Page 6: Historical Events In June - 03

1948  "Sleepy Hallow" opens at St James Theater NYC for 12 performances.   

1949  Dragnet is inaugural broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)   

1949  The inaugural negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown).   

1949  1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)   

1949  Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79.   

1950  French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal.   

1952  Romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president.   

1953  Congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving.   

1955  KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1956  3rd class travel on British Railways ends.   

1957  Howard Cosell's inaugural TV show.   

1957  Howard Cosell's 1st TV show.   

1958  Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers   

1959  1st US Air Force Academy graduation.   

1959  Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73   

1960  Seven helicopters of HS-4 from Yorktown rescued 53 merchant seamen from the British freighter Shun Lee which was breaking up on Pratas Reef, 500 miles northwest of Manila   

1960  Test launchings of Bullpup air-to-surface missiles from a Marine Corps HUS-1 helicopter were successfully completed at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River.   

1962  Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, results in the deaths of 130.   

1963  John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81.   

1964  Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis and pharyngitis.   

1964  Rolling Stones begin inaugural US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vee)   

1965  Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt and White).   

1966  Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford and Cernan).   

1966  Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65.   

1967  Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies   

1970  Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70.   

1974  Yitzhak Rabin takes over from Golda Meir as Israels premier.   

1975  Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 69   

1976  Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold   

1976  US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta   

1979  The oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled   

1979  Arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65   

1980  Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35.   

1980  ESPN begins televising college world series games.   

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1540  Charles i of austria: Charles i of austria (d. 1590)   

1610  Jacob neefs: Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised   

1657  Manuel de egues: Composer   

1659  David gregory: Scottish astronomer   

1660  Johannes schenck: Composer   

1685  Cornelis hop: Amsterdam regent/diplomat   

1723  Giovanni antonio scopoli: Italian-born naturalist   

1726  James hutton: Edinburgh scotland, geologist   

0545  Chlotilde: Wife of french king clovis/saint,   

1107  Death of Kilidj arslan i: Seldjoeken-sultan,   

1395  Death of Ivan shishman of bulgaria: Ivan shishman of bulgaria   

1397  Death of William montacute: 2nd earl of salisbury, english military leader (b. 1328)   

1411  Death of Duke leopold iv of austria: Duke leopold iv of austria (b. 1371)   

1548  Death of Juan de zumárraga: Spanish catholic bishop of mexico (b. 1468)   

1594  Death of Michel renichon: Priest, executed   

1615  Death of Sanada yukimura: Japanese samurai (b. 1567)