On This Day

[IceWizard]

Today's Historical Events
28 June

• 767 St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
  
  
  
  
• 1098 Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
  
  
  
  
• 1119 Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders
  
  
  
  
• 1245 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens
  
  
  
  
• 1389 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe
  
  
  
  
• 1461 Edward IV crowned king of England
  
  
  
  
• 1485 Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands
  
  
  

• 1524 Duke of Bourbon occupies Province
  
  
  
  
• 1575 Spanish troops conquer Buren
  
  
  
  
• 1583 Duke Frans de Valois returns to France
  
  
  
  
• 1593 Earl Mauritius conquers Geertruidenberg
  
  
  
  
• 1629 Peace of Alès: Rights of French huguenots limited
  
  
  
  
• 1635 French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean
  
  
  
  
• 1651 Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts.
  
  
  
  
• 1675 Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburg army beats Sweden
  
  
  
  
• 1748 Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed
  
  
  
  
• 1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)
  
  
  

• 1770 Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
  

United States Declaration of Independence
Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress

• 1776 Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack
  
  
• 1778 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton)
  
  
• 1778 Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots
  
  
• 1807 British troops land at Ensenada, Argentina
  
  
• 1820 Tomato is proven to be non-poisonous by Colonel Robert Gibbon eating a tomato on steps of courthouse in Salem, New Jersey
  
  
• 1832 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns
  
  
• 1833 Three missionaries of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society obtain permission from Chief Moshoeshoe (Moshesh) to found a mission station in Basutoland (now Lesotho)
  
  

• 1841 The Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris premieres the ballet Giselle
  
  
  
  
• 1846 Saxophone is patented by Antoine-Joseph "Adolfe" Sax
  
  
  
  
• 1855 The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University
  
  
  
  
• 1859 1st dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England)
  
  
  
  
• 1861 Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest
  
  
  
  
• 1862 Day 4 of 7 Day Battle of Savage's Station [Garnett's Farm] in Virginia
  
  
  
  
• 1865 The Army of the Potomac is disbanded
  
  
  
  
• 1869 Amsterdam typographer strike
  
  
  
  
• 1870 U.S. Congress creates federal holidays (New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), initially applicable only to federal employees
  
  
  
  
• 1874 Freedmen's Bank closes
  
  
  

• 1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0
  
  
  
  
• 1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
  
  
  
  
• 1894 Labor Day established as a holiday for US federal employees
  
  
  
  
• 1894 The Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill, South Africa
  
  
  
  
• 1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union
  
  
  

• 1897 Marquis C de Bonchamps' expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia
  
  
  

• 1898 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Defending champion R.F. Doherty beats younger brother Laurence Doherty 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1
  
  
  
  
• 1902 US Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
  
  
  
  
• 1902 US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
  
  
  
  
• 1902 Germany, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire renew their Triple Alliance for six more years
  
  
  
  
• 1904 International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam
  
  
  
  
• 1904 SS Norge runs aground and sinks off Rockall, North Atlantic, more than 635 die, largest maritime loss of life until Titanic
  
  
  
  
• 1907 Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
  
  
  
  
• 1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
  
  
  
  
• 1911 Joseph Caillaux forms government in France
  
  
  

• 1917 Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
  
  
• 1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
  
  
• 1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees
  
  
• 1919 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France
  
  
• 1922 The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin
  
  
• 1923 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th
  
  
• 1923 Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of the Netherlands state visit to London
  
  
• 1924 Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's
  
  
• 1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93
  
  
• 1926 Mercedes Benz forms when DMG and Benz & Cie merge
  
  
• 1928 Alfred E Smith (NY-Governor) nominated for US President at Democratic Convention
  
  
• 1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempts rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
  
  

• 1930 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs
  
  
  

• 1935 Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673
  
  
  

• 1935 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Alf Perry wins his only major title, by 4 shots from fellow Englishman Alf Padgham
  
  
  
  
• 1936 Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China
  
  
  

• 1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper)
  
  
• 1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0
  
  
• 1940 "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
  
  
• 1940 Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
  
  
• 1941 German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
  
  
• 1941 German troops occupy Galicia, Poland
  
  
• 1942 Col-gen Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj
  
  
• 1945 Polish Provisional government of National Unity set up by Soviets
  
  
• 1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy
  
  
• 1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
  
  
• 1947 "Temptation" (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1
  
  
• 1948 British begin airlift “Operation Plainfare” to West Berlin
  
  
• 1950 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 performances
  
  
• 1950 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
  
  
• 1951 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
  
  

• 1954 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
  
  
  
  
• 1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago Illinois)
  
  
  
  
• 1956 Riots break out in Poznan, Poland, 38 die
  
  
  
  
• 1957 Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters
  
  
  

• 1958 Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
  
  
  
  
• 1958 Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6)
  
  
  
  
• 1958 US Open Women's Golf, Forest Lake CC: Mickey Wright wins 1st of 4 Open titles by 5 from Louise Suggs; 1st player to win Open & LPGA in same year
  
  
  
  
• 1959 Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
  
  
  
  
• 1959 Meldrim trestle disaster; freight train derails over Ogeechee River in Georgia causing IPG tanks to explode killing 23
  
  
  
  
• 1960 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
  
  
  
  
• 1961 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 innings tie
  
  
  
  
• 1962 Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
  
  
  
  
• 1963 Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru
  
  
  

• 1965 Dutch Princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg announce their engagement
  
  
  
  
• 1966 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title
  
  
  

• 1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
  
  
• 1968 Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
  
  
• 1969 Police carry out an early morning raid on Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days
  
  
• 1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's
  
  
• 1970 Around 500 Catholic workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyard are forced to leave their work by Protestant employees as serious rioting continues in Belfast
  
  
• 1971 Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 HRs and no-hits Reds
  
  

• 1973 Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule
  
  
  

• 1973 New Zealand ship HMNZS Otago sails for Mururoa nuclear test zone after France’s refusal to accept an International Court of Justice injunction against its atmospheric nuclear testing
  
  
  
  
• 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly elections take place
  
  
  
  
• 1974 Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
  
  
  
  
• 1974 Wings release singles "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK
  
  
  
  
• 1975 Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino and playing partners Jerry Heard, Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern and Tony Jacklin are struck by lightning at Western Open; suffer minor burns
  
  
  
  
• 1975 The South African rugby team beats France 33-18 in Pretoria
  
  
  
  
• 1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
  
  
  
  
• 1976 Three British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
  
  
  
  
• 1977 Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days
  
  
  
  
• 1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
  
  
  
  
• 1977 The United Party, main political opposition party in South Africa, is formally disbanded by the majority faction after members leave the party to join other new political parties
  
  
  
  
• 1978 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill
  
  
  
  
• 1978 Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
  
  
  
  
• 1979 OPEC raises oil prices 24%
  
  
  
  
• 1980 NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
  
  
  
  
• 1980 The South African Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the series
  
  
  
  
• 1981 "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 165 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
  
  
  

• 1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticutt collapses, killing 3
  
  
  
  
• 1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
  
  
  
  
• 1984 Former member of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeannette Schoon, and her six-year old daughter, Katryn, are killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola
  
  
  
  
• 1984 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
  
  
  
  
• 1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
  
  
  
  
• 1986 Irish population condemns divorce
  
  
  
  
• 1986 Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick
  
  
  
  
• 1986 West European leaders, meeting in the Netherlands, delay indefinitely imposing economic sanctions against South Africa
  
  
  

• 1987 "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1987 Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
  
  
  

• 1990 Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time
  
  
  
  
• 1991 South Africa signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  
  
  
  
• 1992 "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 18 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1992 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock California
  
  
  
  
• 1992 Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan
  
  
  
  
• 1992 Italian government of Amato forms
  
  
  
  
• 1992 LA Police commisioner Daryl Gates steps down
  
  
  
  
• 1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
  
  
  
  
• 1992 The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law
  
  
  
  
• 1993 Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm
  
  
  
  
• 1993 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
  
  
  
  
• 1993 NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Netherlands
  
  
  
  
• 1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
  
  
  
  
• 1994 NY Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges
  
  
  

• 1994 NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) defenceman Ed Jovanovski first pick by Florida Panthers
  
  
  
  
• 1995 NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
  
  
  
  
• 1995 NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors
  
  
  

• 1996 The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
  
  
  
  
• 1997 "Master Class" closes at Golden Theater NYC after 601 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1997 "Steel Peer" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 76 performances
  
  
  
  
• 1997 TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant
  
  
  
  
• 2000 Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
  
  
  
  
• 2000 NBA Draft: Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin first pick by New Jersey Nets
  
  
  
  
• 2002 In South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Treatment Action Campaign table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Development and Labour Council
  
  
  

• 2004 Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
  
  
  
  
• 2004 The 17th NATO Summit starts in Istanbul.
  
  
  
  
• 2004 Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation
  
  
  
  
• 2005 A final design for Manhattan's Freedom Tower is formally unveiled
  
  
  
  
• 2005 NBA Draft: Utah center Andrew Bogut first pick by Milwaukee Bucks
  
  
  
  
• 2006 The Republic of Montenegro admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264
  
  
  
  
• 2006 NBA Draft: Benetton Treviso (Italy)power forward Andrea Bargnani first pick by Toronto Raptors
  
  
  
  
• 2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies
  
  
  
  
• 2007 NBA Draft: Ohio State center Greg Oden first pick by Portland Trail Blazers
  
  
  

• 2012 A series of car bombs in Iraq kills 14 and injures 50 people
  
  
  
  
• 2012 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans
  
  
  

• 2015 David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border. 2nd prisoner to escape maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility June 6
  
  
  
  
• 2015 Greek Credit Crisis: Greek government says banks closed for a week and ATM withdrawals restricted after European Central Bank refused to supply emergency funds
  
  
  
  
• 2015 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Del Paso CC: Jeff Maggert shoots final round 65 (-5) to win by 2 strokes from defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland
  
  
  
  
• 2016 Suicide bombings and gun attacks at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport kill 42 and wound more than 200
  
  
  
  
• 2017 Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft
  
  
  

• 2018 Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine
  
  
• 2018 Power company uncovers Neolithic wooden trackway 2,300 years old in Suffolk, England. One of the largest archaeological digs in Europe at 16,000 square meters
  
  
• 2018 Employee charged with attempted poisoning of colleague's sandwich in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany, leading authorities to investigate 21 other suspicious deaths
  
  
• 2018 Amsterdam elects its first-ever woman mayor Femke Halsema since its first mayor in 1343
  
  
• 2018 Fire starts on Winter Hill on Lancashire moorland, England, lit by arson
  
  
• 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared "largely contained" by World Health Organisation, first outbreak to use new Merck vaccine
  

[IceWizard]

Famous Deaths on June 28


James Madison
US PRESIDENT


BIRTHDAY
Mar 16, 1751

BIRTHPLACE
Port Conway, VA

DEATH DATE
Jun 28, 1836 (85)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces



Billy Mays
ENTREPRENEUR


BIRTHDAY
Jul 20, 1958

BIRTHPLACE
Mckees Rocks, PA

DEATH DATE
Jun 28, 2009 (50)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Rod Serling
DIRECTOR


BIRTHDAY
Dec 25, 1924

BIRTHPLACE
Syracuse, NY

DEATH DATE
Jun 28, 1975 (50)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn




Pat Summitt
BASKETBALL COACH


BIRTHDAY
Jun 14, 1952

BIRTHPLACE
Clarksville, TN

DEATH DATE
Jun 28, 2016 (64)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini



Robert Byrd
POLITICIAN


BIRTHDAY
Nov 20, 1917

BIRTHPLACE
United States

DEATH DATE
Jun 28, 2010 (92)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio



Frank Sutton
TV ACTOR


BIRTHDAY
Oct 23, 1923

BIRTHPLACE
Clarksville, TN

DEATH DATE
Jun 28, 1974 (50)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio




Buddy Ryan
FOOTBALL COACH

BIRTHDAY
Feb 17, 1931

BIRTHPLACE
Frederick, OK

DEATH DATE
Jun 28, 2016 (85)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius

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June 28 Birthdays



Pat Morita
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
Jun 28 1932

BIRTHPLACE
Isleton, CA

DEATH DATE
Nov 24, 2005 (73)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



John Cusack
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
Jun 28, 1966

BIRTHPLACE
Evanston, IL

AGE
52 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Kellie Pickler
COUNTRY SINGER

BIRTHDAY
Jun 28, 1986

BIRTHPLACE
Albemarle, NC

AGE
32 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



John Elway
FOOTBALL PLAYER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Jun 28, 1960

BIRTHPLACE
Port Angeles, WA

AGE
59 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Mel Brooks
DIRECTOR



BIRTHDAY
Jun 28, 1926

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
92 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Kathy Bates
MOVIE ACTRESS


BIRTHDAY
Jun 28, 1948

BIRTHPLACE
Memphis, TN

AGE
70 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

[IceWizard]

June 29 Birthdays

Dan Dierdorf
FOOTBALL PLAYER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Jun 29, 1949

BIRTHPLACE
Canton, OH

AGE
70 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Pedro Guerrero
BASEBALL PLAYER


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Jun 29, 1956

BIRTHPLACE
Dominican Republic

AGE
63 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Harmon Killebrew
BASEBALL PLAYER


BIRTHDAY
Jun 29, 1936

BIRTHPLACE
Payette, ID

DEATH DATE
May 17, 2011 (74)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Greg Hetson
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
Jun 29, 1960

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

AGE
58 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Tripp Eisen
GUITARIST


BIRTHDAY
Jun 29, 1965

BIRTHPLACE
Pennsylvania

AGE
53 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Bill Kirchen
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
Jun 29, 1948

BIRTHPLACE
Bridgeport, CT

AGE
70 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Jeff Burton
RACE CAR DRIVER


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Jun 29, 1967

BIRTHPLACE
South Boston, VA

AGE
52 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Martin Truex Jr.
RACE CAR DRIVER

BIRTHDAY
Jun 29, 1980

BIRTHPLACE
Mayetta, NJ

AGE
38 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Richard Lewis
COMEDIAN

BIRTHDAY
Jun 29, 1947

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

AGE
71 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Slim Pickens
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
Jun 29, 1919

BIRTHPLACE
Kingsburg, CA

DEATH DATE
Dec 8, 1983 (64)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Gary Busey
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
Jun 29, 1944

BIRTHPLACE
Baytown, TX

AGE
74 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





June 29 Deaths



Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle
MOVIE ACTOR


BIRTHDAY
March 24, 1887

BIRTHPLACE
Smith Center, KS

DEATH DATE
Jun 29, 1933 (age 46)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries

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June 29 Deaths (con't)



Elizabeth Barrett Browning
POET

BIRTHDAY
March 6, 1806

BIRTHPLACE
England

DEATH DATE
Jun 29, 1861 (age 55)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces



Henry Clay
POLITICIAN


BIRTHDAY
April 12, 1777

BIRTHPLACE
Virginia

DEATH DATE
Jun 29, 1852 (age 75)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries




Bob Crane
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 13, 1928

BIRTHPLACE
Waterbury, CT

DEATH DATE
Jun 29, 1978 (age 49)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Rosemary Clooney
POP SINGER

BIRTHDAY
May 23, 1928

BIRTHPLACE
Maysville, KY

DEATH DATE
Jun 29, 2002 (age 74)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini




Lana Turner
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
February 8, 1921

BIRTHPLACE
Wallace, ID

DEATH DATE
Jun 29, 1995 (age 74)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius



Jayne Mansfield
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
April 19, 1933

BIRTHPLACE
Bryn Mawr, PA

DEATH DATE
Jun 29, 1967 (age 34)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries



Katharine Hepburn
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
May 12, 1907

BIRTHPLACE
Hartford, CT

DEATH DATE
Jun 29, 2003 (age 96)

BIRTH SIGN
Taurus

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June 30 Birthdays

Andy Scott
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
June 30, 1949

BIRTHPLACE
Wales

AGE
69 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jonas Jarlsby
GUITARIST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
June 30, 1987

BIRTHPLACE
Sweden

AGE
31 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Yngwie Malmsteen
GUITARIST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
June 30, 1963

BIRTHPLACE
Stockholm, Sweden

AGE
55 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



David Alan Grier
COMEDIAN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
June 30, 1956

BIRTHPLACE
Detroit, MI

AGE
62 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Nancy Dussault
STAGE ACTRESS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
June 30, 1936

BIRTHPLACE
Pensacola, FL

AGE
82 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Susan Hayward
MOVIE ACTRESS


BIRTHDAY
June 30, 1917

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Mar 14, 1975 (age 57)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Peter Outerbridge
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
June 30, 1966

BIRTHPLACE
Toronto, Canada

AGE
53 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Vincent D'Onofrio
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
June 30, 1959

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
59 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Angela Raiola
REALITY STAR

BIRTHDAY
June 30, 1960

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Feb 18, 2016 (age 55)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Phil Anselmo
METAL SINGER
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
June 30, 1968

BIRTHPLACE
New Orleans, LA

AGE
50 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



Lena Horne
WORLD MUSIC SINGER

BIRTHDAY
June 30, 1917

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
May 9, 2010 (age 92)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer



June 30 Deaths



Chet Atkins
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
June 20, 1924

BIRTHPLACE
Luttrel, TN

DEATH DATE
Jun 30, 2001 (age 77)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini

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Gale Gordon
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
February 20, 1906

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jun 30, 1995 (age 89)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces




George McFarland
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
October 2, 1928

BIRTHPLACE
Texas

DEATH DATE
Jun 30, 1993 (age 64)

BIRTH SIGN
Libra




Buddy Hackett
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
August 31, 1924

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Jun 30, 2003 (age 78)

BIRTH SIGN
Virgo

[IceWizard]

Important Events June 30


1520 Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during "La Noche Triste" (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Montezuma II dies in the struggle

1860 Famous debate on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution held at the Oxford University Museum and dominated by arguments between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce

1905 In Russia, the "Potemkin" arrives at Odessa, where sailors take the bodies of dead crewman ashore; sailors join civilians in revolutionary actions of the '1905 Revolution'

1908 A giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet flattens 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, in the largest impact event in recorded history

1934 "Night of Long Knives" - Adolf Hitler stages a bloody purge of the Nazi party

1938 Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1

1992 South African ANC President Nelson Mandela meets with UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at Dakar

[IceWizard]

July 1 Deaths



Marlon Brando
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
Apr 3, 1924

BIRTHPLACE
Omaha, NE

DEATH DATE
Jul 1, 2004 (80)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries




Luther Vandross
R&B SINGER

BIRTHDAY
Apr 20, 1951

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 1, 2005 (54)

BIRTH SIGN
Taurus




Michael Landon
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
Oct 31, 1936

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 1, 1991 (54)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio




Harriet Beecher Stowe
NON-FICTION AUTHOR

BIRTHDAY
Jun 14, 1811

BIRTHPLACE
Litchfield, CT

DEATH DATE
Jul 1, 1896 (85)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini




Walter Matthau
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
Oct 1, 1920

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 1, 2000 (79)

BIRTH SIGN
Libra




Robert Mitchum
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
Aug 6, 1917

BIRTHPLACE
Bridgeport, CT

DEATH DATE
Jul 1, 1997 (79)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo




Karl Malden
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
Mar 22, 1912

BIRTHPLACE
Chicago, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 1, 2009 (97)

BIRTH SIGN
Aries




Charles Goodyear
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
Dec 29, 1800

BIRTHPLACE
New Haven, CT

DEATH DATE
Jul 1, 1860 (59)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn




Allan Pinkerton
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

BIRTHDAY
Aug 25, 1819

BIRTHPLACE
Scotland

DEATH DATE
Jul 1, 1884 (64)

BIRTH SIGN
Virgo




July 1 Birthdays




Dan Aykroyd
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 1, 1952

BIRTHPLACE
Ottawa, Canada

AGE
67 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Andre Braugher
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 1, 1962

BIRTHPLACE
Chicago, IL

AGE
56 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Jamie Farr
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 1, 1934

BIRTHPLACE
Toledo, OH

AGE
84 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

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Jordi Mollà
MOVIE ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 1, 1968

BIRTHPLACE
Spain

AGE
50 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Cat Zingano
MMA FIGHTER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 1, 1982

BIRTHPLACE
Broomfield, CO

AGE
36 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Forrest Griffin
MMA FIGHTER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 1, 1979

BIRTHPLACE
Columbus, OH

AGE
39 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Melissa Peterman
TV ACTRESS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 1, 1971

BIRTHPLACE
Minneapolis, MN

AGE
48 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Olivia de Havilland
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 1, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
Tokyo, Japan

AGE
102 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Liv Tyler
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 1, 1977

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
41 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Pamela Anderson
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 1, 1967

BIRTHPLACE
Ladysmith, Canada

AGE
51 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Debbie Harry
ROCK SINGER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 1, 1945

BIRTHPLACE
Miami, FL

AGE
74 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

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Important Events July 1


1858 The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society

1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted

1867 The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister

1916 First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men (WWI)

1921 The Communist Party of China is founded and Chen Duxiu elected its leader

1941 Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial

1997 United Kingdom returns Hong Kong and the New Territories to the People's Republic of China

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*1941 Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial

[IceWizard]

July 2 Birthdays



Richard Petty
RACE CAR DRIVER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 2, 1937

BIRTHPLACE
Level Cross, NC

AGE
81 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Sam Hornish Jr.
RACE CAR DRIVER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 2, 1979

BIRTHPLACE
Defiance, OH

AGE
39 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer


Ken Curtis
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 2, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
Lamar, CO

DEATH DATE
Apr 28, 1991 (age 74)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Lindsay Lohan
MOVIE ACTRESS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 2, 1986

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
33 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 2 Deaths



Lee Remick
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
December 14, 1935

BIRTHPLACE
Quincy, MA

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1991 (age 55)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Nostradamus
POET

BIRTHDAY
December 14, 1503

BIRTHPLACE
France

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1566 (age 62)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Betty Grable
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
December 18, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
St. Louis, MO

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1973 (age 56)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Fred Gwynne
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1926

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1993 (age 66)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ernest Hemingway
NOVELIST

BIRTHDAY
July 21, 1899

BIRTHPLACE
Oak Park, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1961 (age 61)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




James Stewart
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
May 20, 1908

BIRTHPLACE
Indiana, PA

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1997 (age 89)

BIRTH SIGN
Taurus

What Happened on July 2



626 Incident at Xuanwu Gate: in fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng

1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States"

1823 Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia

1964 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law

1990 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Love this thread ICE!!!...….  

keep up the good work bud.


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Thank you Ice, This is a terrific thread

[IceWizard]

July 3 Birthdays




Montel Williams
TV SHOW HOST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1956

BIRTHPLACE
Baltimore, MD

AGE
63 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Julian Assange
ENTREPRENEUR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1971

BIRTHPLACE
Townsville, Australia

AGE
47 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Johnny Lee
COUNTRY SINGER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
Alta Loma, TX

AGE
73 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Thomas Gibson
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1962

BIRTHPLACE
Charleston, SC

AGE
56 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Tom Cruise
MOVIE ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1962

BIRTHPLACE
Syracuse, NY

AGE
56 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





July 3 Deaths





Don Drysdale
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
July 23, 1936

BIRTHPLACE
Los Angeles, CA

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1993 (age 56)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo





Rudy Vallee
POP SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 28, 1901

BIRTHPLACE
Brighton, VT

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1986 (age 84)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo





Hetty Green
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
November 21, 1834

BIRTHPLACE
New Bedford, MA

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1916 (age 81)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio





Boots Randolph
SAXOPHONIST

BIRTHDAY
June 3, 1927

BIRTHPLACE
Paducah, KY

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 2007 (age 80)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini





Jim Backus
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
February 25, 1913

BIRTHPLACE
Cleveland, OH

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1989 (age 76)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces





Brian Jones
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
February 28, 1942

BIRTHPLACE
Cheltenham, England

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1969 (age 27)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces





Jim Morrison
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
December 8, 1943

BIRTHPLACE
Melbourne, FL

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1971 (age 27)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius

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Andy Griffith
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
June 1, 1926

BIRTHPLACE
Mount Airy, NC

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 2012 (age 86)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini

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1775  George Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts

1778  British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania

1863  Battle of Gettysburg, largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War

1886  1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine

1890  Idaho admitted as 43rd US state

1930  US Veterans Administration created

1938President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.

1942  German troops march into Sebastopol, Crimea

1947  252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC

1958  "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)

1966  Race riots in Omaha Nebraska

1968  41°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July

1977  Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew's 9-race win streak ends in the Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park, finishes 4th

1978  US Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"

1985  CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover

1985  "Back to the Future" directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd is released

1988  US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290

1989  US Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions

1994  The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people killed in crashes.

1997  Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit