Today in History for 16th June 2022

[ad_1]

Historical Occasions

1779 – US Basic Anthony Wayne captures Stony Issue, New York, inflicting significant losses on the British 1956 – 88th Belmont: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:29.8 1956 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oak Hill CC: Cary Middlecoff wins his next Open title, 1 stroke in advance of runners-up Julius Boros and Ben Hogan 1960 – President Eisenhower cancels journey to Japan 1967 – The first Montreux Jazz Festival is held in Switzerland, established by Claude Nobs 1978 – Film “Grease” opens, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, based mostly on the 1971 musical

A lot more Historical Occasions »

Renowned Birthdays

1738 – Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816) 1917 – Katharine Graham, American newspaper publisher (Washington Publish), born in NYC, New York 1950 – Jesse Dizon, American actor (Ramon-Procedure Petticoat), born in Oceanside, California 1951 – Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer (4-fat earth winner), born in El Chorrillo, Panama 1962 – Wally Joyner, American baseball player 1970 – Cobi Jones, American soccer participant and commentator ( Los Angeles Galaxy.), born in Detroit, Michigan

Extra Renowned Birthdays »

Well-known Deaths

1626 – Christian the Young, German Protestant army leader throughout the Thirty Years’ War, dies at 26 1969 – Karl Schiske, Austrian composer, dies at 53 1970 – Elsa Triolet [Ella Kagan], Russian-French writer and Resistance fighter, dies at 73 1970 – Heino Eller, Estonian composer, dies at 83 2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer, World War II veteran and Nazi concentration camp survivor (b. 1921) 2017 – Stephen Furst, American actor (Animal Residence, St. In other places) dies from diabetic issues issues at 63

Much more Well-known Fatalities »

[ad_2]

Please follow and like us:
Content Protection by DMCA.com