Today in History for June 1992

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 94 of 94

1st - America West Arena opens in Phoenix
1st - E Lamps (20 year lightbulb) introduced
1st - Snowfall in Colorado
1st - Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games
2nd - Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery
2nd - Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows & Light"
3rd - Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support
3rd - World's largest environmental summit opens (Rio De Janeiro Brazil)
4th - San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium
4th - USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp
6th - 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26
6th - 62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8)
6th - Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car
6th - NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter
6th - WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17 (Montreal)
7th - "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 perfs
7th - 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61)
7th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
7th - EUVE Launch
Tennis Player Steffi Graf 8th - 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Garth Brooks
8th - NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time
8th - Thomas Klestil succeeds Waldheim as president of Austria
10th - "Price" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 47 performances
10th - Intelsat K launched
11th - Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group
11th - Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
11th - US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0
12th - "Batman Returns" is released in USA
14th - 10th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton
14th - 46th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Port Trailblazers, 4 games to 2
14th - Anne-Marie Palli wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
14th - Mona Van Duyn is named 1st female US poet laureate
14th - Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's NL mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play
15th - 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years
15th - Erie Sailors (Fla Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13
15th - Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (NYC)
15th - Jeff Reardon breaks Rollie Fingers' save record with #342
15th - Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card, erroneously instructs Trenton NJ, elementary student to spell "potato," "potatoe" during spelling bee
16th - Caspar Weinberger (Sec of Def 1981-87), indicted on Iran-contra charge
16th - Colo Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game
16th - Great Brit postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill
16th - Jeff King is 5th to be thrown out twice trying to steal in an inning
16th - Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0)
16th - Longest salami is 68'9 & 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway
17th - Conn Gov Lowell Weicker & WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day
17th - Phila 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns
17th - Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, South Africa, kills 42
18th - Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft
18th - Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft
19th - "Batman Returns," opens
Champion Boxer Evander Holyfield 19th - Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
19th - Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in NYC
19th - Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South-Africa
19th - NY Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards
20th - Kelly Saunders is 2nd female baseball PA announcer (Balt Orioles)
21st - 92nd US Golf Open: Tom Kite shoots a 285 at Pebble Beach GL Calif
21st - Danielle Ammaccapan wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
21st - Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham & Allan Lamb
22nd - 2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg IDed as Czar Nicholas II & wife
22nd - Supreme Court rules "hate crime" laws violated free-speech rights
23rd - "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh
23rd - Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time
23rd - Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election
24th - Billy Joel, gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville HS at 43
24th - Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball
The Pianoman Billy Joel 24th - Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel
24th - John Gotti begins life sentence in jail
25th - "Les Miserables," opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague
25th - Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores
25th - STS 50 launches (Columbia)
26th - India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh
26th - NYC's MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993
26th - Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports
26th - Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship
27th - "57 Channels (and Nothin' on)" by Bruce Springsteen peaks at #68
27th - 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon
27th - Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault & eliminated from Olympics decathlon
27th - Daryl Gates retires as LA police chief
28th - "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 18 performances
28th - 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock Calif
28th - Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan
28th - Italian government of Amato forms
28th - LA Police commisioner Daryl Gates steps down
28th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
28th - US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
28th - The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
29th - "Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 9 performances
29th - 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern Calif
29th - A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season
29th - NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers
30th - 1st pay bathrooms in US open: 25 cents (NYC)
30th - Fidel Ramos installed as president of Philippines
30th - Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s)
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 30th - Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 14 of 14

1st - Felix Drake, English child actor
4th - Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson
4th - Dino Jelusić, Croatian singer
5th - Emily Seebohm, Australian Swimmer
12th - Allie DiMeco American musician and actress (The Naked Brothers Band)
12th - Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian football player
12th - Ryan Malgarini, American actor
13th - Tyler Davison, was world's smallest baby at 6 inches, 11 ounces
14th - Daryl Sabara, American actor
14th - Evan Sabara, American actor
18th - Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-66)
23rd - Bridget Sloan, American gymnast
26th - Jennette McCurdy, American actress
29th - Adam G. Sevani, American actor

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 8 of 8

6th - "The Montel Williams Show" talk show host Montel Williams (35) weds burlesque dancer Grace Morley
15th - Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford
18th - Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr
21st - Actor Michael Chiklis (Commish) marries Michelle Epstein
21st - Actress Marina Sirtis (Star Trek NG) marries rocker Michael Lamper
27th - "One Life to Live" actress Catherine Hickland (36) weds actor Michael E. Knight (33)
28th - US President Bush's daughter Dorothy marries Bobby Koch
30th - Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul Slye

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 62 of 62

1st - Howard Ralston, actor (Pollyana), dies
1st - Louise Hoff, entertainer, dies at 69
1st - Michael King, actor (Lonely are the Brave), dies at 69
2nd - Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84
3rd - Patrick Peyton, Rosary Priest, dies of kidney failure at 83
3rd - Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84
3rd - William E Gaines, publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70
4th - Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82
5th - Laurence Naismith, actor (Scrooge, Gypsy Girl), dies at 83
5th - Max Lerner, US writer/columnist (NY Post), dies at 88
6th - Larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39
6th - Thijs van Lier, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies at 44
7th - Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies of cancer at 73
7th - William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82
8th - Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51
8th - Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered
8th - William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82
8th - William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64
9th - Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41
9th - Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
10th - Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
10th - Otto FAH van Nispen, mayor of Pannerden/MP (KVP), dies at 85
10th - Peter Von Zerneck, actor (Foreign Affair), dies at 84
10th - Zak Hernández, American soldier (b. 1973)
11th - Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titantic, dies at 103
11th - Marlene Hazlett, entertainer, dies of cancer
11th - Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39
12th - Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies
12th - Gerda Nicolson, actress (Next of Kin, Clinic), dies
15th - Eddie Lopat, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73
15th - Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies
16th - Joris Diels, Flemish/Dutch director/actor (It's a Cruel World), dies
17th - Dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65
17th - Frederick Exley, novelist (Fan's Note), dies at 63
18th - Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
18th - Mordecai Ardon, one of Israel's greatest painters (b. 1896)
19th - Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 96
21st - Li Xiannian, Chinese President (1983-88), dies
21st - Thomas Whitfield, gospel vocalist, dies of heart attack at 38
22nd - Chuck Mitchell, actor (Penitentiary), dies
22nd - Frederic I Rinaldo, writer (Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein), dies
22nd - M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83
23rd - Lou Ramos, entertainer, dies
23rd - Renie Irene Brouillet Conley, US, costume designer (Cleopatra), dies
24th - Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns
24th - Tom Alexander, model/actor (Kurt-Forbidden Dance), dies of AIDs
24th - Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29
25th - James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies
25th - Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Phila Eagle), dies in car crash at 27
25th - William E Harris, entertainer, dies
26th - Geert Vissers, Dutch TV host (Gay Dating Show), dies
26th - Phil Rubenstein, US, actor (Tango & Cash, Robocop), dies
26th - Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
27th - Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84
27th - Sandy Amoros, Bkln Dodger, dies at 62 of pneumonia
27th - Stefanie Ann Sargent, guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of overdose at 24
28th - Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
29th - Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73
29th - Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies
30th - Doug Delauder, entertainer, dies
30th - Jim Alaimo, vocalist, dies after heart surgery at 53
30th - Nico Booken, director (Jewish Labor Social), dies