Today in History for 17th June 2022:
Historical Events
1864 – -18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT
1915 – The League to Enforce Peace is organised at Independence Hall in Philadelphia with William Howard Taft as president; its program anticipates the League of Nations
1954 – CIA exile army lands in Guatemala. Organised by John Foster Dulles and United Fruit Co.
1988 – Soyuz TM-5 launches
1991 – South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
Famous Birthdays
1823 – John Henry Hobart Ward, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1903)
1832 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium), born in London (d. 1919)
1895 – Slavko Osterc, Slovenian composer, born in Veržej, Slovenia (d. 1941)
1909 – Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2004)
1914 – John Hersey, American author (Hiroshima, Bell for Adano, Wall), born in Tientsin, China (d. 1993)
1981 – Amrita Rao, Indian Bollywood actress (Vivah)
Famous Deaths
1898 – Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer, dies at 64
1906 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player, dies at 33
1973 – Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born, American actor, author and translator (One Man’s Family), dies at 66
1974 – Yadavendra Singh, cricketer (Yuvraj of Patiala, Test for India), dies
2010 – Andy Ripley, English rugby union #8 (24 caps; British Lions 1974), dies from prostate cancer at 62
2020 – György Kárpáti, Hungarian water polo player (Olympic gold 1952, 56, 64), dies at 84