Today in History for 22nd June 2022:
Historical Events
1745 – Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland
1915 – BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service
1932 – NL finally approves players wearing numbers
1958 – LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Kahkwa CC: Patty Berg wins back-to-back WO titles; beats runner-up Beverly Hanson by 4 strokes
1976 – Stephen Schwartz’ musical “Godspell” opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 527 performances
2018 – Eurozone countries agree debt relief deal for Greece, signalling end to the country’s economic crisis
Famous Birthdays
1871 – William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
1884 – James Rector, American athlete (d. 1949)
1932 – Prunella Scales, British actress (Fawlty Towers, A Question of Attribution), born in Sutton Abinger, Surrey
1936 – Dick Huddart, English rugby league second rower (16 Tests Great Britain; St. Helens, St. George), born in Flimby, Cumberland, England (d. 2021)
1948 – Todd Rundgren, American rock singer-songwriter (“We Gotta Get You A Woman”; “Hello It’s Me”; “Bang The Drum All Day”), multi-instrumentalist and producer (The Tubes; XTC; Grand Funk Railroad), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1973 – Lacy Goranson, actress (Becky-Roseanne), born in Evanston, Indiana
Famous Deaths
1885 – Mahdi [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies
1933 – Henry Birkin, British racing driver (Bentley Boys), dies at 36
1936 – Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher assassinated at 54 by former student Johann Nelböck
1940 – Wladimir Köppen [Vladimir Köppen], German Meteorologist and Climatologist who developed the Köppen climate classification system for the regions of the world, dies at 93
2007 – Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
2008 – Dody Goodman, American comedienne (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – “Martha Shumway”; Max Duggan), dies at 93