Today in History for June 1957

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 40 of 40

1st - 1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) [see May 5, 1956]
2nd - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
2nd - US TV interviews Khrushchev
3rd - Howard Cosell's 1st TV show
4th - 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
4th - May & Cowdrey make 411 stand v WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs
5th - NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes
7th - Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
9th - Anthony Eden resigns as British PM
9th - First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).
10th - 3rd LPGA Championship won by Louise Suggs
10th - Harold MacMillan becomes British PM
10th - John Diefenbacker (C) elected PM of Canada
11th - 12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo
12th - Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)
12th - Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak)
13th - Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth Mass
13th - Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season
14th - 42.0 cm rain falls on East St Louis, Illinois (state record)
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev 14th - Edouard Carpentier beats Lou Thesz, to become NWA wrestling champ
15th - "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 123 perf
15th - 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record)
15th - 57th US Golf Open: Dick Mayer shoots a 282 at Inverness Club in Toledo
15th - 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6
15th - Yanks trade Billy Martin & Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran
16th - French offensive in Algeria
16th - White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Wash Senators 8-6
17th - "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2
17th - Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)
18th - John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada
21st - Ellen Louks Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first woman Cabinet Minister.
22nd - KC stops using streetcars in it's transit system
24th - "I Love Lucy," last airs on CBS-TV
24th - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment in Roth v. United States.
25th - "Jonathan Winters Show," last airs on NBC-TV
27th - Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana & Texas
28th - Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters
28th - Frick overrules & names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to team
29th - 12th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
29th - Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj & Sjepilov leave USSR communist party

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
2nd - King Lizzard, American enterta
2nd - Mark Lawrenson, English Football Pundit
3rd - Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
4th - Tony Pena, Monte Cristi Dom Rep, catcher (Cleveland Indians)
5th - Jim Woodward, Wilmington DE, Nike golfer (1994 Miss Gulf Coast-50th)
6th - Mike Gatting, cricketer (England batsman 1977-95 & captain)
7th - Neal Radford, cricketer (Zambia Engld pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88)
7th - Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican musician
7th - Ruth Anderson, Welsh rug hooker famous for her folk rugs
8th - Scott Raymond Adams, Catskill NY, cartoonist (Dilbert)
8th - Don Robinson, American baseball player
9th - Elly van Holly, running star (3k indoor world record)
10th - Lindsay Hoyle, British politician
10th - Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
11th - Bruce Plummer, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 West Coast)
11th - Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American musician
12th - Javed Miandad, cricketer (Pakistan batsman Got a kick out of Lillee)
12th - Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush)
12th - Timothy Busfield, East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something)
15th - Brad Gillis, rock guitarist/vocalist (Night Ranger)
15th - Brett Butler, MLB center fielder
15th - Clio Goldsmith, Paris France, actress (Gift, Heat of Desire)
15th - Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
16th - Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star (Sparta/PSV)
16th - Ian Buchanan, Scotland, actor (General Hospital, Gary Shandling Show)
17th - Philip Chevron, English pop musician (Pogues-Peace & Love)
17th - Martin Dillon, American opera singer (d. 2005)
17th - Jon Gries, American actor
17th - Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor
18th - Andrea Evans, actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)
18th - Tom Bailey, England, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
19th - David Gleeson, Norfolk England, US, rower (Olympics-1996)
19th - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
20th - Butch Patrick, Inglewood California, actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters)
20th - Koko B. Ware, American professional wrestler
21st - Berke Breathed, cartoonist (Vegetarian, Bloom County, Outland)
21st - Mark Brzezicki, rock drummer (Big Country-Wonderland)
22nd - Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
22nd - John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face)
22nd - Nick Santagata, jockey
23rd - David Houghton, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman, 266 v Sri Lanka 1994)
23rd - Frances McDormand, actress, (Fargo, Academy Award)
23rd - Lee John, [John L Mcgregor], English singer/actor (Body Talk)
24th - Astro, [Terrence Wilson], England, rock vocalist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
26th - Patty Smyth, NYC, rock vocalist (Scandal-Warrior)
26th - Philippe Couillard, Quebec neurosurgeon and politician
28th - Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
28th - Mike Skinner, American racecar driver
29th - Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson)
29th - Robert Forster, Australian musician
30th - Sarah McGuire, Springfield IL, LPGA golfer (1983 United Va Bank-5th)
30th - Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 10 of 10

7th - Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies
9th - Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56
12th - James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53
17th - D Richardson, writer, dies at 84
21st - Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at 68
21st - Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer, dies at 85
23rd - Louis Fornberg, writer, dies at 48
26th - Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
27th - Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48
28th - Ede Poldini, composer, dies at 88