1393
Died on this date
Go-En'yū, 34. Northern Pretender to the Japanese throne, 1371-1382. Go-En'yū was the fifth of the Ashikaga Pretenders during the period of two courts. He was preceded by Emperor Go-Kōgon and succeeded by Emperor Go-Komatsu.
500 years ago
1513
War
Swiss troops defeated the French under Louis de la Tremoille in the Battle of Novara in the Italian Wars, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Massimiliano Sforza was restored as Duke of Milan.
490 years ago
1523
World events
Gustav Vasa, the Swedish regent, was elected king of Sweden, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway (then including Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands), and Sweden (then including Finland). The event is commemorated annually as Sweden's national day.
470 years ago
1543
Exploration
Jean-François de La Roque de Roberval explored a short distance up the Saguenay River from La Malbaie in what is now Quebec.
330 years ago
1683
Academia
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opened as the world's first university museum.
200 years ago
1813
War
In the War of 1812, a British force of 700 under John Vincent defeated an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler in the Battle of Stoney Creek.
180 years ago
1833
Americana
Andrew Jackson became the first President of the United States to ride on a train.
130 years ago
1883
Died on this date
Ciprian Porumbescu, 29. Romanian composer. Mr. Porumbescu was mainly known for works in choral music and operetta.
125 years ago
1888
Baseball
Henry Porter pitched a no-hitter for the Kansas City Blues as they blanked the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 at Union Park in Baltimore.
80 years ago
1933
Americana
Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr. and Willis W. Smith of Riverton, New Jersey opened the first drive-in movie theatre on a 10-acre plot on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey. Two shows were presented nightly on a screen 40' by 50'. Nine rows of inclined planes with aisles 45 feet deep accommodated 500 cars.
70 years ago
1943
Died on this date
Pandelis Pouliopoulos, 43. Greek Communist. Mr. Pouliopoulos was the founder of the Trotskyist movement in Greece. Imprisoned by the Greek regime of Ioannis metaxas in 1938, he was one of 100 militants executed by Italian occupation forces in Nezero, near the Greek city of Larissa, in retaliation for the destruction by partisans of the Gorgopotamos bridge. The executions were carried out by the Carabinieri--the Italian military police--after soldiers refused to perform the task.
A. Lewis Hutchinson, 11. U.S. accident victim. Young Mr. Hutchinson was killed by a bullet fired from a rifle accidentally kicked over by William Donner Roosevelt, 10, grandson of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
War
U.K. warplanes shelled Pantelleraia Island for the fifth time, while U.S. planes bombed the island and attacked the Monserrato and Capoterra airfields in Sardinia. U.S. planes attacked Japanese troops and bases in the Yangtze River Valley between Ichang and Shasi, while Chinese troops reportedly killed or wounded 1,000 Japanese fleeing from Itu.
Defense
The U.S. Office of War Information reported that expected U.S. production of combat and cargo planes in 1943 would total $20.1 billion in value, one-quarter of the annual war budget.
Politics and government
Newly-installed President General Arturo Rawson dissolved the Argentine Congress, scheduled to meet the next day, and promised a new Congress when the time was "opportune."
Labour
The U.S. National War Labor Board ordered the Southport Petroleum Company of Texas City, Texas to abolish pay differentials between white and Negro workers engaged in equal work.
Baseball
The first game of the All-American Girls Softball League--later the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League--was played.
60 years ago
1953
Hit Parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Till I Waltz Again with You--Teresa Brewer (3rd week at #1)
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (Best seller--4th week at #1; Disc Jockey--4th week at #1; Jukebox--3rd week at #1)
U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (5th week at #1)
--[Mantovani and his Orchestra]
--[Vic Damone]
2 April in Portugal--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
--[Ralph Marterie and his "Down Beat" Orchestra]
3 Ruby--Richard Hayman and his Orchestra
--[Les Baxter and his Orchestra]
4 I'm Walking Behind You--Eddie Fisher
5 I Believe--Frankie Laine
--[Jane Froman]
6 Say You're Mine Again--Perry Como
7 Anna--Silvana Mangano
8 Pretend--Nat "King" Cole
9 The Ho Ho Song--Red Buttons
10 The Doggie in the Window--Patti Page
Singles entering the chart were Candy Lips by Johnnie Ray and Doris Day (#21); I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You) by the Hilltoppers (#22); and Allez-Vous-En (#26)/Half a Photograph (#28) by Kay Starr. I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You) was the B-side (or maybe the A-side) of P.S. I Love You, which charted at #36.
Literature
The June 6 issue of Collier's magazine contained the short story The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr, the fourth in a series known as The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes.
Horse racing
Native Dancer, with Eric Guerin aboard, won the 85th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York in a time of 2:28 3/5. Jamie K. placed second, duplicating the order of finish in the Preakness Stakes.
50 years ago
1963
Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): From Me to You--The Beatles (6th week at #1)
40 years ago
1973
Canadiana
The world's tallest totem pole, standing 173 feet, was raised in Alert Bay, British Columbia.
Abominations
The treasonous Canadian regime of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau began a program to help
Politics and government
The Canadian Parliament passed a resolution calling for a bilingual federal public service by 1978.
U.S. President Richard Nixon appointed former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird his chief domestic adviser. Mr. Laird said he was reluctant to return to a government position, but would do so because government "in some quarters is at a standstill."
Oil
Canada banned U.S. oil tankers from using Canadian waters to reach the planned oil refinery at Eastport, Maine.
30 years ago
1983
Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler (2nd week at #1)
Diplomacy
The Sandanista government of Nicaragua expelled three U.S. diplomats and accused them of plotting to poison Nicaragua's foreign minister. At a news conference, the government exhibited a bottle of liquor, which allegedly contained poison, and other evidence supposedly given by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to a Nicaraguan woman who was a double agent. The U.S. rejected the allegations as preposterous.
Law
The United States Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission need not consider the environmental consequences of nuclear waste disposal every time it licensed an atomic power plant.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the "windfall profits" tax on domestic crude oil.
25 years ago
1988
Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): The Flame--Cheap Trick (2nd week at #1)
Labour
About two million black South Africans began a three-day strike in protest against a law before Parliament that would curb wildcat strikes, outlaw sympathy strikes, and possibly open striking unions to lawsuits. The strike was led by the Congress of South African Trade Unions, supported by the National Council of Trade Unions. It was believed to be the biggest strike in South African history.
20 years ago
1993
Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (2nd week at #1)
#1 single in Austria (Ö3): What is Love?--Haddaway (5th week at #1)
#1 single in Switzerland: Informer--Snow (5th week at #1)
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): In Your Eyes--Niamh Kavanagh (3rd week at #1)
Theatre
The Tony Awards for 1992-93 were presented at the Gershwin Theatre in New York. Angels in America: Millennium Approaches won four awards, including Best Play. Kiss of the Spider Woman won seven Tonys, including Best Musical. The Who's Tommy won five Tonys.
Disasters
At least 7 were killed, 16 injured, and 30 missing when a ship smuggling illegal Chinese aliens to the United States was wrecked in the surf off Queens, New York. The captain and and crew were charged the next day with smuggling aliens.
10 years ago
2003
Died on this date
Dave Rowberry, 62. U.K. musician. Mr. Rowberry replaced Alan Price as keyboard player and backing vocalist with the Animals in 1965-1966, performing on hit singles such as We Gotta Get Out of This Place, It's My Life, and Don't Bring Me Down.
War
A French-led peacekeeping force began arriving in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, to bolster United Nations efforts to stem the brutal inter-tribal violence between the Lendus and Hema ethnic groups.
Diplomacy
The militant Islamic group Hamas withdrew from cease-fire negotiations with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, claiming he had yielded too much at his recently-concluded summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. President George W. Bush.
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