975 British voters decide to remain in Common Market 
06/06/1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 
06/06/1976 Celtics beat Suns for NBA championship, 4 games to 2 
06/06/1977 Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic & Concert for United Way 
06/06/1977 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss) 
06/06/1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws 
06/06/1977 Washington Post reports building of neutron bomb 
06/06/1978 A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet & #3339 
06/06/1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57% 
06/06/1979 200th running of horse's Derby in England 
06/06/1979 Josef Mengeles corpse excavated 
06/06/1979 Royal Air force receives 1st F-16 
06/06/1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 HRs in the majors 
06/06/1980 Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title 
06/06/1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO 
06/06/1982 Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY 
06/06/1983 Li Xiannian becomes pres/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR

06/06/1983 Nicaragua exspells 3 US diplomats 
06/06/1984 1,200 die in Sikh 'Golden Temple' uprising India 
06/06/1985 Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located & exhumed 
06/06/1985 Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French) 
06/06/1985 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts 'status' of Aruba 
06/06/1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 
06/06/1986 Jrgen Schull sets world discus record (74.07 m) 
06/06/1987 Craig Perret on Bet Twice wins 119th Belmont Stakes (2:28.4) 
06/06/1987 NY Yankees play their 13,000th game 
06/06/1988 3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant 
06/06/1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 
06/06/1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video stor

06/06/1991 NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25,1992 
06/06/1992 A P Indie wins Belmont Stakes 
06/06/1992 David Bowie & model Iman marry in Switzerland 
06/06/1992 Monica Seles defeats Stefi Graf to win French Tennis Open 
06/06/1992 NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter 
06/06/1992 Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17 to win WLAF World Bowl 2 (Montreal) 
06/06/1993 Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as president of Mongolia 
06/06/1993 Ramiro de L‚on Carpio elected pres of Guatemala 
06/06/1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia (about 1000 killed) 
06/06/1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day 
06/06/1994 Tupolev-154 crashes at Xian China (160 killed) 
06/06/2012 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs 
  
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