1494 -
Spain and
Portugal sign the
Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the
New World between the two countries. Portugal was to have all lands east of a line north and south drawn 370 leagues west of Cape Verde, Spain to have the rest.
1497 - English king Henry VII defeated the Cornish rebels under Lord Audley at Blackheath, London.
1502 - Gregory XIII was born. Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582
1535 - John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, was tried for treason (he was executed on 22 June).
1672 - Dutch Admiral de Ruyter was successful in action against the combined English and French fleets in Southwold Bay.
1692 -
Port Royal,
Jamaica is hit by a catastrophic
earthquake at 11:43am; in just three minutes, 1600 people are killed and 3000 are seriously injured.
1749 -
Viscount Fane marries Susanna, Lady Juxon, the youngest daughter of John Marriott, at St Benet Paul's Wharf.
1755 - Criação da Companhia Geral do Grão-Pará e Maranhão, que será estabelecida pelo Alvará de 30 de Outubro de 1756.
1761 -
John Rennie was born (d. 1821). Scottish engineer.
- 1776 - Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. See United States Declaration of Independence.
1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin was born. Russian novelist, playwright, and poet
1801 - Assinatura do Tratado de Badajoz, que é antedatado para 6 de Junho, por conveniência do embaixador francês. Portugal perde a cidade e o termo de Olivença.
1811 -
James Simpson was born (d. 1870). Scottish obstetrician who was a pioneer in the use of anaesthetics.
- 1812 - Antonio Bachiller y Morales was born (d. 10 Jan 1889). Cuban journalist, lawyer and intelectual, considered "Padre de la Bibliografía Cubana"
- 1826 - Joseph von Fraunhofer dies (b. 1787). German physicist.
- 1831 - Amelia Edwards was born (d. 1892). English author and Egyptologist.
1832 - The Reform Bill became law;
1845 -
Leopold Auer was born (d. 1930). Hungarian violinist and composer.
1847 -
Adolph Göpel dies in Berlin (b. 29 Sep 1812 in Rostock). German mathematician.
- 1848 - Paul Gauguin was born (d. 1903). French painter (The Yellow Christ, Where Do We Come From? Where Are We? Where Are We Going?)
1849 -
Manuel Bonilla was born. President of Honduras (1903-1907 and 1912-1913)
1858 - José Leite de Vasconcelos was born. portuguese writer.
1859 -
David Cox dies (b. 1783). English artist.
1862 - Gennaios Kolokotronis assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Grécia.
1863 -
Van_Vleck was born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 2 Jun 1943). American mathematician.
1866 - 1800
Fenian raiders are repelled back to the
United States after they loot and plunder around St-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.
1879 -
Knut Rasmussen was born (d. 1933). Greenland-born Artic explorer
1886 -
Henri Coanda was born (d. 1972). Romanian aerodynamics pioneer.
1892 - Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the
Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.
1896 -
Imre Nagy was born (d. 1958). Hungarian politician.
1896 -
Imre Nagy was born (d. 1958). Hungarian politician.
1902 -
Émile Combes assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da França
- 1907 - Edward John Routh dies in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (b. 20 Jan 1831 in Quebec, Canada). Mathematician who was a founder member of the London Mathematical Society.
1909 - Actress Mary Pickford made her motion picture debut in The Violin Maker of Cremona.
- 1909 - Peter W. Rodino was born (d. 2005). American politician.
- 1909 - Jessica Tandy was born (d. 1994). English actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included)
1909 -
Virginia Apgar was born (d. 1974). American physician and anesthesiologist.
1916 -
Émile Faguet dies (b. 1847). French writer and critic
1917 -
Dean Martin was born (d. 1995). American actor .
1919 - Sette Giugno - Riot in
Malta. 4 people killed.
1921 -
Tal Farlow was botn (d. 1998). American jazz guitarist
1922 -
Leo Reise was born.Canadian ice hockey player
1928 -
James Ivory was born. American film director (
Jefferson in Paris, The Remains of the Day, Howard’s End, A Room with a View, The Bostonians, Roseland, Wild Party, The Householder).1928 -
Reg Park was born. British bodybuilder
- 1929 - Vatican City becomes a sovereign state.
1931 - Virginia McKenna was born. Actress ( Duel of Hearts, Born Free, The Chosen, Simba).
1935 - In Britain, Stanley Baldwin, Conservative, succeeded Ramsay MacDonald as prime minister.
1936 -
Lola Mora (Dolores Mora de la Vega) dies. Argentine sculptor.
1937 - David Cox dies (b. 1859). English painter.
1940 -
Tom Jones was born. Grammy Award-winning singer [Best New Artist - 1965]:
It’s Not Unusual, She’s a Lady, What’s New Pussycat?, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Without Love, Delilah, Love Me Tonight, Green Green Grass of Home, Sex Bomb. 1942 -
World War II: The
Battle of Midway ends. The United States routs the Japanese Navy in a major three-day battle over a remote military base at Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean.
1942 -
Alan Blumlein dies (b. 1903). English electronics engineer
1945 -
Gilles Marotte was born (d. 2005). French Canadian ice hockey player.
- 1946 - Jenny Jones was born. Palestinian-born comedian and talk show host
- 1947 - Thurman Munson was born (d. 1979). American baseball player.
1948 - Louis Lumière dies.
1954 -
Alan Mathison Turing dies in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England (b. 23 Jun 1912). English mathematician and computer scientist.
1956 -
L.A. Reid was born. American music producer
1958 -
Prince was born. American musician.
1960 - Tomás Oliveira da Cruz dies. Portuguese poet.
1963 -
Zasu Pitts dies (b. 1894). American actress.
- 1965 - Mick Foley was born. American professional wrestler
1965 -
Mick Foley was born. Professional wrestler and author
1966 -
Jean Arp dies (b. 1886). Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet.
1967 -
Dorothy Parker dies (b. 1893). American short story writer, poet, and critic.
1968 -
Juan Antonio Pizzi was born. Argentine player.
- 1969 - Prince Joachim of Denmark was born.
- 1970 - Mike Modano was born. American ice hockey player
- 1970 - Andrei Kovalenko was born. Russian ice hockey player
1970 -
Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes) was born. Brazilien football player (Milan)
1973 - An Icelandic coastguard vessel rammed a British warship in escalation of the 'Cod War'.
1973 -
Song Yun-ah was born. South Korean model and actress
1975 - Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
1976 -
Necro was born. Jewish American rapper
- 1977 - 500 million people watch on television as the high day of Jubilee gets underway for Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1978 - Tony An was born. Korean singer H.O.T
- 1978 - Ronald George Wreyford Norrish dies (b. 1897). British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1979 - The first direct elections for the European Parliament were held.
1980 - 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (6-4, 6-1 and 6-2)
1980 -
Adalgisa Nery dies (b. 1905). Brazilian poet, journalist and politician.
1981 - 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus and 42nd Street win
- 1981 - Larisa Oleynik was born. Ukrainian-born actress.
1985 - Portugal: Lançamento da primeira pedra da Torre do Tombo.
1987 - 41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win
1989 - A Suriname
DC-8 Super 62 crashes near Paramaribo Airport,
Suriname, killing 168.
1989 - At 01:23:45 AM the time and date by US reckoning was 01:23:45 6/7/89. This was also true 12 hours later excepting 24-hour time.
- 1989 - Nara_Leão dies (b. 1942). Brazilian bossa nova and MPB (Brazilian popular music)singer.
- 1989 - Chico Landi dies (b. 1907). Brazilian racing driver.
- 1990 - Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida opens up its new 3 soundstages and begins production at Universal Studios Florida .
- 1991 - Mount Pinatubo explodes generating an ash column 7 km (4.5 miles) high.
- 1993 - Prince changes his name to a symbol and comes to be referred to as "The Artist formerly known as Prince".
1994 - Dennis Potter dies. English playwright and journalist.
1995 - Portugal: O conto Dores, da escritora portuguesa Maria Velho da Costa, recebe o Prémio Camilo Castelo Branco.
1995 - Juan Carlos Onganía dies. Argentine general and dictator.
1995 -
Hsuan Hua dies (b. 1918). Influential Buddhist master in the United States
1996 -
Max Factor dies. American business, cosmetics pioneer.
1997 - 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (6-4 and 6-2)
1998 - A militar coup arises in Guiné-Bissau.
1998 - Carlos Moyá wins Roland Garros Tournment in tennis.
1999 -
António Livramento dies (b. 28 Feb 1943). Portuguese roller hokey player, considered the best of the world.
2002 -
O escritor espanhol Antonio Gracia recebe o Prêmio Internacional de Poesia em língua espanhola.
2003 - A tenista belga Justine Henin-Hardenne vence Kim Cljisters e conquista o torneio de Roland Garros.
2003 - Actor Ed Burns weds model Christy Turlington.
2004 -
Quorthon dies (b. 1966). Swedish musician.
2006 -
John Tenta dies (b. 1963). Canadian professional wrestler.
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