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What happened in history on this day: May 10?
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- 238 - Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered.
- 995 - Boudouin bishop of Utrecht.
- 1267 - Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb.
- 1278 - Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining.
- 1291 - Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I.
- 1427 - Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland.
- 1497 - Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World.
- 1503 - Christopher Columbus discovers the Las Tortugas islands.
- 1503 - Columbus discovers Cayman Islands.
- 1525 - Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague.
- 1534 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland.
- 1536 - Birth of Thomas Howard fourth duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall.
- 1553 - Sir Hugh Willoughby, Richard Chancellor, and Cornelius Durfoorth set out from England in three ships to find a north-east passage to Cathay.
- 1559 - Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary.
- 1566 - Leonhard Fuchs German botanist, dies at age 65.
- 1569 - Juan the Avila Spanish minister/writer.
- 1570 - Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant.
- 1624 - Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist.
- 1631 - Imperial forces storm the town of Magdeburg following a resisted siege. A large part (20,000) of the population is killed, and a large fire destroys much of the town. The incident is much publicized, leading to support for anti-Imperial forces.
- 1637 - Susanna van Baerle Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at age 37.
- 1641 - King Charles of England signs death warrant for Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, Lord Deputy in Ireland, on demand of Parliament and threat of mob violence against the palace of Whitehall, for ruling with despotic violence. The King also signs an act preventing dissolution of parliament without its consent.
- 1652 - John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton Virginia.
- 1653 - John Bicker ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at age 61.
- 1655 - Jamaica captured by English.
- 1676 - Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen versus Virginia Government begins.
- 1696 - Jean de La Bruyère French author, dies at age 50.
- 1697 - Birth of Jean Marie I'aine Leclair composer.
- 1724 - Birth of Johan A Zoutman Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral (battle of Doggersbank).
- 1727 - Birth of Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot French minister of Finance (17?? -76).
- 1730 - Birth of George Ross US judge (signed Declaration of Independence).
- 1752 - Benjamin Franklins first tests the lightning rod.
- 1760 - Birth of Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise).
- 1764 - Picander [Christian Henrici] German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies.
- 1769 - Birth of Jean Lannes duc de Montebello, Marshal of France.
- 1770 - Birth of Louis Nicholas Davout French field marshall (defeated Prussians).
- 1774 - Louis XV king of France (1715-74), dies at age 64.
- 1774 - Louis XVI ascends to throne of France.
- 1775 - Second Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for first time.
- 1775 - Second Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander.
- 1775 - Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution.
- 1776 - First issue of $1 notes, authorized by the Continental Congress.
- 1794 - Elisabeth, princess of France, is beheaded at age 30.
- 1796 - French Government arrests ten utopists.
- 1796 - Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge.
- 1796 - Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam.
- 1797 - First US Navy ship, the United States is launched.
- 1798 - Death of George Vancouver at age 40; British explorer (Voyage of Discovery).
- 1804 - William Pitt becomes British chancellor of the exchequer for the third time.
- 1810 - Birth of James Shields; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1879).
- 1811 - England adopts paper money as currency during an economic crisis.
- 1813 - Birth of Montgomery Blair in Franklin County, Kentucky, USA; lawyer (Dred Scot versus Sandford).
- 1818 - Death of Paul Revere in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; American patriot, silversmith, engraver.
- 1823 - First steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling.
- 1823 - Birth of John Sherman in Lancaster, Ohio, USA; canal engineer, lawyer, Representative (Ohio, 1854-61), US Senator (Ohio, 1861-77, 1881-97), Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890, US Treasury Secretary (1877-81), Secretary of State (1897-98) (dies 1900).
- 1824 - Birth of Charles Henry Van Wyck; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1895).
- 1829 - Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies.
- 1830 - Birth of François M Raoult; French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult).
- 1837 - Panic of 1837 begins, as US banks in New York refuse to pay out gold and silver in exchange for deposit notes; beginning of economic depression.
- 1837 - Birth of Pinckney B S Pinchback; Lieutenant Governor (Louisiana).
- 1838 - Birth of James, first Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman.
- 1838 - Birth of John Wilkes Booth; suspected assassin of US President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1843 - Birth of Benito Pérez Galdós in Spain; novelist (Fountain of Gold, Nazáarin).
- 1849 - Riot destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed).
- 1850 - Birth of Thomas Johnstone Lipton in Glasgow, Scotland; yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea).
- 1855 - Birth of Anatol Konstantinovich Liadov in Saint Petersburg, Russia; composer (Enchanted Lake).
- 1857 - Birth of Hendrik Zwaardemaker; Dutch physiologist (olfactometer).
- 1857 - Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerutkazerne, Delhi.
- 1859 - Johan, archduke of Austria (Firechief and Housewife), dies.
- 1861 - US troops march on state militia in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1862 - Norfolk, Virginia is captured by US forces. Merrimack commander Josiah Tatnall has ship set afire to destroy it.
- 1863 - Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA General, dies from wounds received at Chancellorsville.
- 1864 - James Clay Rice, lawyer/USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 34.
- 1864 - Thomas Greeley Stevenson, USA Brigadier-General, dies at about age 27.
- 1865 - Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis is captured by USA Cavalry in Irwinsville, Georgia.
- 1867 - Birth of Jim Kelly; cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905).
- 1869 - The final railroad spike is driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, completing the US Transcontinental Railroad.
- 1870 - Jem Mace defends his heavyweight boxing crown against Irish champion Joe Coburn, it lasts one hour and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch.
- 1871 - Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France and Germany; France cedes Elzas.
- 1873 - Birth of Jan Kalf; literary/art historian (Preservation of museums).
- 1876 - Birth of Ivan Cankar; Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica).
- 1876 - The US Centennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia's Fairmont Park.
- 1877 - In Chile, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake occurs, producing a 24-metre tsunami that causes extensive damage along the Peru-Chile coast. The tsunami is observed at all the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago, and causes fatalities in Hawaii and Japan.
- 1878 - Birth of Gustav Stresemann; German chancellor (1923, Nobel Prize 1926).
- 1879 - Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa, USA.
- 1880 - General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria.
- 1881 - Death of American bank note engraver Joseph Ourdan.
- 1882 - Birth of Thurston Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Roaming Lady, In Society).
- 1885 - Birth of Mae Murray in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA; actress (High Stakes).
- 1885 - Birth of Marie Benavente AKA Maria Wissink; actress (Scapegoat).
- 1886 - Birth of Karl Barth in Basel, Switzerland; theologian/author (Action in Waiting).
- 1886 - Birth of Olaf Stapleton; British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker).
- 1887 - Birth of Jacobus C Bloem; Dutch poet (Sintels).
- 1888 - Birth of Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner in Vienna, Austria; composer (Gone With the Wind).
- 1889 - 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17.5.
- 1893 - 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25.
- 1893 - Imperial Institute in London opens.
- 1894 - Birth of Dimitri Tiomkin in Russia; composer (High and Mighty - Academy Award 1954).
- 1897 - Birth of Dalton Parry Conyngham; cricket player (one Test South Africa versus England 1923).
- 1898 - Birth of Ariel Durant; writer (Story of Civilization).
- 1898 - Birth of Herbert Elwell in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; composer (Happy Hypocrite).
- 1899 - Birth of Fred Astaire in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime).
- 1902 - Birth of David O Selznick in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; producer (Gone With the Wind).
- 1902 - Birth of Joachim Prinz; author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37).
- 1904 - Birth of David Brown; CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda).
- 1905 - 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75.
- 1906 - Russia's Duma (parliament) meets for first time.
- 1908 - First official Mother's Day service is held, at the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, organized by Anna Jarvis.
- 1908 - Birth of Carl Albert; US speaker of the House (Democrat).
- 1908 - Birth of Henry Diamond; Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament.
- 1909 - Birth of Lord Harold Francis Collison; British union leader (agriculture workers).
- 1909 - Birth of Maybelle Carter in Nickelsville, Virginia, USA; country singer (Johnny Cash Show).
- 1910 - First aircraft air display held (Hendon, England).
- 1910 - 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4.
- 1910 - Birth of Jimmy Demaret; winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the US Open.
- 1910 - Birth of Margot Turner; matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service).
- 1910 - Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth in 1910.
- 1910 - William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies.
- 1912 - Birth of Edward Gardner; Queen's Court/Member of Parliament.
- 1913 - 39th Kentucky Derby horse race: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8.
- 1914 - Birth of Charles McGraw in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Michael - Falcon, Smith Family).
- 1915 - Birth of Christian Beyers Naudé; South African anti-apartheid fighter.
- 1915 - Birth of Denis Thatcher; husband of British Prime Minister Margaret (1979-90).
- 1915 - Birth of Monica Dickens; author/founder (US Samaritians).
- 1915 - Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea.
- 1916 - Birth of Milton Babbitt; US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament).
- 1916 - Disastrous fire in Ellendale, North Dakota.
- 1917 - Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks.
- 1918 - Birth of Margo; singer (Golden Irish Favorites).
- 1918 - Birth of T Berry Brazelton; doctor (On Being a Father).
- 1918 - HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor.
- 1919 - 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8.
- 1919 - Birth of Ella Grasso; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Connecticut).
- 1919 - Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; two blacks killed.
- 1920 - Birth of Basil Kelly; Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland).
- 1920 - John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies.
- 1921 - Birth of Nancy Walker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Rhoda, McMillan and Wife).
- 1922 - Birth of David Orr; deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever).
- 1923 - Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, is assassinated.
- 1924 - Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (L'ave), dies at age 58.
- 1924 - J Edgar Hoover appointed head of the FBI.
- 1925 - Birth of Edward Fursdon; British Major-General (defense council).
- 1926 - 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8.
- 1926 - Birth of Duncan Watson; president (World Blind Union).
- 1929 - 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6.
- 1929 - 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane.
- 1929 - Birth of Brian Corby; CEO (Prudential).
- 1929 - Birth of Fats Domino; rocker ("Blueberry Hill").
- 1930 - First US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago).
- 1930 - Birth of June Knox-Mawer; British radio host/novelist (World of Islands).
- 1930 - Birth of Pat Summerall; NFL player (New York Giants)/Sportscaster (CBS).
- 1930 - Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 versus Yorkshire in cricket at Sheffield.
- 1931 - Birth of Lord Michael Mustill of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal.
- 1931 - Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington, New Jersey, USA.
- 1932 - Birth of Francoise Fabian in Hussein Dey, Algeria; actress (Happy New Year).
- 1932 - Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem.
- 1932 - Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France.
- 1933 - Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms.
- 1933 - Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany.
- 1933 - Paraguay declares war on Bolivia.
- 1934 - Cunard Line and White Star Line are amalgamated as the Cunard White Star Line.
- 1934 - Birth of William Lithgow; Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire.
- 1935 - Birth of Henry Fambrough; American singer (The Spinners).
- 1936 - Birth of Anthony Mullens; British Lieutenant-General (Deputy chief of defense).
- 1936 - Birth of Gary Owens in Mitchell, South Dakota, USA; disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show).
- 1936 - Birth of Michael Stone; English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group).
- 1936 - Birth of Trevor Clay; General-Secretary (Royal College of Nursing).
- 1936 - Manuel Azaña elected President of Spain.
- 1936 - Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt.
- 1937 - Birth of Arthur Kopit; American playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis).
- 1937 - Birth of Jim Hickman; baseball player (New York Mets, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs).
- 1937 - Birth of Tamara Press in USSR; shot putter/discus thrower (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1937 - Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wüste), dies.
- 1938 - Demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on banning anti-fascism speech.
- 1938 - Birth of Manuel Santana; tennis player (US Open 1965).
- 1938 - Birth of Maxim Shostakovich in Leningrad, Russia; conductor (Atlanta Symphony).
- 1938 - Birth of Michael Shea; director (Hanson Trust)/Queen's press secretary.
- 1938 - Birth of Peter Davies; Major-General/Director-General (RSPCA).
- 1938 - Percy McAlister, cricket player (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies.
- 1940 - Birth of Arthur Alexander; American singer/songwriter ("Lonely Just Like Me").
- 1940 - Birth of Taurean Blacque; actor (Neal Washington - Hill Street Blues).
- 1940 - Birth of William Cash; British Member of Parliament.
- 1940 - British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) is formed.
- 1940 - Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks.
- 1940 - Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege.
- 1940 - Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at age 56.
- 1940 - French marines are stationed on Aruba.
- 1940 - French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands.
- 1940 - (0400 hours) German parachute and airborne forces begin landing to secure key bridges in Holland at Rotterdam, Dordrecht, and Moerdijk, and in Belgium at Maastricht. Some parachutists are disguised as Netherland soldiers, farm boys, and Roman Catholic nuns.
- 1940 - (0530 hours) 76 German divisions cross a 175-mile front into Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
- 1940 - (just after sun-up) Twenty-one 10-man DFS230 gliders descend over Dutch territory, having been pulled by Junker 52 transport planes from airfields near Cologne, Germany. Ten gliders land near key bridges, nine others landing on the roof of Belgium's Fort Eban Emael. Engineers quickly set explosive charges in gun barrels, casemates, and exit passages, sealing in the 650-man garrison.
- 1940 - The government of the Netherlands declares a state of war with Germany.
- 1940 - (0700-0800 hours) British and French troops enter Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to counter the German attack.
- 1940 - British forces occupy Iceland.
- 1940 - Switzerland orders general mobilization for defence for the following day, and declares a "precautionary state of war" as of midnight.
- 1940 - (early evening) Britain's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns.
- 1940 - (1800 hours) At Buckingham Palace, London, England, King George VI asks Winston Churchill to form a new government.
- 1940 - German forces complete overrunning Luxembourg, and taking Maastrich in the Netherlands, and Malmedy in Belgium.
- 1940 - (midnight) British Prime Minister Winston Churchill completes the forming of his government: Clement Attlee is Lord Privy Seal, Arthur Greenwood is Minister Without-Portfolio, Anthony Eden is Secretary of State for War, Sir Archibald Sinclair is Air Secretary.
- 1941 - 67th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 1:58.8.
- 1941 - (1745 hours) Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy, leaves Augsburg in a specially modified Messerschmitt-110, flies through the weakest section of British coastal radar, over an RAF base twice with no response, misses his landing spot and bails out over a farm south of Glasgow, breaks an ankle, and is captured by a farmer with a pitchfork.
- 1941 - Birth of Danny Rapp in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; rocker (Danny and Juniors).
- 1941 - Birth of Ken Berry; baseball player (Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians).
- 1941 - Birth of Win Bischoff; CEO (Schroders).
- 1941 - England's House of Commons and Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz.
- 1941 - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason.
- 1942 - Birth of Bill Coday; American singer ("You're Gonna Want Me").
- 1942 - Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber and Lewis Fields), dies at age 74.
- 1943 - André Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, is hanged.
- 1943 - Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, is hanged.
- 1943 - Birth of Donovan [Leitch] in Glasgow, Scotland; guitarist/folk singer ("Mellow Yellow").
- 1943 - Birth of James Earl Chaney; US civil rights activist.
- 1943 - Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, is hanged.
- 1944 - Birth of Abdul Kadir; cricket player (Pakistan batsman-keeper in four Tests 1964-65).
- 1944 - Birth of Jackie Lomax in Liverpool, England; rocker ("Is This What You Want").
- 1944 - Birth of Jim Abrahams in Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA; director (Hot Shots, Top Secret).
- 1944 - Birth of Marie-France Pisier in Daclat, Vietnam; actress (Scruples, Midnight).
- 1944 - Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan.
- 1944 - US court case Smith v Allwright: excluding Blacks from primary voting is illegal.
- 1945 - Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese.
- 1945 - A fleet of 334 American B-29 bombers are sent from the Marianas to destroy the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Japan. About 100,000 are killed and 1 million left homeless. Most deadly single air raid in history.
- 1946 - Birth of Graham Gouldman in Manchester, England; bassist (10cc - "No Milk Today").
- 1946 - Birth of Maureen Lipman; actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks).
- 1946 - Boston Red Sox win 15th straight, beating New York Yankees 5-4, Joe DiMaggio hits Grand Slam.
- 1946 - Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy.
- 1947 - 73rd Preakness: Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59.
- 1947 - Birth of Dave Mason in Worcester, England; singer/songwriter ("We Just Disagree").
- 1947 - Birth of Jay Ferguson in Burbank, California, USA; rocker (Spirit - "I Got A Line on You").
- 1948 - First attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom, Israel.
- 1948 - Birth of Christopher Gent; CEO (Vodafone Group).
- 1948 - Birth of Meg Foster in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Sunshine, Cagney and Lacey).
- 1950 - First Netherlands-US telex is sent.
- 1950 - John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies.
- 1951 - Birth of Ron Banks; American rhythm and blues singer (Dramatics - "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get").
- 1951 - Birth of Steve Gunderson; American politician (Representative-Republican-Wisconsin, 1981-).
- 1952 - Birth of Sly Dunbar in Kingston, Jamaica; reggae drummer (Sly and Robbie).
- 1953 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open.
- 1953 - Birth of Lawrence Lau; actor (Jamie Frame - Another World).
- 1953 - Birth of Steve Thomas; rocker (Shooting Star).
- 1954 - Birth of Jeff Apple in Miami, Florida, USA; producer (In the Line of Fire).
- 1954 - George Hirst, cricket player (36,323 first-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies.
- 1955 - Birth of Bruce Hartzler in Washington, DC, USA; canoe (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1955 - Birth of Chris Berman; sportscaster (ESPN).
- 1955 - Birth of Laurence Lau; actor (Jamie Frame - Another World).
- 1955 - Birth of Mark David Chapman; assassin of John Lennon.
- 1956 - French Government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria.
- 1957 - First meeting of legislature of Cameroon.
- 1957 - Birth of Sid Vicious [John Beverly] in London, England; punk rocker (Sex Pistols).
- 1957 - Birth of Phil Mahre in Yakima, Washington, USA; twin alpine slalom skier (Olympics-gold/silver-1980, 1984).
- 1957 - Birth of Steve Mahre in Yakima, Washington, USA; twin alpine slalom skier (Olympics-silver-1980, 1984).
- 1958 - Birth of Ellen Ochoa in Los Angeles, California, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 56, 66).
- 1958 - Birth of Rick Santorum; American politician (Representative-Republican-Pennsylvania).
- 1959 - Birth of Dan Schayes; NBA center/forward (Miami Heat, Orlando Magic).
- 1959 - NBC airs the last Omnibus TV show.
- 1959 - New York Giants' Jim Hearn allows two runs against Pittsburgh Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released and charged with loss two months after his retirement.
- 1959 - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Howard Johnson Golf Invitational.
- 1959 - Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan.
- 1960 - Birth of Bono Vox [Paul Hauson] in Dublin, Ireland; rocker (U2 - "Joshua Tree").
- 1960 - Birth of Merlene Ottey; Jamaican/Italian running star (Olympics).
- 1960 - Birth of Tauseef Ahmed; cricket player (leading Pakistan off-spinner of 1980s).
- 1960 - Birth of Victoria Rowell in Portland, Maine, USA; actress (Dr Amanda Bentley - Diagnosis Murder, Drucilla - The Young and the Restless).
- 1960 - US atomic submarine USS Triton completes first circumnavigation of globe under water.
- 1961 - Birth of Blyth Tait in England; New Zealand equestrian three day event (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1961 - Birth of Randy Cunneyworth in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators).
- 1961 - Birth of Teri Copley in Arcadia, California, USA; actress (Mickey - We've Got it Made).
- 1962 - Birth of Garry Daley; keyboard (China Crisis-Christian).
- 1962 - Birth of Robby Thompson in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA; infielder (San Francisco Giants).
- 1963 - Birth of Lisa M Nowak in Washington, DC; Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut.
- 1963 - Decca signs the Rolling Stones on advice of The Beatles' George Harrison.
- 1964 - Birth of Dean Spriddle in Plymouth, England; Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Oak Valley).
- 1964 - Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at age 35.
- 1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational.
- 1965 - Birth of Jim Schreiner in Kailua, Hawaii, USA; kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1965 - Birth of Linda Evangelista in Saint Catherines, Ontario, Canada; model (Elite).
- 1965 - Birth of Rony Seikaly; NBA center (Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors).
- 1965 - Birth of Todd Kalis; NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1965 - Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonization (1942-45), dies at age 70.
- 1966 - Birth of Jonathan Edwards in Britain; triple jumper (Olympics-gold/silver-1992, 1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Mikael Andersson in Malmo, Sweden; NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1967 - Hank Aaron makes his only inside the park homerun (vs Jim Bunning).
- 1967 - Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia.
- 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1968 - Birth of Julie Smith in Glendora, California, USA; softball infielder (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1968 - Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Australia versus England 1936-37), dies.
- 1968 - Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris, France, between the US and North Vietnam.
- 1969 - Apollo 10 transmits first color pictures of Earth from space.
- 1969 - Birth of Curtis Whitley; NFL center (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders).
- 1969 - Birth of Dennis Bergkamp in Amsterdam, Netherlands; soccer player (Ajax).
- 1969 - Birth of Judson Mills in Purcellville, Virginia, USA; actor (Hutch - As the World Turns).
- 1969 - Birth of Martin Driever; WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire).
- 1969 - Birth of Pete Schourek in Austin, Texas, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1969 - US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill, Vietnam.
- 1970 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
- 1970 - Birth of Andre Stolz in Brisbane, Queensland; Australasia golfer.
- 1970 - Atlanta Braves' Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Saint Louis Cardinals 6-5.
- 1970 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Saint Louis Blues in four games.
- 1971 - Birth of Andrei Kravtsov in Queensland, Australia; gymnast (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Eric Stock; soccer player (NEC).
- 1971 - Birth of Ronnie Dixon; NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets).
- 1972 - Birth of Akili Johnson; NFL defensive back (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1972 - Birth of Emma Ridley in Hanpstead, England; actress (Return to Oz).
- 1972 - Birth of Farrell Duclair; Canadian Football League fullback (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1972 - Birth of Stuart Carlisle; cricket player (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995-).
- 1972 - Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77.
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - 27th NBA Championship: New York Knicks beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1.
- 1973 - 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Mets beat New York Yankees 8-4.
- 1973 - Birth of Jerome Williams; NBA forward (Detroit Pistons).
- 1973 - Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania.
- 1973 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2.
- 1974 - 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1.
- 1974 - Birth of Grant Williams; NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1974 - Birth of Janet Reasons in Port Orchard, Washington, USA; Miss America-Washington (1997).
- 1974 - In China, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs. 20,000 dead.
- 1975 - Birth of Adam Deadmarsh in Trail, British Columbia, Canada; NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Olympics-1998).
- 1977 - Birth of Amanda Borden in Cincinnati, Ohio; gymnast (World-silver-1994, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1977 - Joan Crawford, actress (Mildred Pierce), dies at age 69.
- 1978 - Liverpool wins 23rd Europe Cup I.
- 1978 - Birth of Kenan Thompson; American actor (Saturday Night Live).
- 1979 - The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing.
- 1979 - John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, satirist (Beachcomber), dies.
- 1979 - John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros.
- 1979 - Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros and the Lonely Man), dies at age 67.
- 1979 - Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hours, 28 minutes, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- 1981 - François Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang in election for President of France.
- 1981 - Montréal Expos' Charlie Lee no-hits San Francisco Giants, 4-0.
- 1981 - In Italy a popular referendum rejects the abrogation of the law allowing abortion.
- 1981 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament.
- 1982 - Birth of Adebayo Akinfenwa; English football player.
- 1982 - Death of Peter Weiss, German dramatist and novelist, at age 65 in Stockholm, Sweden (born in Berlin in 1916).
- 1982 - Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies.
- 1983 - John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at age 92.
- 1983 - Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul, Korea.
- 1983 - ABC airs the last episode of Laverne and Shirley.
- 1984 - Robert Moore, actor (Marshall - Diana), dies at age 56.
- 1984 - International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua.
- 1985 - In New Britain Region, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs. Felt at Rabaul and strongly in many parts of Papua New Guinea.
- 1985 - Death of Chester Gould, American cartoonist (Dick Tracy), at age 84 (born 1900).
- 1986 - "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco hits #1 on United Kingdom pop chart.
- 1987 - Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic.
- 1988 - Edgar Degas' Danseresje of 14 painting sells for US$10,120,000.
- 1988 - Death of Ciaran Bourke, member of The Dubliners, of a brain hemorrhage.
- 1989 - FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II.
- 1989 - General Manuel Noriega's Panama government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin.
- 1990 - French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph.
- 1990 - Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at age 61.
- 1990 - Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at age 73.
- 1992 - Bible Land Museum opens in Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1992 - Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic.
- 1992 - John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at age 81.
- 1992 - Liesbeth Saijers, sculptor, dies.
- 1992 - Death of Sylvia Sims of a heart attack at age 74; singer ("Flower Drum Song").
- 1992 - Sweden wins the Ice Hockey World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- 1993 - World's worst factory fire at the Kader Toy Factory in Bangkok, Thailand, kills 188, injures 469.
- 1993 - Paul Cézanne's still life painting sells for US$28.6 million in New York City.
- 1993 - Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol.
- 1994 - Illinois executes serial killer John Wayne Gacy (age 52) by lethal injection for the murder of 33 young men and boys.
- 1994 - Lucebert [J Swaanswijk], poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967), dies at age 69.
- 1994 - Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's president.
- 1994 - Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at age 81.
- 1994 - An annular eclipse of the sun is visible across much of North America.
- 1994 - Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian Government with five neo-fascists.
- 1995 - 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins.
- 1995 - Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein.
- 1995 - In South Africa, 104 miners are killed in an elevator accident.
- 1996 - Warner Bros. releases the film Twister to theaters.
- 1996 - Two US Marine helicopters collide during joint US and British war games.
- 1996 - A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving eight dead.
- 1997 - Chicago Cubs turn baseball's 68th triple play (vs San Francisco Giants).
- 1997 - Joanie Weston, roller derby queen (Bay Bombers), dies at age 61.
- 1997 - In Northern Iran, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs. At least 1,570 people killed, 2,300 injured, 50,000 homeless, 16,000 houses destroyed or damaged.
- 1999 - Death of Shel Silverstein of a heart attack at age 68 at home in Key West, Florida, USA; children's author and illustrator (The Giving Tree (1964), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974), A Light in the Attic (1981), Falling Up (1996)).
- 2000 - Death of Craig Stevens AKA Gail Shikles Junior at age 81 of cancer; actor (Peter Gunn, Dallas (1978), Man of the World (1962)).
- 2001 - A soccer game stampede in Ghana kills over 120.
- 2002 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for selling American secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
- 2004 - Philippine general election: Incumbent president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is elected for six-year term.
- 2005 - A hand grenade ostensibly thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 100 feet (30 m) from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate.
- 2005 - Joschka Fischer is awarded the Leo Baeck Prize given by the Central Council of Jews in Germany for his efforts toward seeking understanding and reduction of tensions in the Middle East.
- 2006 - Death of Val Guest, British film director (born 1911).
- 2007 - Tony Blair announces he will resign as British Prime Minister on June 27, triggering a Labour Party leadership election.
- 2007 - A fireball falls across the centre of Spain, with sightings in Cuenca, Toledo, Ciudad Real and Valladolid.
- 2009 - In Bern, Switzerland, Russia defeats Canada to win gold in the championship game of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
- 2009 - In Catalunya, Spain, round 5 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Jenson Button.
- 2010 - European leaders approve a US$1 trillion emergency rescue package for European economies. American stock market indexes rose about 4 percent for the day.
- 2010 - More than 100 people are killed and 350 wounded in a series of shootings and suicide bombings in Iraq.
- 2012 - Death of Carroll Shelby, American automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur (born 1923).
- 2013 - Guatemala's former ruler General José Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-83) is sentenced to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity.
- 2019 - The United States' 25 percent tariff hike on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports takes effect.
- 2020 - Birth of Prince Charles of Luxembourg.
- 2020 - The Iranian Navy frigate Jamaran accidentally strikes the Iranian support vessel Konarak with a missile, killing nineteen sailors.
- 2022 - Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is locked down due to an outbreak of Covid-19.
- 2022 - Death of Saotome Katsumoto at age 90; chronicler of the Great Tokyo Air Raid.
- 2022 - Death of Bob Lanier at age 73; basketball player (NBA Hall of Fame).
- 2022 - Death of Leonid Kravchuk at age 88; first President of Ukraine (1991-1994).
- 2023 - Death of Jacklyn Zeman at age 70 of cancer in Thousand Oaks, California, USA; actor (Bobbie Spencer - General Hospital TV show).
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