On this day in History - Jun 16
1750 BC - King Hammurabi of Babylon dies.
0656- 'Uthman ibn 'Affan dies. He was the third caliph to rule after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. He was also the first man of high social and economic standing to convert to Islam.
1216 - Pope Innocent III dies
1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, was born (d. 1375). Italian writer.
1373 - Ratificação do Tratado de Tajilde, entre D. Fernando e Eduardo III de Inglaterra, em que o rei de Portugal se compromete a apoiar o rei inglês contra Henrique II de Castela.
1464 - Roger van der Weyden, dies (b. 1399). Flemish painter.
1468 - Jean Le Fevre, dies (b. ca. 1395). Burgundian chronicler.
1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses
1514 - John Cheke, was born (d. 1557). English classical scholar.
1583 - Axel Oxenstierna, was born (d. 1654). Swedish statesman.
1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir
1613 - John Cleveland, was born (d. 1658). English poet.
1620 - Carlo Saraceni (or Sarucini) dies (b. 1580). Venetian Baroque era painter ( Madonna and Child with Saint Anne ; Saint Cecilia and the Angel ) .
1622 - Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, dies (b. ca. 1555). Chancellor of Scotland.
1626 - Christian the Younger, dies (b. 1599). Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Protestant military commander.
1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, was born (d. 1670). Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans.
1654 - Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates
1666 - Richard Fanshawe, dies (b. 1608). English poet, translator and diplomat.
1671 - Stenka Razin, dies executed (b. ca. 1630). Cossack rebel leader.
1707 - Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, dies (b. 1625). Sovereign princess of Neuchatel, best known for her Mémoires.-
1716 - The first volume of Alexander Pope's* translation of the lliad is published. Admonishes classical scholar Richard Bentley: "It is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope, but you must not call it Homer."
1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, dies (b. 1650). English general.
1735 - Michel Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, was born (d. 14 Sep 1784). French painter, draftsman, and professor (A mother feeding her child)
1738 - Mary Katharine Goddard, was born (d. 1816). American printer and publisher.
1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River
1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French fortress of Louisburg during the War of the Austrian Succession.
1746 - War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza
1752 - Giulio Alberoni, dies (b. 1664). Spanish cardinal.
1752 - Joseph Butler, dies (b. 1692). English philosopher.
1755 - French and Indian War: French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
1774 - Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
1775. Começo da construção da Igreja da Candelária, no Rio de Janeiro
1777 - Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, dies (b. 1709). French poet and dramatist.
1778 - Konrad Ekhof, dies (b. 1720). German actor.
1779 - Sir Francis Bernard, dies (b. 1712). Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts.
1779 - Spain declares war on Britain and the siege of Gibraltar begins
1792 - John Linnell, was born (d. 1882). English artist.
1792 - Sir Thomas Mitchell, was born (d. 1855). Australian explorer.
1801 - Julius Plücker, was born (d. 22 May 1868). German mathematician and physicist.
1804 - Johann Hiller, dies (b. 1728). German composer.
1806 - Edward Davy, was born (d. 1885). English physician, chemist, and inventor.
1813 - Otto Jahn, was born (d. 1869). German archaeologist.
1815 - Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo.
1817 - Alexander J. Dallas, dies (b. 1759). Statesman and financier.
1820 - Athanase Coquerel, was born (d. 1875). French protestant preacher.
1826 - Constantin von Ettingshausen,was born (d. 1897). Austrian geologist and botanist
1829 - Geronimo, was born (d. 1909). Apache warrior and leader.
1836 - Wesley Merritt, was born (d. 1910). Soldier
1836 - Formation of the London Working Men's Association begins the Chartist Movement
1837 - Ernst Laas was born (d. 1885). German philosopher.
1838 - Cushman Davis, was born (d. 1900). Politician.
1840 - Ernst Otto Schlick was born (d. 1913). Engineer.
1846 - Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferreti is elected Pope Pius IX.
1848 - Ludwig II, Grand-Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, dies (b. 1777)
1849 - Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, dies (b. 17/80). German theologian.
1855 - John Gorrie, dies (b. 1803). Physician, early pioneer in refrigeration.
1858 - John Snow, dies (b.- 1803). English obstetrician.
1858 - Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
1858 - Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny.
1858 - King Gustav V of Sweden was born (d. 1950) .
1863 - Arturo Michelena, was born. Venezuelan artist.
1866 - Auguste Barthelemy, dies (b. 1796). French satirical poet.
1869 - Charles Sturt, dies (b. 1795). English explorer (b. 1795) .
1871 - University Tests Act allow students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
1872 - Norman MacCleod, dies (b. 1812).Scottish clergyman to Queen Victoria.
1874 - Arthur Meighen, was born (d. 1960). Ninth Prime Minister of Canada.
1878 - Crawford Long, dies (b. 1815). Physician (b. 1815)
1880 - Otto Eisenschiml was born (d. 1963). Austrian-American chemist and historian.
1881 - Natalya Sergeyevna Goncharova, was born (d. 17 Oct 1962). Russian French Cubist painter, stage designer, printmaker, and illustrator [ Green and Yellow Forest (1912) ; Cats (1913); Stage set design for act 1 of the opera-ballet Le coq d'or (1914); Stage Design for Act I of the ballet Chota Roustaveli (1946)].
1881 - Sir Josiah Mason, dies (b. 1795). English pen-manufacturer.
1884 - The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island, New York
1885 - Wilhelm Camphausen, dies (b. 1818). German painter.
1890 - Stan Laurel, was born (d. 1965). American actor and comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
1891 - John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.
1894 - William Calder Marshall, dies (b. 1813). Scottish sculptor.
1897 - Georg Wittig, was born (d. 26 Aug1987). German chemist, whose studies of organic phosphorus compounds won him a share (with Herbert C. Brown) of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1979.
1900 - Prince François, dies (b. 1818). Duke of Joinville, third son of Louis-Philippe of France 1925 - Chittaranjan Das, dies (b. 1870). Indian patriot and freedom fighter.
1902 - Australia: Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
1902 - Barbara McClintock, was born (d. 1992). Geneticist.
1902 - George Gaylord Simpson, was born (d. 1984). Paleontologist.
1903 - Helen Traubel, was born (d. 1972). American soprano.
1903 - Ford Motor Company incorporates.
1903 - Pepsi Cola company formed.
1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
1904 - Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
1904 - Bloomsday - Leopold Bloom walks around Dublin. (see Ulysses)
1907 - Jack Albertson, was born (d. 1981). Actor.
1909 - Archie Fairley Carr, was born (d. 1987). Biologist and expert on turtles.
1910 - Juan Velasco, was born (d. 1977). President of Peru from 1968 to 1975
1910 - O Castelo de S. Jorge, em Lisboa, foi declarado monumento nacional
1911 - A 772 gram stony meteorite struck earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
1911 - The City of Fez, Morocco, is occupied by the French army.
1911 - Nascimento, no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, de Paulo Gracindo (Pelópidas Guimarães Brandão Gracindo). Actor.
1912 - Enoch Powell, was born (d. 1998). British politician.
1912 - Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, was born (d. 1956). Athlete.
1915 - foundation of the British Women's Institute.
1916 - Hank Luisetti, was born (d. 2002). Baseball player.
1917 - Katharine Graham,was born (d. 2001). Washington Post publisher.
1917 - Irving Penn, was born. Photographer
1920 - José López Portillo, was born (d. 2004). President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.
1920 - John Howard Griffin, was born (d. 1980). Writer.
1920 - Giovanni Giolitti assume (pela 5º vez) o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Itália
1922 - General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
1924 - Whampoa Military Academy is founded
1925 - The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek established.
1925 - Emmett Hardy, dies (b. 1903). Jazz musician.
1927 - Tom Graveney, was born. English cricketer
1927 - Herbert Lichtenfeld, was born (d. 2001). Author and playwright.
1930 - Vilmos Zsigmond, was born. Cinematographer.
1930 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry, dies (b. 1860). Inventor.
1934 - Dame Eileen Atkins, was born. English actress.
1935 - Jim Dine, was born. Artist.
1937 - Erich Segal, was born. Author .
1938 - James Bolam, was born. English actor.
1938 - Joyce Carol Oates, was born. Novelist.
1940 - Neil Goldschmidt, was born. Governor of Oregon.
1940 - World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France
1940 - A Communist government is installed in Lithuania
1940 - DuBose Heyward, dies. Writer
1941 - Lamont Dozier, was born. Record company executive.
1942 - Giacomo Agostini, was born. Italian motorcyclist.
1942 - Eddie Levert, was born. R&B singer.
1944 - Marc Bloch, dies executed (b. 1886). French historian.
1945 - Nascimento, no Rio de Janeiro, de Ivan Lins (Ivan Guimarães Lins), cantor e compositor da MPB.
1947 - -minu, was born. Swiss columnist and writer.
1947 - Proclamada a independência da Birmânia.
1948 - The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by the Cathay Pacific airline, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane.
1950 - Inauguração do Estádio do Maracanã, no Brasil, começado a construir em 02 Ago 1948.
1951 - Roberto Durán, was born. Boxer.
1951 - Sonia Braga was born in Maringá-Pernambuco. Brsasilien actress (Gabriela, D. Flor e os seus dois maridos...)
1952 - Michel Blanc, was born. French actor.
1952 - George Papandreou, junior, was born. Greek politician
1952 - Gino Vannelli, was born. Vocalist, songwriter (Living Inside Myself)
1952 - Gale Storm (Margie Albright) and Charles Farrell (Vernon Albright) starred in My Little Margie which debuted on CBS-TV on this day.
1953 - Margaret Bondfield, dies (b. 1873). English politician and feminist.
1954 - Teve início o Campeonato do Muindo de Futebol realizado na Suíça
1955 - Laurie Metcalf, was born. Actress.
1955 - Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perón
1956 - Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath .
1957 - Jordanian embassy in Cairo is closed.
1958 - Imre Nagy, dies (b. 1895). Former Premier of Hungary and symbol of the nation's 1956 uprising against Soviet rule, is hanged for treason by his country's communist authorities.
1959 - George Reeves, dies (b. 1914). Actor, played Superman.
1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho opens in New York
1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris.
1962 - Arnold Vosloo was born in South Africa. Actor.
1963 - Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
1966 - Jan Zelezný, was born. Czech athlete.
0656- 'Uthman ibn 'Affan dies. He was the third caliph to rule after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. He was also the first man of high social and economic standing to convert to Islam.
1216 - Pope Innocent III dies
1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, was born (d. 1375). Italian writer.
1373 - Ratificação do Tratado de Tajilde, entre D. Fernando e Eduardo III de Inglaterra, em que o rei de Portugal se compromete a apoiar o rei inglês contra Henrique II de Castela.
1464 - Roger van der Weyden, dies (b. 1399). Flemish painter.
1468 - Jean Le Fevre, dies (b. ca. 1395). Burgundian chronicler.
1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses
1514 - John Cheke, was born (d. 1557). English classical scholar.
1583 - Axel Oxenstierna, was born (d. 1654). Swedish statesman.
1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir
1613 - John Cleveland, was born (d. 1658). English poet.
1620 - Carlo Saraceni (or Sarucini) dies (b. 1580). Venetian Baroque era painter ( Madonna and Child with Saint Anne ; Saint Cecilia and the Angel ) .
1622 - Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, dies (b. ca. 1555). Chancellor of Scotland.
1626 - Christian the Younger, dies (b. 1599). Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Protestant military commander.
1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, was born (d. 1670). Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans.
1654 - Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates
1666 - Richard Fanshawe, dies (b. 1608). English poet, translator and diplomat.
1671 - Stenka Razin, dies executed (b. ca. 1630). Cossack rebel leader.
1707 - Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, dies (b. 1625). Sovereign princess of Neuchatel, best known for her Mémoires.-
1716 - The first volume of Alexander Pope's* translation of the lliad is published. Admonishes classical scholar Richard Bentley: "It is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope, but you must not call it Homer."
1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, dies (b. 1650). English general.
1735 - Michel Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, was born (d. 14 Sep 1784). French painter, draftsman, and professor (A mother feeding her child)
1738 - Mary Katharine Goddard, was born (d. 1816). American printer and publisher.
1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River
1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French fortress of Louisburg during the War of the Austrian Succession.
1746 - War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza
1752 - Giulio Alberoni, dies (b. 1664). Spanish cardinal.
1752 - Joseph Butler, dies (b. 1692). English philosopher.
1755 - French and Indian War: French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
1774 - Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
1775. Começo da construção da Igreja da Candelária, no Rio de Janeiro
1777 - Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, dies (b. 1709). French poet and dramatist.
1778 - Konrad Ekhof, dies (b. 1720). German actor.
1779 - Sir Francis Bernard, dies (b. 1712). Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts.
1779 - Spain declares war on Britain and the siege of Gibraltar begins
1792 - John Linnell, was born (d. 1882). English artist.
1792 - Sir Thomas Mitchell, was born (d. 1855). Australian explorer.
1801 - Julius Plücker, was born (d. 22 May 1868). German mathematician and physicist.
1804 - Johann Hiller, dies (b. 1728). German composer.
1806 - Edward Davy, was born (d. 1885). English physician, chemist, and inventor.
1813 - Otto Jahn, was born (d. 1869). German archaeologist.
1815 - Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo.
1817 - Alexander J. Dallas, dies (b. 1759). Statesman and financier.
1820 - Athanase Coquerel, was born (d. 1875). French protestant preacher.
1826 - Constantin von Ettingshausen,was born (d. 1897). Austrian geologist and botanist
1829 - Geronimo, was born (d. 1909). Apache warrior and leader.
1836 - Wesley Merritt, was born (d. 1910). Soldier
1836 - Formation of the London Working Men's Association begins the Chartist Movement
1837 - Ernst Laas was born (d. 1885). German philosopher.
1838 - Cushman Davis, was born (d. 1900). Politician.
1840 - Ernst Otto Schlick was born (d. 1913). Engineer.
1846 - Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferreti is elected Pope Pius IX.
1848 - Ludwig II, Grand-Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, dies (b. 1777)
1849 - Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, dies (b. 17/80). German theologian.
1855 - John Gorrie, dies (b. 1803). Physician, early pioneer in refrigeration.
1858 - John Snow, dies (b.- 1803). English obstetrician.
1858 - Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
1858 - Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny.
1858 - King Gustav V of Sweden was born (d. 1950) .
1863 - Arturo Michelena, was born. Venezuelan artist.
1866 - Auguste Barthelemy, dies (b. 1796). French satirical poet.
1869 - Charles Sturt, dies (b. 1795). English explorer (b. 1795) .
1871 - University Tests Act allow students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
1872 - Norman MacCleod, dies (b. 1812).Scottish clergyman to Queen Victoria.
1874 - Arthur Meighen, was born (d. 1960). Ninth Prime Minister of Canada.
1878 - Crawford Long, dies (b. 1815). Physician (b. 1815)
1880 - Otto Eisenschiml was born (d. 1963). Austrian-American chemist and historian.
1881 - Natalya Sergeyevna Goncharova, was born (d. 17 Oct 1962). Russian French Cubist painter, stage designer, printmaker, and illustrator [ Green and Yellow Forest (1912) ; Cats (1913); Stage set design for act 1 of the opera-ballet Le coq d'or (1914); Stage Design for Act I of the ballet Chota Roustaveli (1946)].
1881 - Sir Josiah Mason, dies (b. 1795). English pen-manufacturer.
1884 - The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island, New York
1885 - Wilhelm Camphausen, dies (b. 1818). German painter.
1890 - Stan Laurel, was born (d. 1965). American actor and comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
1891 - John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.
1894 - William Calder Marshall, dies (b. 1813). Scottish sculptor.
1897 - Georg Wittig, was born (d. 26 Aug1987). German chemist, whose studies of organic phosphorus compounds won him a share (with Herbert C. Brown) of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1979.
1900 - Prince François, dies (b. 1818). Duke of Joinville, third son of Louis-Philippe of France 1925 - Chittaranjan Das, dies (b. 1870). Indian patriot and freedom fighter.
1902 - Australia: Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
1902 - Barbara McClintock, was born (d. 1992). Geneticist.
1902 - George Gaylord Simpson, was born (d. 1984). Paleontologist.
1903 - Helen Traubel, was born (d. 1972). American soprano.
1903 - Ford Motor Company incorporates.
1903 - Pepsi Cola company formed.
1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
1904 - Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
1904 - Bloomsday - Leopold Bloom walks around Dublin. (see Ulysses)
1907 - Jack Albertson, was born (d. 1981). Actor.
1909 - Archie Fairley Carr, was born (d. 1987). Biologist and expert on turtles.
1910 - Juan Velasco, was born (d. 1977). President of Peru from 1968 to 1975
1910 - O Castelo de S. Jorge, em Lisboa, foi declarado monumento nacional
1911 - A 772 gram stony meteorite struck earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
1911 - The City of Fez, Morocco, is occupied by the French army.
1911 - Nascimento, no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, de Paulo Gracindo (Pelópidas Guimarães Brandão Gracindo). Actor.
1912 - Enoch Powell, was born (d. 1998). British politician.
1912 - Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, was born (d. 1956). Athlete.
1915 - foundation of the British Women's Institute.
1916 - Hank Luisetti, was born (d. 2002). Baseball player.
1917 - Katharine Graham,was born (d. 2001). Washington Post publisher.
1917 - Irving Penn, was born. Photographer
1920 - José López Portillo, was born (d. 2004). President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.
1920 - John Howard Griffin, was born (d. 1980). Writer.
1920 - Giovanni Giolitti assume (pela 5º vez) o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Itália
1922 - General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
1924 - Whampoa Military Academy is founded
1925 - The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek established.
1925 - Emmett Hardy, dies (b. 1903). Jazz musician.
1927 - Tom Graveney, was born. English cricketer
1927 - Herbert Lichtenfeld, was born (d. 2001). Author and playwright.
1930 - Vilmos Zsigmond, was born. Cinematographer.
1930 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry, dies (b. 1860). Inventor.
1934 - Dame Eileen Atkins, was born. English actress.
1935 - Jim Dine, was born. Artist.
1937 - Erich Segal, was born. Author .
1938 - James Bolam, was born. English actor.
1938 - Joyce Carol Oates, was born. Novelist.
1940 - Neil Goldschmidt, was born. Governor of Oregon.
1940 - World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France
1940 - A Communist government is installed in Lithuania
1940 - DuBose Heyward, dies. Writer
1941 - Lamont Dozier, was born. Record company executive.
1942 - Giacomo Agostini, was born. Italian motorcyclist.
1942 - Eddie Levert, was born. R&B singer.
1944 - Marc Bloch, dies executed (b. 1886). French historian.
1945 - Nascimento, no Rio de Janeiro, de Ivan Lins (Ivan Guimarães Lins), cantor e compositor da MPB.
1947 - -minu, was born. Swiss columnist and writer.
1947 - Proclamada a independência da Birmânia.
1948 - The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by the Cathay Pacific airline, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane.
1950 - Inauguração do Estádio do Maracanã, no Brasil, começado a construir em 02 Ago 1948.
1951 - Roberto Durán, was born. Boxer.
1951 - Sonia Braga was born in Maringá-Pernambuco. Brsasilien actress (Gabriela, D. Flor e os seus dois maridos...)
1952 - Michel Blanc, was born. French actor.
1952 - George Papandreou, junior, was born. Greek politician
1952 - Gino Vannelli, was born. Vocalist, songwriter (Living Inside Myself)
1952 - Gale Storm (Margie Albright) and Charles Farrell (Vernon Albright) starred in My Little Margie which debuted on CBS-TV on this day.
1953 - Margaret Bondfield, dies (b. 1873). English politician and feminist.
1954 - Teve início o Campeonato do Muindo de Futebol realizado na Suíça
1955 - Laurie Metcalf, was born. Actress.
1955 - Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perón
1956 - Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath .
1957 - Jordanian embassy in Cairo is closed.
1958 - Imre Nagy, dies (b. 1895). Former Premier of Hungary and symbol of the nation's 1956 uprising against Soviet rule, is hanged for treason by his country's communist authorities.
1959 - George Reeves, dies (b. 1914). Actor, played Superman.
1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho opens in New York
1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris.
1962 - Arnold Vosloo was born in South Africa. Actor.
1963 - Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
1966 - Jan Zelezný, was born. Czech athlete.
1966 - The Miranda rights are established. The Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation.
1967 - John Franklin, was born. Actor
1969 - Harold Alexander, dies (b. 1891). British military commander
1970 - Brian Piccolo, dies. American football player
1970 - Phil Mickelson, was born. Golfer
1971 - Lord Reith, dies (b. 1889). First Director-General of the BBC.
1971 - Tupac Shakur, was born (d. 1996). Musician.
1971 - An El Greco sketch, "The Immaculate Conception," stolen in Spain 35 years earlier, was recovered in New York City by the FBI.
1972 - Burglars are caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
1972 - Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
1972 - Opening of the New York Jazz Museum
1972 - Largest single-site hydro-electric power project starts at Churchill Falls Newfoundland
1973 - Em Portugal, Espinho foi elevada a cidade
1976 - Apartheid: A non-violent march by 15000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
1976 - Hector Pieterson, dies. One of the first children (566 in all) killed during the Soweto Uprising.
1967 - John Franklin, was born. Actor
1969 - Harold Alexander, dies (b. 1891). British military commander
1970 - Brian Piccolo, dies. American football player
1970 - Phil Mickelson, was born. Golfer
1971 - Lord Reith, dies (b. 1889). First Director-General of the BBC.
1971 - Tupac Shakur, was born (d. 1996). Musician.
1971 - An El Greco sketch, "The Immaculate Conception," stolen in Spain 35 years earlier, was recovered in New York City by the FBI.
1972 - Burglars are caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
1972 - Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
1972 - Opening of the New York Jazz Museum
1972 - Largest single-site hydro-electric power project starts at Churchill Falls Newfoundland
1973 - Em Portugal, Espinho foi elevada a cidade
1976 - Apartheid: A non-violent march by 15000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
1976 - Hector Pieterson, dies. One of the first children (566 in all) killed during the Soweto Uprising.
1976 - Em Portugal é publicado o decreto-lei que poíbe o homem de abrir a correspondência da mulher.
1977 - Wernher von Braun, dies (b. 23 Mar 1912). German-born American engineer who played a prominent role in all aspects of rocketry and space exploration.
1977 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
1977 - Kerry Wood, was born. Baseball pitcher.
1979 - Vernon Presley, dies (b.1916). Father of Elvis Presley
1979 - Nicholas Ray, dies (b. 1911). Film director.
1980 - Joey Yung, was born. Hong Kong singer
1981 - Ken Taylor honoured for helping six Americans escape from Iran during hostage crisis
1981 - Jule Gregory Charney, dies. Meteorologist
1983 - Yuri Andropov becomes president of the USSR .
1985 - Willie Banks broke the world record for the triple jump with a leap of 58 feet, 11-1/2 inches in the U.S.A. championships in Indianapolis, IN. Banks broke the record that had been set by Brazil’s Joao Oliveira in 1975.
1986 - Maurice Duruflé, dies (b. 1902). French composer and organist
1988 - Kim Milford, dies (b. 1951). Actor.
1988 - Marinó Sigurðsson was born. Iceland actor/director
1988 - Keshia Chante, was born. Canadian R&B Singer.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin was elected president of Russian SSR.
1993 - Lindsay Hassett, dies (b. 1913) Australian cricketer
1994 - A Chinese operated Northwest Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160.
1996 - Morre em Lisboa o escritor português David Mourão-Ferreira (n. 24 Fev 1927)
1996 - First round of voting in the Russian presidential election
1996 - Mel Allen, dies. Baseball announcer
1997 - Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; some 50 people killed.
1999 - Thabo Mbeki elected President of South Africa succeeding Nelson Mandela.
1999 - Screaming Lord Sutch, dies. (b. 1940). Founder of Britain's Official Monster Raving Loony)
2000 - Dowager Empress Nagako of Japan, dies (b. 1903). Consort of Emperor Hirohito
2001 - George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin meet in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
2002 - Politically Incorrect is cancelled (from sponsors dropping the show) after host Bill Maher makes controversial comments on air regarding the integrity of President George W. Bush.
2003 - The Hatfields and McCoys sign a formal truce
2003 - Enrico Baj, dies . Italian avantgarde artist
2003 - Georg Henrik von Wright, dies (b. 1916). Finland-Swedish philosopher.
2004 - Portugal vence em Lisboa a Rússia por 2-0 para o Campeonato da Europa de Futebol (Euro 2004). Para o mesmo grupo a Espanha empata com a Grécia 1-1.
South Africa - Youth Day
Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint John Regis, patron of medical social workers
Bloomsday, in honour of James Joyce's Ulysses
1977 - Wernher von Braun, dies (b. 23 Mar 1912). German-born American engineer who played a prominent role in all aspects of rocketry and space exploration.
1977 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
1977 - Kerry Wood, was born. Baseball pitcher.
1979 - Vernon Presley, dies (b.1916). Father of Elvis Presley
1979 - Nicholas Ray, dies (b. 1911). Film director.
1980 - Joey Yung, was born. Hong Kong singer
1981 - Ken Taylor honoured for helping six Americans escape from Iran during hostage crisis
1981 - Jule Gregory Charney, dies. Meteorologist
1983 - Yuri Andropov becomes president of the USSR .
1985 - Willie Banks broke the world record for the triple jump with a leap of 58 feet, 11-1/2 inches in the U.S.A. championships in Indianapolis, IN. Banks broke the record that had been set by Brazil’s Joao Oliveira in 1975.
1986 - Maurice Duruflé, dies (b. 1902). French composer and organist
1988 - Kim Milford, dies (b. 1951). Actor.
1988 - Marinó Sigurðsson was born. Iceland actor/director
1988 - Keshia Chante, was born. Canadian R&B Singer.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin was elected president of Russian SSR.
1993 - Lindsay Hassett, dies (b. 1913) Australian cricketer
1994 - A Chinese operated Northwest Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160.
1996 - Morre em Lisboa o escritor português David Mourão-Ferreira (n. 24 Fev 1927)
1996 - First round of voting in the Russian presidential election
1996 - Mel Allen, dies. Baseball announcer
1997 - Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; some 50 people killed.
1999 - Thabo Mbeki elected President of South Africa succeeding Nelson Mandela.
1999 - Screaming Lord Sutch, dies. (b. 1940). Founder of Britain's Official Monster Raving Loony)
2000 - Dowager Empress Nagako of Japan, dies (b. 1903). Consort of Emperor Hirohito
2001 - George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin meet in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
2002 - Politically Incorrect is cancelled (from sponsors dropping the show) after host Bill Maher makes controversial comments on air regarding the integrity of President George W. Bush.
2003 - The Hatfields and McCoys sign a formal truce
2003 - Enrico Baj, dies . Italian avantgarde artist
2003 - Georg Henrik von Wright, dies (b. 1916). Finland-Swedish philosopher.
2004 - Portugal vence em Lisboa a Rússia por 2-0 para o Campeonato da Europa de Futebol (Euro 2004). Para o mesmo grupo a Espanha empata com a Grécia 1-1.
South Africa - Youth Day
Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint John Regis, patron of medical social workers
Bloomsday, in honour of James Joyce's Ulysses
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