Today in History for 18th June 2022

Historical Events

1264 - The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature
1898 - US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt Club: Scotsman Fred Herd easily wins by 7 strokes from countryman Alex Smith; first 72-hole US Open
1983 - "Pump Boys and Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 573 performances
1986 - De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25
1991 - SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
2016 - Soyuz capsule returns to Earth 1st British International Space Station astronaut Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Timothy Kopra after 186 days

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Famous Birthdays

1915 - Victor Legley, Belgian violinist, composer, and educator (Brussels Conservatory, 1949-80), born in Hazebrouck, France (d. 1994)
1920 - Ian Carmichael, British actor (Private's Progress, I'm All Right Jack), born in Hull, England (d. 2010)
1925 - Rex Collings, English publisher (Rex Collings), (d. 1996)
1926 - Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born actress (Crimson Pirate), born in Kecs kemet, Hungary (d. 1998)
1942 - Roger Ebert, American film critic (Pulitzer Prize 1975), born in Urbana, Illinois (d. 2013)
2006 - Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg

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Famous Deaths

1588 - Anna van Nassau, daughter of William the Silent and his second wife, Anna of Saxony and wife of William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 24
1669 - Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
1921 - Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Uruguayan writer (Nativa, Lanza y Sable), dies at 70
1955 - Willy Burkhard, Swiss composer, dies at 55
2008 - Tasha Tudor, American illustrator and children's books author (Pumpkin Moonshine, Corgiville Fair), dies at 92
2017 - Lord Joffe [Joel Goodman Joffe], South African-born British lawyer (instructing solicitor for Nelson Mandela’s defence team) and businessman, dies at 85

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