Today in History for 2nd June 2022

Historical Events

1633 - Prince Frederick Henry conquers fort Rhine at Cologne
1863 - Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
1910 - Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
1966 - US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing
1971 - European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Ajax beats Panathinaikos, 2-0; Dutch champions begin 3-year period of domination
1997 - Liberals beat Conservatives in France

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Famous Birthdays

1835 - Pius X [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)
1907 - Dorothy West, American journalist/author (Living is Easy)
1917 - Max Showalter, American actor and composer (Kansas, Niagara, Stockard Channing Show in Caldwell), born in Caldwell, Kansas (d. 2000)
1935 - Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
1955 - Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor (SNL - "George Bush"; Wayne's World - "Garth"), born in Missoula, Montana
1981 - Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis player, born in Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR

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Famous Deaths

1944 - Vera Menchik, Russian born British chess master, 1st official women's world chess champion (1927-39), dies in a London air raid at 38
1963 - Century Milstead, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Yale; NFL C'ship 1927, NY Giants), dies at 62
1979 - Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45
1996 - Pilar Lorengar [Lorenza Pilar García], Aragones soprano, dies of cancer at 68
2008 - Bo Diddley [Ellas McDaniel], American rock guitarist dies of heart failure at 79
2017 - Peter Sallis, British actor (Wallace and Gromit, Last of the Summer Wine), dies at 96

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