June 23rd, 1611
Henry Hudson is set adrift on his ship in Hudson Bay by mutineers,
never to be seen again.
June 23rd, 1683
William Penn after whom the state of Pennsylvania is named,
signs a treaty with the Indians at Shackamaxon under the treaty Elm.
June 23rd, 1685
Antonio Bernacchi -- Opera singer; born in Bologna, Italy.
June 23rd, 1763
Josephine -- Emperess of France; born in Martinique. She was
married to Napoleon Bonaparte for 13 years before he divorced her
because she had not provided him with an heir.
June 23rd, 1804
Americans have a new delicacy to enjoy as the first shipment of
bananas has arrived from Cuba.
June 23rd, 1810
Fanny Elsser -- Ballerina; born in Vienna, Austria. She was famous
for her beauty and for her performance of folk dances.
June 23rd, 1820
The nation's fourth census shows America's 22 states (five admitted since
the last census) have a population very near ten million, up 30 percent
in ten years. The center is located just east of Moorefeld, West
Virginia .
June 23rd, 1822
June 23rd, 1830
A little more than half a century into its existence, the United States
has some 1,280 miles of canal, but only 73 miles of railroads, of which
the state of Pennsylvania has 70.
June 23rd, 1832
Giovanni Sbriglia -- Opera singer, teacher. Born in Naples,
Italy.
June 23rd, 1846
Gaston Maspero -- Archaeologist; born in Paris, France. It was
under his direction that numerous Egyptian mummies were discovered and
debris cleared away from the great Sphinx at Giza and the famous temple
at Luxor.
June 23rd, 1850
Visitors are attracted to the glass house built in Cheshire,
Massachusetts, by James Richmond, manufacturer of the first
plate glass in America.
June 23rd, 1860
The Democratic National Convention concludes in Baltimore, Maryland, with
Stephen A. Douglas as the party's candidate for the US
presidency.
June 23rd, 1868
Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for his invention: the
trypewriter.
June 23rd, 1875
Carl Miles -- American sculptor; born in Lagga, Sweden. He
created more than 100 works, including the famous The Meeting of
Waters , located in St Louis, Missouri, representing the meeting of
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
June 23rd, 1894
June 23rd, 1900
Blanche Noyes -- Aviatrix; born in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a
co-designer of the twin-engine plane in 1933.
June 23rd, 1903
Sir Frank Darling -- Author; scientist; born in Forres,
Scotland. He made many important contributions (or were they?) to biology
and genetics.
June 23rd, 1910
June 23rd, 1913
Helen Humes -- Popular jazz singer. Born in Louiville, Kentucky.
June 23rd, 1917
In the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park,
Boston's Ernie Shore relieved Babe Ruth after Ruth
was booted by homeplate umpire Brick Owens for arguing a ball-four
call to Washington leadoff hitter Ray Morgan. Red Sox catcher
Pinch Thomas was also ejected for joining Ruth's protest. The new
catcher, Sam Agnew, cut down Morgan trying to steal second
base, and Shore then retired the next 26 batters in a row and was
credited with having pitched a perfect game (and therefore a no-hitter)
despite not pitching a complete game.
June 23rd, 1927
Bob Fosse --
Choregrapher and director; born in Chicago,
Illinois. He directed many hit Broadway musicals, including Sweet
Charity and Pippin , and won an Oscar in 1972 for directing
the film version of Cabaret . His 1980 film All That Jazz
is autobiographical.
June 23rd, 1929
June 23rd, 1930
June 23rd, 1933
At the Long Island City Bowl, Italy's Primo Carnera takes the
heavyweight boxing title from Jack Sharkey .
June 23rd, 1934
Bill Torrey -- Hockey executive; general manager of the New York
Islanders; born in Montreal, Quebec.
June 23rd, 1936
June 23rd, 1938
Congress passes the Civil Aeronautics Act placing air transportation
under federal control.
June 23rd, 1940
Wilma Rudolph -- Track athlete; born in St Bethlehem, Tennessee.
She won three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics, the only competitor to do
so. In 1960 she set a world record of 22.9 seconds for the 200-meter dash
and in 1961 for the 100-meter at 11.2 seconds.
June 23rd, 1943
James Levine -- Distinguished symphony conductor; born in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
June 23rd, 1946
At the Polo Grounds Eddie Waitkus and Marv Rickert of the
Cubs hit back-to-back inside-the-park homeruns...but the Giants won the
game 15 to 10.
June 23rd, 1947
June 23rd, 1951
Jacob Malik, the Soviet Union's delegate to the United Nations
proposes a cease-fire in Korea.
June 23rd, 1956
Kansas City sporswriter Dick Wade times the amount of action in
a baseball game between the Kansas City A's and the Washington
Senators . During a game lasting the usual couple of hours, the ball
is actually "in play" for nine minutes and fifty five seconds.
June 23rd, 1957
Actress Frances
McDormand was born.
June 23rd, 1959
Writer, actor and musician
Boris Vian dies of a heart attack at age 39.
June 23rd, 1963
Jimmy Piersall hits his 100th Major League homerun and delights
the crowd by running around the bases one more time... but backwards!
June 23rd, 1967
June 23rd, 1968
Today the Vietnam War becomes the longest war in United States
history.
June 23rd, 1969
Warren Burger is sworn as United States Chief Justice and Earl
Warren steps down.
June 23rd, 1971
June 23rd, 1973
June 23rd, 1975
Lou Graham beats John Mahaffey and wins the U.S. Open
golf tournament.
June 23rd, 1982
Congress passes a new Voting Rights Act. President Ronald Reagan
signs the bill six days later, which extands the Voting Rights Act of
1965.
June 23rd, 1983
June 23rd, 1984
June 23rd, 1986
Nicola Swann, the World's future best tenor horn player in the
world, was born. No need to email me for tickets to her shows: they'll
all be booked!
June 23rd, 1988
June 23rd, 1990
Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland hook
up at the Mellon Jazz Festival in Piladelphia, PA and give a brilliant
performance. Yeah, I do have the double "imported" CD (read: bootleg).
June 23rd, 1993
Seattle Mariner Jay Buhner hits for the cycle in a game against
the Oakland Athletics.
June 23rd, 1997
At exactly 11:20 a.m. Central Time I turned 30. Wow!
June 23rd, 1998
Irish-born actress (and Tarzan mate) Maureen
O'Sullivan dies of a heart attack in Scottsdale, AZ at age 87,
after acting in over 70 films.
June 23rd, 2004
I'll get a phone call about a teaching position starting at 50K a year. Ten minutes later I'll...wake up! :-)
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