Month: June 2012

Updated June 27, 2012, 2:28 pm

On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.
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On June 28, 1902, Richard Rodgers, the American composer who was a major force in 20th century musical comedy, was born. Following his death on Dec. 30, 1979, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1836	James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, died in Montpelier, Va., at age 85.
1838	Britain’s Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1894	Labor Day was established as a holiday for federal employees.
1902	Broadway composer Richard Rodgers was born in New York City.
1919	The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.
1919	Harry S. Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence, Mo.
1950	North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea.
1967	Israel declared Jerusalem reunified under its sovereignty following its capture of the Arab sector in the Six-Day War.
1967	Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was named a cardinal.
1997	Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas.
2000	The Supreme Court ruled the Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders.
2001	Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was handed over by Serbia to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
2004	The U.S.-led coalition transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule.
2004	The Supreme Court ruled that enemy combatants can challenge their detention in U.S. courts.
2007	The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.
2010	Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., the longest-serving senator in the nation’s history, died in Fairfax, Va., at 92.
2010	The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.

Current Birthdays

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta turns 74 years old today.

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Country singer Kellie Pickler (“American Idol”) turns 26 years old today.

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1926	Mel Brooks, Writer, director, turns 86
1934	Carl Levin, U.S. senator, D-Mich., turns 78
1937	John Byner, Comedian, impressionist, turns 75
1948	Kathy Bates, Actress, turns 64
1960	John Elway, Football Hall of Famer, turns 52
1965	Jessica Hecht, Actress, turns 47
1966	John Cusack, Actor, turns 46
1966	Mary Stuart Masterson, Actress, turns 46
1967	Gil Bellows, Actor (“Ally McBeal”), turns 45

 

Historic Birthdays

Richard Rodgers 6/28/1902 – 12/30/1979 American composer of Broadway musicals.Go to obituary »

62	Peter Paul Rubens 6/28/1577 – 5/30/1640 Flemish Baroque painter
66	Jean-Jacques Rousseau 6/28/1712 – 7/2/1778 French philosopher, writer and political theorist
79	Carlotta Grisi 6/28/1819 – 5/20/1899 Italian ballerina
83	Otis Skinner 6/28/1858 – 1/4/1942 American actor
69	Luigi Pirandello 6/28/1867 – 12/10/1936 Italian playwright, novelist and short story writer
62	Pierre Laval 6/28/1883 – 10/15/1945 French politician; led Vichy government
82	Floyd Dell 6/28/1887 – 7/23/1969 American novelist and journalist
83	Carl Spaatz 6/28/1891 – 7/14/1974 American first chief of staff of the Air Force
90	E. H. Carr 6/28/1892 – 11/3/1982 English political scientist and historian
89	Eric Ambler 6/28/1909 – 10/22/1998 English author and screenwriter

 

Updated June 26, 2012, 2:28 pm

On June 27, 1950, President Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War following a call from the United Nations Security Council for member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North.

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On June 27, 1880, Helen Keller, the blind and deaf American woman who became an accomplished writer and humanitarian, was born. Following her death on June 1, 1968, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1844	Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill.
1893	The New York stock market crashed.
1944	American forces completed their capture of the French port of Cherbourg from the Germans three weeks after D-Day.
1957	More than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and Texas.
1969	Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, clashed with police in an incident considered to be the birth of the gay rights movement.
1972	The video game company Atari was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Santa Clara, Calif.
1977	Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was named a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
1980	President Jimmy Carter signed legislation reviving draft registration.
1985	Route 66, which originally stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., passed into history as officials decertified the road.
2005	BTK serial killer Dennis Rader pleaded guilty to 10 murders that spread fear across Wichita, Kan., beginning in the 1970s. (He later received multiple life sentences.)
2007	Gordon Brown became British prime minister, succeeding Tony Blair.
2011	Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted by a federal jury in Chicago of corruption. (He was later sentenced to 14 years in prison.)

Current Birthdays

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Fashion designer Vera Wang turns 63 years old today.

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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. turns 44 years old today.

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1930	Ross Perot, Business executive, former presidential candidate, turns 82
1942	Bruce Johnston, Rock musician, singer (The Beach Boys), turns 70
1951	Julia Duffy, Actress (“Newhart”), turns 61
1954	Ron Kirk, U.S. trade representative, turns 58
1955	Isabelle Adjani, Actress, turns 57
1966	J.J. Abrams, Writer, producer (“Lost,” “Alias”), turns 46
1970	Jim Edmonds, Baseball player, turns 42
1975	Tobey Maguire, Actor (“Spider-Man” movies), turns 37
1984	Khloe Kardashian, Reality TV star, turns 28
1987	Ed Westwick, Actor (“Gossip Girl”), turns 25

 

Historic Birthdays

Helen Keller 6/27/1880 – 6/1/1968 American blind and deaf author and educator.Go to obituary »

75	Alexis Bouvard 6/27/1767 – 6/7/1843 French astronomer and director of the Paris Observatory
45	Charles Stewart Parnell 6/27/1846 – 10/6/1891 Irish nationalist member of British Parliament (1875-91)
76	May Irwin 6/27/1862 – 10/22/1938 American comedian and music-hall performer
70	Emma Goldman 6/27/1869 – 5/14/1940 Russian-born American labor leader and anarchist
81	Eduard Spranger 6/27/1882 – 9/17/1963 German educator and philosopher
81	Juan T. Trippe 6/27/1899 – 4/3/1981 American pioneer in commercial aviation
80	Willie Mosconi 6/27/1913 – 9/16/1993 American pocket billiards champion
67	I.A.L. Diamond 6/27/1920 – 4/21/1988 Romanian-born American screenwriter
40	Frank O’Hara 6/27/1926 – 7/25/1966 American poet and critic