Today in History for 1st June 2025
Historical Events
1864 – Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines’ Mill, Gaines’ Farm)
1967 – Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C.
1980 – First transmission of the Cable News Network or CNN
1982 – Oakland A’s left fielder Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases in 3-2 win over Boston Red Sox to become fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a MLB season
1985 – West Indian cricket batsman Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 in a tour match against Warwickshire at Taunton; 42 fours and 8 sixes of 258 balls
Famous Birthdays
1858 – William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet (Beyond the Hills of Dream, Ian of the Orcades), born in Newmarket, Ontario (d. 1918)
1903 – Percy Whitlock, English composer and organist, born in Chatham, England (d. 1946)
1917 – William Standish Knowles, American chemist and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, born in Taunton, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
1942 – Tom Mankiewicz, screenwriter (Diamonds are Forever), born in Los Angeles, California
1969 – Ari Sulander, Finnish ice hockey goaltender (World C’ship gold 1995; Olympic bronze 1998), born in Helsinki, Finland
Famous Deaths
1340 – Jan van Diest, Bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies
1713 – Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34
1951 – Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer and historian, dies at 85
1991 – David Ruffin, American soul musician and early lead singer for The Temptations (My Girl; Ain’t Too Proud to Beg), dies of a drug overdose at 50
2018 – Eddy Clearwater [Edward Harrington], American blues musician (West Side Strut), dies of heart failure at 83
