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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Births:  
 
06/07/1502 Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582 
06/07/1619 Paulus Voet, jurist/historian 
06/07/1730 Georg von Pasterwiz, composer 
06/07/1736 Karl Frieberth, composer 
06/07/1770 Earl of Liverpool, (C) British PM (1812-27) 
06/07/1778 George Bryan 'Beau' Brummel, London England, English dandy 
06/07/1811 James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform) 
06/07/1812 Theophilus Toulmin Garrard, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 190

06/07/1825 Richard D Blackmore, England, author (Norie, Lorna Doone) 
06/07/1829 Eduard F W Pflger, German physiologist (Ademhalings Quotient) 
06/07/1833 Alexander Ritter, composer 
06/07/1840 Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67) 
06/07/1843 Susan Elizabeth Blow, US, pioneered kindergarten education 
06/07/1845 Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist 
06/07/1846 Wladyslaw Gorski, composer 
06/07/1848 EugŠne-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti) 
06/07/1848 Paul Gaugin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter 
06/07/1865 Guido Gasperini, composer 
06/07/1867 Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, composer 
06/07/1873 Landon Ronald, composer 
06/07/1874 Theodor Streicher, composer 
06/07/1879 Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule) 
06/07/1884 Julius P Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher (Last New

06/07/1885 Percy Brier, composer 
06/07/1887 William Walraven, journalist/writer (Indian Current) 
06/07/1891 Athos Palma, composer 
06/07/1891 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch politician (SDAP/AJC/PvdA) 
06/07/1896 Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966) 
06/07/1896 Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (Power of Women) 
06/07/1897 George Szell, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45) 
06/07/1899 Elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters) 
06/07/1900 Jan [Johannes AA] Engelman, poet/translator/critic (Garden of Eros) 
06/07/1903 Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer (M‚moires d'Hadrien) 
06/07/1909 Jessica Tandy, London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Include

06/07/1909 Peter W Rodino, (Rep-D-NJ, 1949-  )/chaired Watergate council 
06/07/1911 Franz Reizenstein, composer 
06/07/1917 Dean Martin, [Dino Crocetti], singer/comedian (Jerry Lewis' partner)

06/07/1917 Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950) 
06/07/1918 Irene Vorrink, Dutch minister of health & environment 
06/07/1920 Georges Marchais, leader French Communist Party 
06/07/1922 Hubert Du Plessis, composer 
06/07/1922 Rocky Graziano, boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Martha Raye Show)

06/07/1924 Dolores Gray, Chic Ill, singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet) 
06/07/1925 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer (Thunder & Lightning) 
06/07/1925 Pieternella 'Nel' van Arem, actress (Sea Gull) 
06/07/1926 Dick Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, choral director (Andy Williams Show) 
06/07/1928 Charles Louis Strouse, composer 
06/07/1929 John Turner, Richmond England, (L) 17th Canadian PM (1984) 
06/07/1931 Henry Weinberg, composer 
06/07/1931 Lang Jeffries, Ontario Canada, actor (Skip-Rescue 8) 
06/07/1931 Virginia McKenna, actress (Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba)

06/07/1933 Henk E King, Dutch sect of Finances (VVD) 
06/07/1934 Philippe Entremont, French pianist 
06/07/1937 Neeme J„rvi, Tallinn Estonia, conductor (Estonia Opera 1971) 
06/07/1940 Tom Jones, [Thomas Woodward], Welsh singer (What's New Pussycat) 
06/07/1941 Jaime Laredo, Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959

06/07/1942 Anneke Gr”nloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer (Fire Sand) 
06/07/1943 Ken Osmond, actor (Eddie Haskel-Leave it To Beaver) 
06/07/1943 Mel Levine, (Rep-D-CA, 1983-  ) 
06/07/1943 Nikki Giovanni, poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973) 
06/07/1944 Bill Rafferty, Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People) 
06/07/1944 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!) 
06/07/1944 Townes Van Zandt, US singer/songwriter 
06/07/1946 Bill Kreutzmann, drummer (Grateful Dead-Uncle John's Band) 
06/07/1946 Jenny Jones, comedienne/talk show host (Jenny Jones Show) 
06/07/1947 Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees) 
06/07/1951 Anne Twomey, actress (Refuge, Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker) 
06/07/1952 Liam Neeson, actor (Schindler's List, Husbands & Wives, Suspect) 
06/07/1954 Lui Passaglia, Vancouver BC, CFL place kicker (B.C. Lions) 
06/07/1955 Joey Scarbury, Ontario Calif, singer (Greatest American Hero) 
06/07/1958 Christopher Marcantel, Smithtown NY, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving) 
06/07/1958 Francesca Thyssen, lugano Switz, baroness 
06/07/1958 O+> (Prince), [Rogers Nelson], Minn, rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain

06/07/1962 Janice Lawrence, Lucedale Miss, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984

06/07/1962 Paddy McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) 
06/07/1967 Sarah Malin, Greenwich Ct, actress (Stephane Prescott-Another World)

06/07/1971 Mark Wahlberg, Mass, rapper/Calvin Klein underwear model 
06/07/1989 Michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/07/ 555 Vigilius, Italian Pope (537-55), dies 
06/07/1329 Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29), dies at 53 
06/07/1337 Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49 
06/07/1492 Kazimierz IV, King of Poland (1447-92), dies at 64 
06/07/1549 Eelke Fouckens, Fries 
06/07/1555 Maarten van Rossum, army leader, dies at about 76 
06/07/1571 Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer, dies at 68 
06/07/1624 Anna van H Bartolomaeus, Flemish monk/saint, dies at 74 
06/07/1631 Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal) 
06/07/1654 Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor, dies at 76 
06/07/1667 Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried 
06/07/1672 Willem J van Gendt, admiral/governor of Breda, dies at about 37 
06/07/1701 Ferdinand W, Prince of Wrttemberg-Neustadt, dies at 41 
06/07/1754 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish, architect (Amalienborg Square), dies at 52 
06/07/1778 Johann Georg Zechner, composer, dies at 62 
06/07/1784 Jean-Baptiste Canavas, composer, dies at 71 
06/07/1789 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer, dies at 81 
06/07/1800 Willem A Alting, governor-genl of Neth-Indies (1780-97), dies at 75 
06/07/1838 Laure S-MP duchess d'abrantŠs, French marshal Junot, dies 
06/07/1840 Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69 
06/07/1862 William B Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42 
06/07/1863 Franz Xavier Gruber, composer, dies at 75 
06/07/1877 Winand CH Staring, geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68 
06/07/1893 Johann Schrammel, composer, dies at 43 
06/07/1906 Johan P Van de Kellen, stamp cutter/lithographer, dies at 74 
06/07/1915 Benjamin Lambord, composer, dies at 35 
06/07/1926 Henry Charles Tonking, composer, dies at 63 
06/07/1927 Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered 
06/07/1928 Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered 
06/07/1932 Emil Pauer, composer, dies at 76 
06/07/1935 Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies 
06/07/1937 Jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies at 26 from gallbladder infection

06/07/1938 Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies 
06/07/1940 James Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39 
06/07/1945 Nishida Kitaro, scholar/philosopher/Zen practitioner, dies at 74 
06/07/1945 Ruben Marcos Campos, composer, dies at 69 
06/07/1948 Georges Adolphe Hue, composer, dies at 90 
06/07/1951 Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair & Otto Schmidt

06/07/1951 Nazi war criminals, hanged 
06/07/1956 Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies

06/07/1957 Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies 
06/07/1961 Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies 
06/07/1963 Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65 
06/07/1965 Judy Holliday, comedienne (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), dies at 42 
06/07/1965 Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (Bauernpassion), dies 
06/07/1966 Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78 
06/07/1967 Dorothy Parker, US writer (Enough Rope), dies 
06/07/1967 Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies 
06/07/1968 Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies at 60 
06/07/1969 Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys), dies at 53 
06/07/1970 Edward M Forster, England, writer (Maurice, A passage to India), die

06/07/1973 Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk) , dies 
06/07/1976 Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61

06/07/1980 Henry [Valentine] Miller, US writer (Tropic of Capricorn), dies 
06/07/1980 Richard Bonnelli, actor (Enter Madame), dies 
06/07/1983 Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried 
06/07/1983 Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer, dies at 81 
06/07/1984 George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81 
06/07/1987 John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73 
06/07/1989 Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies 
06/07/1989 Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies 
06/07/1990 Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack 
06/07/1991 Eric Francis, actor (Shillingbury Blowers), dies 
06/07/1992 Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies 
06/07/1992 William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 
06/07/1993 Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28 
06/07/1994 Dennis Potter, British TV writer (Pennies from Heaven), dies at 59 
06/07/1994 Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered 
06/07/1994 Thadd‚ Nsengijumva, chairman of Rwandan bishop's conference, murdere

06/07/1994 Vincent Nsengijumva, Rwandan archbishop of Kigali, murdered 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/07/ 421 Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II 
06/07/ 555 Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
06/07/1099 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem 
06/07/1340 Rotterdam Netherlands founded 
06/07/1413 King Ladislaus of Naples occupies Rome 
06/07/1494 Treaty of Tordesillas 
06/07/1601 Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderschei

06/07/1614 2nd parliment of King James I, disolves passing no legislation 
06/07/1654 Louis XIV crowned king of France 
06/07/1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 
06/07/1692 Earthquake in Port Royal, Jamaica, kills 3000 
06/07/1694 English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest 
06/07/1769 Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky 
06/07/1775 United Colonies change name to United States 
06/07/1776 Richard Lee (VA) moves Decl of Independence in Continental Congress 
06/07/1780 Anti-Catholice riot in London, 100s die 
06/07/1839 Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed 
06/07/1860 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, SF 
06/07/1862 Skirmish at Union Church, VA (Peninsular) 
06/07/1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt 
06/07/1863 Mexico City captured by French troops 
06/07/1864 Abe Lincoln renominated for Pres by Republican Party 
06/07/1866 Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Qu‚bec 
06/07/1887 Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Wash DC 
06/07/1892 John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game 
06/07/1892 Republican convention in Minneapolis begins 
06/07/1896 G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) 
06/07/1898 Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chi

06/07/1900 Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal

06/07/1901 M Wolf discovers asteroid #471 Papagena 
06/07/1905 Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814) 
06/07/1906 Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating NY Giants 19-0 
06/07/1909 Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens 
06/07/1912 St Pius X encyclical 'On Indians of South America' 
06/07/1912 US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane 
06/07/1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun 
06/07/1924 George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit 
06/07/1926 Swedish cabinet of Ekman forms 
06/07/1929 Vatican City becomes a soverign state 
06/07/1930 Earl Sande on Gallant Fox wins 62nd Belmont Stakes (2:31.l) 
06/07/1930 NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in 'Negro' 
06/07/1936 Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout 
06/07/1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, 'Susan & God' 
06/07/1938 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown (Eddie Allen) 
06/07/1939 1st king & queen of England to visit US, George VI & Elizabeth 
06/07/1940 British/French troops evacuate Narvik 
06/07/1941 Craig Wood wins US Open golf tournament 
06/07/1941 Eddie Arcaro on Whirlaway wins 73rd Belmont (2:31) & triple crown 
06/07/1942 Germany Armys march into Sebastopol 
06/07/1942 Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands 
06/07/1944 Canadian 50th division occupies Bayeux 
06/07/1944 Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler 
06/07/1946 US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 
06/07/1948 Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres Bernes resigns 
06/07/1948 KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election 
06/07/1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Mass 
06/07/1953 Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Wash DC restaurants

06/07/1953 WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (CBS) begins

06/07/1954 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ) 
06/07/1955 '$64,000 Question' premieres on CBS TV 
06/07/1955 1st President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower) 
06/07/1958 Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out 
06/07/1959 KLX-AM in Oakland Calif changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW) 
06/07/1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m 
06/07/1964 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam 
06/07/1965 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits 
06/07/1965 Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power 
06/07/1967 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of mino

06/07/1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho & Bethlehem 
06/07/1968 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination 
06/07/1969 Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special 
06/07/1969 Tommy James & Shondells release 'Crystal Blue Persuasion' 
06/07/1970 Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win 
06/07/1970 The Who's Tommy is performed at NY's Lincoln Center 
06/07/1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut 
06/07/1972 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel 
06/07/1972 Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America 
06/07/1972 Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded wall, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th 
06/07/1973 West German chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel 
06/07/1975 Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets

06/07/1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law 
06/07/1978 Bullets beat Supersonics for NBA championship, 4 games to 3 
06/07/1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched 
06/07/1979 Portugal govt of Mota Pinto resigns 
06/07/1979 Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion 
06/07/1980 John McEnroe beats Bj”rn B”rg for US Open 
06/07/1980 Temperance Hill wins Belmont Stakes (50:1 long shot) 
06/07/1980 Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter 
06/07/1981 Bjorn Borg wins his 6th French Open singles (defeats Ivan Lendl) 
06/07/1981 Israeli F-15/F-16 destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facili

06/07/1982 Habr‚s rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena 
06/07/1982 LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games 
06/07/1982 NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers 
06/07/1982 Pres Reagan meets Pope John Paul II & Queen Elizabeth 
06/07/1983 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3152 
06/07/1983 Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike ou

06/07/1986 Madonna's 'Live to Tell,' single goes #1 
06/07/1987 Tony Awards won primarily by 'Les Miserables' 
06/07/1988 Aluminium contaminates Cornish England's water supply 
06/07/1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 
06/07/1989 Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons 
06/07/1989 Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173 
06/07/1989 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years 
06/07/1990 Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains 
06/07/1991 Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson 
  
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