Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Fri Jun 18 2021 12:30 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
06/18/1581 Thomas Overbury, poet (baptised)
06/18/1667 Louise Henri�tte, daughter of Frederik Hendrik
06/18/1681 Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer
06/18/1716 Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter
06/18/1723 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer
06/18/1740 Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor
06/18/1744 Augustin Holler, composer
06/18/1757 Ignace Joseph Pleyel, composer
06/18/1758 Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch jurist/patriot
06/18/1780 Michael Henkel, composer
06/18/1799 Prosper M�ni�re, French ear doctor (M�ni�re Syndrome)
06/18/1799 William Lassell, discoverer (satellites of Uranus & Neptune)
06/18/1809 Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1879
06/18/1812 Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)
06/18/1818 Charles Francois Gounod, composer
06/18/1820 Martin Andreas Udbye, composer
06/18/1822 Henry David Leslie, composer
06/18/1824 Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht
06/18/1839 William Henry Seward Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 19
06/18/1850 Richard Heuberger, composer
06/18/1854 Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist
06/18/1857 Henry Clay Folger Jr, US, businessman/Shakespeare fan
06/18/1858 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist
06/18/1860 Hugo Loudon, President of Koninkl�ke Oil Commission
06/18/1861 Jos� FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)
06/18/1868 Mikl�s Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian kingdom regent (1920-44)
06/18/1877 James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator 'I want you' recruiting poster
06/18/1881 Eduard C 'Edo' Fimmen, worker's union leader
06/18/1882 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]
06/18/1884 Edouard Daladier, premier France (1933..40)
06/18/1886 George Mallory, England, mountain climber ('because it is there')
06/18/1889 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter
06/18/1891 Hans Ruin, Swedish/Finnish literature historian
06/18/1892 Edward Steuermann, composer
06/18/1896 Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscienc
06/18/1896 Philip Barry, US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story)
06/18/1901 Jeanette MacDonald, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You)
06/18/1901 Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher)
06/18/1901 Llewellyn Rees, British theater actor (Invisible Creature)
06/18/1903 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Le diable ouch corps)
06/18/1904 Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident
06/18/1904 Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)
06/18/1905 Eduard Tubin, composer
06/18/1906 Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
06/18/1907 Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show)
06/18/1907 Froelich Rainey, Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World)
06/18/1908 Bud Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth)
06/18/1908 Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage)
06/18/1910 Avon Long, Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)
06/18/1910 Dick Foran, Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)
06/18/1910 Ray McKinley, Ft Worth Tx, orch leader (Glenn Miller Time)
06/18/1912 Henry Brandon, Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu)
06/18/1913 Sammy Cahn, lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)
06/18/1913 Sylvia Porter, financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)
06/18/1915 Victor Legley, composer
06/18/1916 John Young, actor/TV panalist (Masquerade Party)
06/18/1917 Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer
06/18/1917 Richard Boone, LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel)
06/18/1918 Bob Carroll, singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger)
06/18/1919 Mel Brandt, Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill)
06/18/1919 Ted Leadbitter, British MP (Lab)
06/18/1920 Aster Berkhof, [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ)
06/18/1920 Ian Carmichael, English actor (Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack)
06/18/1922 Donald L Keene, NYC, Japanese translator/critic
06/18/1923 Herman Krebbers, violist/concert master
06/18/1924 Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl
06/18/1925 Robert Arthur, Aberdeen Wash, actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You)
06/18/1926 Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador (Uruguay)
06/18/1926 Tom Wicker, columnist (NY Times)
06/18/1927 Dennis Landau, CEO (Cooperative Wholesale Society)
06/18/1927 Paul Eddington, actor (Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride)
06/18/1927 Simeon Pironkov, composer
06/18/1928 Michael Blakemore, British theater director
06/18/1929 Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)
06/18/1929 James Bishop, editor (London News Publications)
06/18/1929 J�rgen Habermans, German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule)
06/18/1930 Peter Phillips, CEO (AB Electronics)
06/18/1931 Della Smith, cookbook writer/British broadcaster
06/18/1931 Peter Batty, TV/movie producer
06/18/1933 Jean Wicki, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
06/18/1933 Tommy Hunt, US singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
06/18/1934 Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander of Europe
06/18/1934 Carl de Winter, sect-gen (Federation of British Artists)
06/18/1936 R Ronald Venetian, [Vene], president Suriname (1991- )
06/18/1937 Gail Godwin, US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)
06/18/1937 John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV, (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )
06/18/1937 Vitaly M Zhobolov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)
06/18/1938 Joop M Worrell, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
06/18/1939 Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
06/18/1939 Lynn Whiting, horse trainer
06/18/1940 Bob Duncan, governor of Gartree Prison in UK
06/18/1942 Hans Vonk, conductor
06/18/1942 Paul McCartney, Liverpool, rocker, (Beatles), writes silly love song
06/18/1942 Rogert Ebert, Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies)
06/18/1942 Thabo M Mbeki, South African economist/1st vice-president (1994- )
06/18/1944 Paul Lansky, composer
06/18/1947 Douglas Young, composer
06/18/1947 Linda Thorson, Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live
06/18/1949 Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer
06/18/1950 Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
06/18/1951 Henny Huisman, TV host
06/18/1952 Barry Champagne, Louisiana, stunt coorindator (Licence to Kill)
06/18/1952 Carol Kane, Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi)
06/18/1952 Isabella Rossellini, actress (Blue Velvet, Tough Guys Don't Dance)
06/18/1953 Jerome Smith, US guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes)
06/18/1957 Andrea Evans, actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)
06/18/1958 Daniels Koran, saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
06/18/1961 Alison Moyet, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf)
06/18/1962 Jan[ice] Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979)
06/18/1963 Bruce Smith, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
06/18/1963 Darren 'Dizzy' Reed, US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine)
06/18/1963 Omar Londono, jockey
06/18/1969 Fernando Valenzula, jockey
06/18/197- Michael Sutton, actor (Stone-General Hospital)
06/18/1971 Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
06/18/1974 Bumper Robinson, actor (Webster, Night Court)
Deaths:
06/18/ 741 Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
06/18/1291 Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
06/18/1464 Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, dies at 65
06/18/1580 Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
06/18/1588 Anna, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24
06/18/1629 Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51
06/18/1669 Abraham Cr�nssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
06/18/1686 Johann Quirsfeld, composer, dies at 43
06/18/1726 Michel-Richard de Lalande, composer, dies at 68
06/18/1772 Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72
06/18/1799 Johann Andre, composer, dies at 58
06/18/1817 Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies
06/18/1821 Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52
06/18/1824 Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55
06/18/1850 Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99
06/18/1853 Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies
06/18/1859 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65
06/18/1866 Jacobus T Abels, painter, dies at 62
06/18/1876 August Rockel, composer, dies at 61
06/18/1880 John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77
06/18/1884 Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Arg writer (Crime of Guerra), dies at 7
06/18/1886 Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Neth bishop of Roermond, dies at 90
06/18/1902 Samuel Butler, British writer (Eerewhon), dies
06/18/1909 Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42
06/18/1911 Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76
06/18/1916 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67
06/18/1921 Eduardo Acevedo D�az, Uruguay writer (Nativa, Lanza y sable), dies
06/18/1921 Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 3
06/18/1922 John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71
06/18/1928 Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies
06/18/1934 Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65
06/18/1935 August Reusner, composer, dies at 64
06/18/1936 Maksim Gorki, [Alexei M Peshkov], Russian writer (Mother), dies
06/18/1937 Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies
06/18/1939 French LM 'Sas' van Aerschot, Flemish actor, dies at 73
06/18/1942 Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71
06/18/1942 John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich
06/18/1942 Josef Gabc�k, Czech resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich
06/18/1945 Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
06/18/1945 Simon B Buckner, US lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies
06/18/1952 Efim D Bogoljubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63
06/18/1955 Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61
06/18/1955 Willy Burkhard, composer, dies at 55
06/18/1959 Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79
06/18/1962 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
06/18/1964 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
06/18/1965 George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56
06/18/1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 6
06/18/1973 Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71
06/18/1973 Willem Vogt, radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
06/18/1974 Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
06/18/1975 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh
06/18/1975 shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
06/18/1976 Victor Lord, character on One Life to Live, dies
06/18/1982 Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
06/18/1982 John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining
06/18/1982 Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself
06/18/1991 Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69
06/18/1992 Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
Significant Events:
06/18/ 860 Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
06/18/1155 Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor
06/18/1316 Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark & Luikse towns
06/18/1538 Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V & King French I
06/18/1580 States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship
06/18/1629 Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape
06/18/1778 British Redcoats evacuate Phila
06/18/1779 French fleet occupies St Vincent
06/18/1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
06/18/1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Bl�cher
06/18/1821 Opera 'Der Freisch�tz' is produced (Berlin)
06/18/1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
06/18/1822 Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey & Peter Poyas arrested in SC
06/18/1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa
06/18/1839 Dutch prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia
06/18/1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
06/18/1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
06/18/1872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
06/18/1873 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
06/18/1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe
06/18/1892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
06/18/1898 Amusement pier opens, Atlantic City, NJ
06/18/1898 Fred Herd wins US Open golf tournament
06/18/1900 Empress Douairi�re orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
06/18/1900 Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
06/18/1903 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives NY 3-mo later
06/18/1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
06/18/1910 Alex Smith wins US Open golf tournament
06/18/1915 Jerome Travers becomes 2nd amateur to win golf's US Open
06/18/1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3
06/18/1924 Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque
06/18/1926 Theodor Lessing laid-off 'because he is a Jew' in Hanover
06/18/1927 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24,6
06/18/1934 US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
06/18/1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI
06/18/1936 Polish parliament gives pres Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power
06/18/1940 Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers
06/18/1940 German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs & chickens
06/18/1941 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn
06/18/1941 Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany
06/18/1942 Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy
06/18/1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m
06/18/1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason
06/18/1947 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
06/18/1948 American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights
06/18/1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time
06/18/1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
06/18/1948 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights
06/18/1950 Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
06/18/1951 De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
06/18/1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
06/18/1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
06/18/1954 Pierre Mend�s-France forms French government
06/18/1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
06/18/1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada
06/18/1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to US
06/18/1960 Arnold Palmer wins US Open golf tournament
06/18/1960 Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
06/18/1961 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
06/18/1961 KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
06/18/1963 3,000 blacks boycot Boston public school
06/18/1964 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
06/18/1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
06/18/1967 Jack Nicklaus wins US Open golf tournament
06/18/1967 Monterey Pop Festival
06/18/1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
06/18/1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
06/18/1972 Jack Nicklaus wins US Open golf tournament
06/18/1972 West Germany wins soccer world championship
06/18/1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
06/18/1974 Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg govt
06/18/1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
06/18/1975 NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio
06/18/1976 A Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for �340,000
06/18/1976 NBA & ABA agree to merge
06/18/1977 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
06/18/1977 Space Shuttle test model 'Enterprise' carries a crew aloft
06/18/1978 Andy North wins US Open golf tournament
06/18/1978 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
06/18/1979 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
06/18/1979 Pres Carter & Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty
06/18/1980 'Blues Brothers' with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premieres
06/18/1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2891 McGetchin
06/18/1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
06/18/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2569 Madeline
06/18/1980 John Belushi's 'Blues Brothers' premieres
06/18/1980 Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
06/18/1981 Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court
06/18/1982 ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations
06/18/1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
06/18/1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman
06/18/1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
06/18/1984 Fuzzy Zoeller wins US Open golf tournament
06/18/1984 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541
06/18/1985 Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs
06/18/1986 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
06/18/1986 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
06/18/1986 plane/ helicopter crash above Grand Canyon, kills 25
06/18/1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
06/18/1989 Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
06/18/1989 Curtis Strange wins his 2nd US golf open
06/18/1990 1st ever lose for Cameroon in World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
06/18/1990 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
06/18/1991 Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in US
06/18/1991 Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
06/18/1991 SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
06/18/1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
06/18/1992 Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr
06/18/1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft
06/18/1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft
06/18/1993 Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games
06/18/1993 Toru Takemitsu's 'Archipelago' premieres in Aldeburgh England
06/18/1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
06/18/1994 US ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer world cup
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