1180s

• DIED 1189: HENRY II OF ENGLAND

1240s

• DIED 1249: ALEXANDER II OF SCOTLAND

1530s

• DIED 1535: SIR THOMAS MORE (AUTHOR, MARTYR)

1550s

• DIED 1553: EDWARD VI, KING OF ENGLAND

1690s

• 1699: NOTORIOUS PIRATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD (“CAPTAIN KIDD”) SEIZED IN BOSTON

1750s

• BORN 1755: JOHN FLAXMAN (SCULPTOR)

1770s

• 1776: PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST FIRST NEWSPAPER TO PUBLISH DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

1850s

• BORN 1859: VERNER VON HEIDENSTAM (POET)

1880s

• 1885: FRENCH SCIENTIST LOUIS PASTEUR SUCCESSFULLY TESTED A VACCINE AGAINST RABIES ON A BOY BITTEN BY AN INFECTED DOG

1910s

• BORN 1915: LAVERNE ANDREWS (SINGER)
• 1919: FIRST EAST-TO-WEST ATLANTIC CROSSING BY A DIRIGIBLE (R34) COMPLETED, SCOTLAND TO N.Y.

1920s

• BORN 1921: NANCY DAVIS REAGAN (U.S. FIRST LADY)
• BORN 1925: MERV GRIFFIN (ENTERTAINER)
• BORN 1925: BILL HALEY (MUSICIAN)

1930s

• BORN 1931: DELLA REESE (SINGER AND ACTRESS)
• 1933: FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE ALL-STAR BASEBALL GAME WAS PLAYED AT CHICAGO’S COMISKEY PARK
• BORN 1937: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY (PIANIST)

1940s

• 1944: THE MAIN TENT OF THE RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS WENT UP IN FLAMES DURING A PERFORMANCE IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT; OVER 165 PEOPLE DIED AND MANY MORE WERE INJURED
• BORN 1946: GEORGE W. BUSH (43RD U.S. PRESIDENT)
• 1947: CANDID MICROPHONE MADE ITS RADIO DEBUT

1950s

• BORN 1951: GEOFFREY RUSH (ACTOR)
• BORN 1954: SYLVESTER STALLONE (ACTOR)
• 1957: ALTHEA GIBSON WON THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIP BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ATHLETE TO DO SO
• BORN 1957: RONALD DUGUAY (HOCKEY PLAYER)
• BORN 1958: JENNIFER SAUNDERS (ACTRESS)

1960s

• 1962: A NUCLEAR TEST AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE CAUSED THE LARGEST MANMADE CRATER IN THE UNITED STATES (SEDAN CRATER).
• 1964: THE FIRST BEATLES FILM, A HARD DAY’S NIGHT, PREMIERED

1970s

• DIED 1971: LOUIS ARMSTRONG (MUSICIAN)
• BORN 1976: 50 CENT (RAPPER)

1990s

• DIED 1998: ROY ROGERS, “KING OF THE COWBOYS”

2000s

• DIED 2002: JOHN FRANKENHEIMER (DIRECTOR)
• DIED 2002: WILLIAM RUGER (FOUNDER OF STURM, RUGER)
• 2002: FIRES IN QUEBEC BROUGHT SMOKE TO NORTHEASTERN U.S.
• DIED 2003: BUDDY EBSEN (ACTOR)
• 2004: QUEEN ELIZABETH II DEDICATED AND FORMALLY OPENED A $6.5 MILLION OVAL GRANITE WATER FOUNTAIN IN HONOR OF PRINCESS DIANA IN HYDE PARK
• DIED 2004: AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT THOMAS KLESTIL DIED AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK ONLY TWO DAYS BEFORE HE WAS DUE TO LEAVE OFFICE
• DIED 2006: KASEY ROGERS (ACTRESS)

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