Today in History for 2nd June 2022:
Historical Events
1633 – Prince Frederick Henry conquers fort Rhine at Cologne
1863 – Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
1910 – Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
1966 – US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing
1971 – European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Ajax beats Panathinaikos, 2-0; Dutch champions begin 3-year period of domination
1997 – Liberals beat Conservatives in France
Famous Birthdays
1835 – Pius X [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)
1907 – Dorothy West, American journalist/author (Living is Easy)
1917 – Max Showalter, American actor and composer (Kansas, Niagara, Stockard Channing Show in Caldwell), born in Caldwell, Kansas (d. 2000)
1935 – Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
1955 – Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor (SNL – “George Bush”; Wayne’s World – “Garth”), born in Missoula, Montana
1981 – Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis player, born in Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR
Famous Deaths
1944 – Vera Menchik, Russian born British chess master, 1st official women’s world chess champion (1927-39), dies in a London air raid at 38
1963 – Century Milstead, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Yale; NFL C’ship 1927, NY Giants), dies at 62
1979 – Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45
1996 – Pilar Lorengar [Lorenza Pilar García], Aragones soprano, dies of cancer at 68
2008 – Bo Diddley [Ellas McDaniel], American rock guitarist dies of heart failure at 79
2017 – Peter Sallis, British actor (Wallace and Gromit, Last of the Summer Wine), dies at 96