Today In History: June

Helen Keller

June 1st

  • 1533: Anne Boleyn Is Crowned Queen Of England
  • 1905: Las Vegas Becomes A City
  • 1910: Terra Nova Expedition Begins
  • 1926: Marilyn Monroe Is Born
  • 1926: Ronald Hunkeler, Inspiration For "The Exorcist," Is Born
  • 1942: News Of Nazi Death Camps First Becomes Public
  • 1968: Helen Keller Dies

Babe Ruth

June 2nd

  • 1863: Harriet Tubman Frees 800 Enslaved People
  • 1863: Albert Einstein Marries Elsa Einstein
  • 1878: Wallace Hartley Is Born
  • 1935: Babe Ruth Retires From Baseball
  • 1953: Queen Elizabeth II Is Coronated
  • 1985: Leonard Lake Is Arrested

Edward VIII with Wallis Simpson

June 3rd

  • 1937: The Duke Of Windsor Marries Wallis Simpson
  • 1943: The Zoot Suit Riots Begin
  • 1968: Valerie Solanas Shoots Andy Warhol
  • 2011: Lauren Spierer Disappears

Tiananmen Square Thousands Of Protestors

June 4th

  • 1629: The Batavia Crashes On The Houtman Abrolhos
  • 1783: The First Public Demonstration Of The Hot Air Balloon Takes Place
  • 1913: Suffragist Emily Davison Dies
  • 1989: The Tiananmen Square Massacre Unfolds In Beijing
  • 2008: Jodi Arias Kills Travis Alexander
  • 2010: Kyron Hormon Disappears

Iconic Tank Man

June 5th

  • 1850: Pat Garrett Is Born
  • 1870: Constantinople Burns
  • 1960: The Lake Bodom Murders Take Place In Finland
  • 1981: The First Report On AIDS Is Published
  • 1982: Serial Killer Kelly Cochran Is Born
  • 1989: 'Tank Man' Is Photographed At Tiananmen Square

Americans At Normandy

June 6th

  • 1683: The World's First University Museum Opens
  • 1844: The YMCA Is Founded
  • 1889: The Great Seattle Fire Devastates The City
  • 1944: The D-Day Invasion Begins
  • 1968: Robert F. Kennedy Dies
  • 1976: Oil Tycoon J. Paul Getty Dies

Mahatma Gandhi Wearing Glasses In England

June 7th

  • 1692: An Earthquake Destroys Port Royal, Jamaica
  • 1893: Mahatma Gandhi Performs His First Act Of Civil Disobedience
  • 1913: Hudson Stuck Summits Denali
  • 1929: The Vatican Becomes A Sovereign State
  • 1937: Jean Harlow Dies

Anthony Bourdain Featured

June 8th

  • 632 C.E.: The Prophet Muhammad Dies
  • 1867: Frank Lloyd Wright Is Born
  • 1874: Apache Chief Cochise Dies
  • 1924: George Mallory Is Seen Alive For The Last Time
  • 1972: The "Napalm Girl" Photo Is Taken
  • 2018: Anthony Dies

Secretariat Featured

June 9th

  • 68 C.E.: The Roman Emperor Nero Dies
  • 1534: Jacques Cartier Sails Into The St. Lawrence River
  • 1856: Handcart Pioneers Head To Salt Lake City
  • 1973: The Horse Secretariat Wins The Triple Crown
  • 2013: Maureen Kelly Disappears
  • 2015: Dee Dee Blanchard Is Murdered

Benjamin Franklin Featured

June 10th

  • 1692: The First Victim Of The Salem Witch Trials Is Put To Death
  • 1752: Benjamin Franklin Flies His Famous Kite
  • 1896: Amelia Dyer Is Executed
  • 1912: The Villisca Axe Murders Take Place
  • 1944: 642 Civilians Are Massacred In Oradour-Sur-Glane

Burning Monk Featured

June 11th

  • 1509: King Henry VIII Marries Catherine Of Aragon
  • 1694: Polish Forces Triumph At The Battle Of Hodów
  • 1770: James Cook "Discovers" The Great Barrier Reef
  • 1943: Henry Hill, Inspiration For Goodfellas Is Born
  • 1955: A Race Car Crashes Into Spectators At Le Mans
  • 1962: Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, And John Anglin Escape Alcatraz
  • 1963: Thich Quang Duc Burns Himself Alive
  • 1963: George Wallace Blocks The Entrance To The University Of Alabama
  • 2001: Timothy McVeigh Is Executed

Anne Frank Featured

June 12th

  • 1817: Karl Von Drais Takes The World's First Bicycle Ride
  • 1898: The Philippines Declares Independence
  • 1929: Anne Frank Is Born
  • 1994: Nicole Brown Simpson And Ron Goldman Are Murdered
  • 2016: Gunman Omar Mateen Attacks The Pulse Nightclub

Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders Featured

June 13th

  • 323 B.C.E.: Alexander The Great Dies
  • 1381: The Peasants' Revolt Enters London
  • 1645: Miyamoto Mushashi Dies
  • 1966: The U.S. Supreme Court Establishes "Miranda Rights"
  • 1977: Three Die In The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders

Twa Hijacking Featured

June 14th

  • 1789: Survivors Of The Mutiny Aboard The HMS Bounty Reach Timor
  • 1811: Harriet Beecher Stowe Is Born
  • 1969: Dennis Martin Disappears
  • 1985: Hezbollah Hijacks TWA Flight 847
  • 1986: Gangster Tony Spilotro Is Murdered
  • 2022: Canada And Denmark Agree To Share Hans Island

Magna Carta Featured

June 15th

  • 1215: King John Signs The Magna Carta
  • 1497: Lisa Gherardini Is Born
  • 1789: Josiah Henson Is Born
  • 1859: The 'Pig War' Begins
  • 1881: Marie Laveau Dies In New Orleans
  • 1896: A Devastating Tsunami Strikes Japan
  • 1904: New York Riverboat Fire Kills 1,000
  • 2017: Jacob Stockdale Commits The Wife Swap Murders

Tereshkova Featured

June 16th

  • 1883: The Victoria Hall Theatre Disaster Kills 183 Children
  • 1937: Mollie Burkhart Dies
  • 1959: George Reeves Dies
  • 1963: Valentina Tereshkova Becomes The First Woman In Space
  • 1971: Tupac Shakur Is Born
  • 1994: Hole Bassist Kristen Pfaff Dies
  • 2008: Caylee Anthony Goes Missing

Oj Car Chase Featured

June 17th

  • 1631: Mumtaz Mahal Dies
  • 1871: Anna Haining Bates And Martin Van Buren Bates Marry
  • 1885: The Statue Of Liberty Arrives In New York
  • 1933: The Kansas City Massacre
  • 1972: Five Burglars Are Arrested At The Watergate Complex
  • 1994: O.J. Simpson Leads Police On A Televised Car Chase
  • 2013: Aaron Hernandez Murders Odin Lloyd

War Of 1812 Featured

June 18th

  • 1812: The War Of 1812 Begins
  • 1815: The Battle Of Waterloo Takes Place
  • 1875: The "Great Whiskey Fire" Breaks Out In Dublin
  • 1901: Anastasia Romanov Is Born
  • 1914: William Sidis Graduates From Harvard
  • 1984: Alan Berg Is Murdered

Rosenbergs Featured

June 19th

  • 1846: The First Official Baseball Game Is Played
  • 1865: The End Of Slavery Is Announced In Texas
  • 1867: Emperor Maximillian Of Mexico Is Executed
  • 1917: King George V Changes The Royal Surname
  • 1953: Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed
  • 2018: Koko The Gorilla Dies
  • 2019: Anton Yelchin Dies

Andrea Yates Featured

June 20th

  • 1791: The French Royal Family Attempts To Flee
  • 1893: Lizzie Borden Is Found Not Guilty Of Murder
  • 1900: The Boxer Rebellion Begins In China
  • 1947: Bugsy Siegel Is Assassinated
  • 1972: Bob Woodward And 'Deep Throat' Meet
  • 2001: Andrea Yates Drowns Her Children
  • 2011: Ryan Dunn Dies

Molly Maguires Execution Featured

June 21st

  • 1377: Edward III Of England Dies
  • 1582: Oda Nobunaga Dies
  • 1788: The U.S. Constitution Is Ratified
  • 1877: Twenty "Molly Maguires" Are Executed
  • 1920: Mary Pickford And Douglas Fairbanks Are Mobbed In London
  • 1926: Ernest Burkhart Is Found Guilty
  • 2013: Cherish Perrywinkle Is Kidnapped

Emanuela Orlandi Featured

June 22nd

  • 1377: Richard II Of England Begins His Reign
  • 1611: Mutineers Send Henry Hudson Adrift
  • 1633: Galileo Galilei Is Forced To Recant His Support Of The Copernican Theory
  • 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte Abdicates For The Second Time
  • 1969: Judy Garland Dies
  • 1983: Emanuela Orlandi Disappears
  • 2024: Anthony Senter Released On Parole

Lorena Bobbitt Trial Featured

June 23rd

  • 47 B.C.E.: Cleopatra Gives Birth To Caesar's Son
  • 1534: Oda Nobunaga Is Born
  • 1868: Christopher Latham Sholes Receives A Patent For The Typewriter
  • 1961: Antarctic Treaty Becomes Effective
  • 1965: The Ice Box Murders Take Place In Houston
  • 1993: Lorena Bobbitt Castrates Her Husband
  • 2018: Thai Soccer Team Gets Stuck In Tham Luang Cave

Butch Cassidy Featured

June 24th

  • 1509: Henry VIII Is Crowned King Of England
  • 1675: King Philip's War Begins
  • 1717: Modern Freemasonry Is Founded
  • 1889: Butch Cassidy Robs His First Bank
  • 2007: Chris Benoit Dies By Suicide After Murdering His Family

Michael Jackson

June 25th

  • 1741: Maria Theresa Crowned Queen Of Hungary
  • 1876: The Battle Of Little Bighorn Begins
  • 1950: The Korean War Begins
  • 1959: Serial Killer Charles Starkweather Is Executed
  • 1977: Roy Sullivan Is Struck By Lightning For The Seventh Time
  • 2007: Michel Lotito, The Man With The Strangest Diet, Dies
  • 2009: Michael Jackson Dies

Israel Kamakawiwoole Featured

June 26th

  • 1541: Francisco Pizarro Is Assassinated
  • 1807: A Gunpowder Factory Kills 300 In Luxembourg
  • 1945: The United Nations Charter Is Signed
  • 1997: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Dies
  • 2015: Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Legal In The U.S.

Dennis Rader During Sentencing

June 27th

  • 1829: James Smithson Dies
  • 1844: Joseph Smith Is Killed
  • 1922: The First Newbery Medal Is Awarded
  • 2005: The BTK Killer Pleads Guilty To Murder
  • 2005: Marcus Wesson Is Sentenced To Death

The Stonewall Riots

June 28th

  • 1519: Charles I Becomes The Holy Roman Emperor
  • 1712: Jean-Jacques Rousseau Is Born
  • 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand Is Assassinated
  • 1969: The Stonewall Riots Begin In New York City
  • 1997: Mike Tyson Bites Evander Holyfield's Ear

Jayne Mansfield Car Crash Featured

June 29th

  • 1613: The Globe Theatre Burns Down
  • 1864: Canada's Worst Rail Disaster Kills 99
  • 1967: Jayne Mansfield Dies
  • 1972: Furman v Georgia Puts A Moratorium On Capital Punishment
  • 1978: Bob Crane Is Found Murdered
  • 1991: The "Ken And Barbie Killers" Wed

Blondin Featured

June 30th

  • 1520: Hernán Cortés Retreats
  • 1764: 14-Year-Old Jeanne Boulet Is Killed By The Beast Of Gévaudan
  • 1859: Charles Blondin Crosses Niagara Falls On A Tightrope
  • 1908: A Mysterious Explosion Occurs Near Siberia's Podkamennaya Tunguska River
  • 1934: The "Night Of The Long Knives" Takes Place In Nazi Germany
  • 1974: Marcus Wayne Chenault Fatally Shoots Alberta King
  • 2011: Stephen McDaniel Is Interviewed About The Disappearance Of Lauren Giddings