Today in History for 21st June 2017:
Historical Events
996 – Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas
1879 – Frank W. Woolworth opens his 1st successful “F. W. Woolworth Great Five Cent Store” on North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1937 – French People’s front government-Blum falls
1966 – Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam
1992 – Danielle Ammaccapan wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1998 – 98th US Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 280 at Olympic Club SF
Famous Birthdays
1823 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
1891 – Hermann Scherchen, conductor (Nature of Music), born in Berlin, Germany
1921 – Jean de Broglie, French politician
1932 – Bernard Ingham, press secretary (Margaret Thatcher)
1967 – Michele Smith, Califon NJ, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1978 – Erica Durance, Canadian actress
Famous Deaths
524 – Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28
1940 – Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic, drowns at 40
1964 – Michael Schwerner, US civil rights activist, murder at 21
1979 – Angus Maclise, American mystic, shaman, musician, and composer (b. 1938)
1987 – Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer, TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
2011 – Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author (b. 1927)