Page 6: Historical Events In June - 08

1944  FO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France.   

1944  1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy.   

1946  "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances.   

1947  Lassie makes its broadcast debut on the ABC radio network   

1947  Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56.   

1948  "The Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV.   

1948  John Rudder is recorded as becoming inaugural negro commissioned officer in US marines.   

1948  "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV   

1948  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69   

1949  Siam changes name to Thailand.   

1950  General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area, World War Two, made a Field Marshal, the only Australian appointment to this rank in Australian military history.   

1950  Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)   

1952  In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open   

1953  Cluster of 6 tornaodes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113   

1953  Panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs.   

1953  Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court.   

1953  Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich and Ohio.   

1953  Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113.   

1953  Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68.   

1954  Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41   

1955  Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax   

1956  Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt.   

1958  4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright.   

1959  X-15 makes inaugural unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11500 m.   

1959  1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla).   

1960  inaugural date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"   

1960  1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"   

1961  English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley.   

1962  Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)   

1963  "Mr President" closes at St James Theater NYC after 265 performances   

1965  US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam.   

1965  USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon   

1967  34 U.S. servicemen are killed when Israeli warplanes mistakenly attack the Navy ship Liberty stationed in the Mediterranean.   

1967  Frank LLoyd Wright, American architect is born   

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1318  Eleonora plantagenet: Daughter of king eduard ii/wife of reinald ii   

1625  Giovanni d cassini: Perinaldo, france, discoverer (4 moons of saturn)   

1652  William dampier: English explorer/pirate   

1671  Tomaso albinoni: Italian composer (adagio in g-minor)   

1717  John collins: American politician   

1722  Jakob friedrich kleinknecht: Composer   

1724  John smeaton: Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  Gabriele mario piozzi: Composer   

0218  Death of Opellius macrinus: Emperor of rome (217-8),   

0632  Death of Mohammed: Prophet of islam (koran),   

1042  Hardicanute: King of england (1040-42), lambeth   

1115  Death of Peter van amiens: French minister of crusades,   

1376  "black prince" of wales: Son of king edward of england,   

1383  Death of Thomas de ros: 5th baron de ros, english crusader (b. 1338)   

1384  Kanami: Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

1476  George neville: English archbishop and statesman