Today in History for 16th June 2022:
Historical Events
1779 – US General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, New York, inflicting heavy 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 second Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Julius Boros and Ben Hogan
1960 – President Eisenhower cancels trip to Japan
1967 – The first Montreux Jazz Festival is held in Switzerland, created by Claude Nobs
1978 – Film “Grease” opens, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical
Famous Birthdays
1738 – Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816)
1917 – Katharine Graham, American newspaper publisher (Washington Post), born in NYC, New York
1950 – Jesse Dizon, American actor (Ramon-Operation Petticoat), born in Oceanside, California
1951 – Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer (4-weight world champion), born in El Chorrillo, Panama
1962 – Wally Joyner, American baseball player
1970 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player and commentator ( Los Angeles Galaxy.), born in Detroit, Michigan
Famous Deaths
1626 – Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader during 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 House, St. Elsewhere) dies from diabetes complications at 63