Mallory Disappears from Everest
100 years ago George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit
Mountain Climber George Mallory
- 80 years ago Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
- 80 years ago British forces attack Bréville in France during the Normandy invasion while other British forces attempt to encircle Caen
- 80 years ago Canadian 50th Division occupies Bayeux during the Normandy invasion
- 70 years ago 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)
- 60 years ago Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam, with a substitute for Ringo
- 50 years ago MLB San Diego Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1
- 45 years ago 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature
- 45 years ago Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
- 45 years ago Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns
Music History
45 years ago Rock 'n' Roll singer-songwriter and guitar legend Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
Rock Guitarist and Singer-Songwriter Chuck Berry
- 35 years ago 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2
- 35 years ago 23-year-old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
- 35 years ago Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons
- 35 years ago For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
- 35 years ago Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173
Sports History
35 years ago Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
Ice Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky
Baseball Record
30 years ago A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base
MLB Outfielder Rickey Henderson
Live Like You Were Dying
20 years ago "Live Like You Were Dying" single released by Tim McGraw (Grammy Award Best Country Song, 2004; Billboard Song of the Year, 2004)
Country Musician and Actor Tim McGraw
- 20 years ago Stanley Cup Final, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Calgary Flames, 2-1 for 4-3 series win; Tampa Bay's 1st-ever appearance in final
- 15 years ago 63rd Tony Awards: "Billy Elliot the Musical" (musical) and "God of Carnage" (play) win
- 5 years ago More than four million Venezuelans have left their country since 2015 due to its economic crisis according to the UN
- 4 years ago Black Lives Matter Protests continue worldwide in large numbers, In Bristol England statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston pulled down
- 4 years ago COVID-19 global death toll passes 400,000 with confirmed cases at 6,973,195 according to Johns Hopkins figures
- 4 years ago US National Guard pulled out of Washington D.C. and curfew ends in New York as anti-racism protests stay largely peaceful
- 3 years ago Auckland named world's most livable city (due to success with COVID) and Damascus named the worst by The Economist Intelligence Unit
- 3 years ago Multicellular organisms (bdelloid rotifer) frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia to return to life after Russian scientists have them thawed [1]
- 3 years ago Two passenger trains collide in Pakistan, killing at least 40 people in Sindh province
- 3 years ago UN International Labor Director says global impact of the pandemic four times worse than 2008 Economic Crisis, pushed 100 million workers into poverty [1]
Event of Interest
3 years ago US Vice President Kamala Harris visiting Guatemala on her first foreign trip announces task forces on corruption and human trafficking
49th US Vice President and Senator Kamala Harris
- 2 years ago New study reveals Shark Bay sea grass, off Western Australia, may be world's largest plant, covering 77 square miles of sea floor, having cloned itself for 4,500 years [1]
- 2 years ago “For many countries, recession will be hard to avoid.” says World Bank President David Malpass, with prediction world growth in 2022 will slow to 2.9% (down from 5.7%) [1]
- Last year Britain's Boxford Timber identified as UK's oldest decoratively carved wood at 6,000 years old by radio carbon dating after being found in West Berkshire during house renovations [1]
2023 Canadian Wildfires
Last year New York's air quality sinks to the lowest in the world (air quality index 218) as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the American north east [1]
Map of the massive scale of the air pollution caused by wildfire smoke in over May-June 2023. Source: ESA
Today's Historical Events
Alan Turing (1912-1954)
70 years ago British mathematician and computer scientist pioneer (Turing Machine), commits suicide at 41 (b. 1912)
- 60 years ago Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for South Africa), dies at 87
- 50 years ago Émilie Charmy, French avant-garde artist, dies at 96
- 45 years ago Forrest [Asa Earl] Carter, American author and segregationist speech writer, dies at 53
- 40 years ago George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
- 35 years ago Chico Landi, Brazilian auto racer (6 x F1 GP; first Brazilian to driver in a F1 GP, and to score points; Mil Milhas Brasil 1960), dies at 81
- 35 years ago Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
- 35 years ago Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
- 30 years ago Dennis Potter, British TV dramatist (The Singing Detective, Karaoke, Midnight Movie), dies of cancer at 59
- 30 years ago Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered
- 30 years ago Stuart Havelock Hollingdale, anthropologist, dies at 42
- 30 years ago Vincent Nsengijumva, Rwandan archbishop of Kigali, murdered
- 25 years ago Paco Stanley, Mexican TV entertainer, dies at 56
- 20 years ago William Cramond, Scottish psychiatrist and vice-chancellor (Stirling University), dies at 83
- 15 years ago Hugh Hopper, British progressive rock and jazz bassist (Soft Machine; Stomu Yamashta's East Wind; Carla Bley), dies of leukemia at 64
- 15 years ago Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter ("Peaceful"), dies of lung cancer at 69
- 15 years ago Pio Sagapolutele, American NFL defensive tackle (New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns), dies of a aneurysm at 39
- 10 years ago Norman Willis, English union leader (General Secretary of the UK's Trades Union Congress), dies at 81
- 4 years ago Frank Bey [Bass], American blues singer-songwriter ("All My Dues Are Paid"), dies at 74
- 4 years ago Ken Riley, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (First-Team All-Pro 1983; Cincinnati Bengals) and coach (Florida A&M 1994-2003), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 4 years ago Michael Beavis, British RAF officer, deputy Commanding-in-Chief (Allied Forces Central Europe), dies at 90
- 3 years ago Jim Fassel, American football coach (University of Utah 1985–89; New York Giants 1997-2003), dies from a heart attack at 71
- 3 years ago John McDonnell, American track, cross country coach (University of Arkansas 1972–2008; 40 x NCAA C'ships; 8 x NCAA Triple Crown; 30 x NCAA coach of the year), dies at 82
- 3 years ago Tim Pickup, Australian rugby league five eighth (11 Tests; North Sydney, Canterbury), RL executive (Adelaide Rams) and boxing manager (Jeff Harding), dies from dementia at 72
- 3 years ago Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean soccer midfielder (124 caps; 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team; Ulsan Hyundai), dies from pancreatic cancer at 49
- Last year The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri), Iranian pro wrestler (WWF Heavyweight C'hip 1983-84; WWF Tag Team C'ship 1985 [Nikolai Volkoff], dies at 81
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