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Políticos falam de mais (e mal): Pentelhos ou Pintelhos – eis a questão

looking4good — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:54:20 +0000

Pentelho: s.m. Chul. Pêlo que cobre o púbis. Bras. Indivíduo chato.
Pintelho: s. m. Mad. Espécie de pintasilgo, (puffinus obscurus, Temm.).

É claro que Catroga disse pintelho. Basta ouvir. Sendo assim, o que ele disse foi que em vez de andarmos a discutir as grandes questões que podem mudar Portugal andamos a discutir pintasilgos. Safou-se, o homem, mesmo sem querer!….

Universalidade II – Roberto de Mesquita

looking4good — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:29:00 +0000

imagem daqui

Enquanto se detém o vosso olhar
à tona dos aspectos, impotente,
no âmago de tudo, claramente,
eu descubro um espirito a cismar.

Deleita-se a minha alma a respirar
os afectos das coisas: a dolente
nostalgia dum cerro olhando o mar,
a oração das paisagens ao morrente

Sim, eu respiro como essência estranha
a orfandade que exala uma montanha
quando o outono a junca de destroços.

E esses casais, dispersos pelo monte,
sinto-os pensar, cravando no horizonte
os seus olhos humanos como os nossos.

Roberto Augusto de Mesquita Henriques (nasceu em Santa Cruz das Flores, Açores a 19 de Junho de 1871 e aí faleceu, de síncope cardíaca, a 31 de Dezembro de 1923).

Ler do mesmo autor neste blog Aves do Mar; Abandonadas

On this day in History – Jun 19

looking4good — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:00 +0000

1027 – Romuald dies (b. 0951). Italian saint.
1157 – Bertrand de Blanquefort, 6th Master of the Templars, is captured by the Moslems at the Siege of Bayas.
1179 – The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
1205 – Roman the Great dies (b. 1151). Grand Prince of Kiev.
1269 – King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
1301 – Prince Morikuni was born (d. 1333). 9th Kamakura shogun of Japan.
1306 – Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce’s Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
1312 – Piers Gaveston dies. French favorite of Edward II of England.
1507 – Annibale Caro was born (d. 1566). Italian poet.
1542 – Leo Jud dies (b. 1482). Swiss reformer.
1545 – Abraomas Kulvietis dies (b. 1509). Lithuanian reformer.
1566 – King James I of England and VI of Scotland was born (d. 1625).
1584 – Francisco de Holanda dies (b. 1517). Portuguese painter.
1584 – François, Duke of Anjou dies (b. 1555).
1595 – Guru Har Gobind was born (d. 1644). 6th sikh guru.
1606 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton was born (d. 1649). Scottish statesman.
1608 – Alberico Gentili dies (b. 1551). Italian jurist.
1623 – Blaise Pascal was born (d. 1662). French mathematician and philosopher.
1633 – Philipp van Limborch was born (d. 1712). Dutch Protestant theologian.
1650 – Matthäus Merian - The Elder – dies (b. 1593). Swiss engraver and draftsman.
1692 – Rebecca Nurse dies hanged. Accused American witch.
1717 – Johann Stamitz was born (d. 1757). Czech violinist and composer.
1731 – Joaquim Machado de Castro was born. Portuguese sculptor.
1747 – Alessandro Marcello dies (b. 1669). Italian composer.
1747 – Giovanni Bononcini dies. Italian composer.

1747 – Nadir Shah dies killed. Sha shah of Iran (1736–47), sometimes considered the last of the great Asian conquerors.
1747 – Alessandro Marcello dies (b. 1669). Italian composer.
1754 – New World: Benjamin Franklin introduces Albany Plan of Union, based on the Iroquois Confederacy. The Plan is rejected, but its essential elements adopted a quarter century later as the US Constitution.
1754 – Manuel de Salas y Corbalán was born. Chilean politician and writer.
1762 – Johann Ernst Eberlin dies (b. 1702). German composer.
1764 – José Gervasio Artigas was born († 1850). Father of Uruguay.
1768 – Benjamin Tasker dies (b. 1690). Provincial Governor of Maryland.
1770 – Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
1771 – Joseph Gergonne was born (d. 1859). French mathematician.
1782 – Felicité Robert de Lamennais was born. Writer.
1786 – Nathanael Greene dies (b. 1742).American Revolutionary general.
1792 – Gustav Schwab was born (d. 1850). German author.
1800 – Juan José Flores y Aramburu was born. President of Ecuador.
1805 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée dies (b.1724). French painter.
1807 – Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1815 – Cornelius Krieghoff was born (d. 1872). Canadian painter.
1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between Northwest Company and Hudson Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1816 – William Henry Webb was born (d. 1899). American industrialist.
1820 – Joseph Banks dies (b. 1743). English naturalist and botanist.
1821 – Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia).
1834 – Charles Spurgeon was born (d. 1892). English preacher and evangelist.
1838 – Friedrich von Hessing was born (d. 1918). Engineer.
1844 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire dies (b. 1772). French naturalist.
1846 – The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules in Hoboken, New Jersey.
1846 – Antonio Abetti was born (d. 1928). Italian astronomer.
1850 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
1850 – David Jayne Hill was born (d. 1932). American diplomat.
1851 – Billy Midwinter was born (d. 1890). Australian cricketer.
1854 – Alfredo Catalani was born (d. 1893). Italian musician.
1856 – Fundação da Cidade de Ribeirão Preto – SP.
1858 – Sam Walter Foss was born (d. 1911). American librarian and poet.
1861 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was born (d. 1928). British soldier.
1861 – José Protasio Rizal was born (d. 1896). Filipino poet and national hero. A militant reformist, publication of his novel El Filibusterismo led to his being tried and executed by the military in 1896. His death was the catalyst that precipitated the Philippine Revolution.
1862 – U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying the Dred Scott Case.
1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 13 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
1865 – Dame May Whitty was born (d. 1948). English entertainer.
1867 – Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire, overthrown on May 15, is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
1870 – After all of the Southern States already being readmitted formally to the Union, the Confederate States of America (a/k/a the CSA) ceases to exist.
1871 – Roberto Augusto de Mesquita was born in Santa Cruz das Flores (Azores) (d. 31 Dec 1923). Portuguese poet.
1874 – Peder Oluf Pedersen was born (d. 1941). Danish engineer.
1875 – The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
1877 – Charles Coburn was born (d. 1961). American actor.
1880 – W. A. Dwiggins was born in Martinsville, Ohio. American designer of a number of typefaces — including Electra —.
1882 – Guenter von Kluge was born (d. 1944). German field marshal.
1884 – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes was born (d. 1974). French Dadaist artist and writer.
1884 – Juan Bautista Alberdi dies. Argentine politician and writer.
1885 – Arrival of the Statue of Liberty.
1888 – Korea: US marines begin fighting in Seoul, Korea.
1891 – Em Portugal, António Enes foi nomeado comissário régio da província de Moçambique.
1891 – Helmut Herzfeld (John Heartfield) was born in Berlin. Anti-fascist collage artist.
1893 – Lizzie Borden acquitted of murdering her parents.
1895 – Criação da “Federación de Fútbol de Chile” is founded.
1896 – Wallis Simpson was born (d. 1986). Duchess of Windsor.
1897 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood was born (d. 1967). English chemist, Nobel laureate.
1897 – Moe Howard was born (d. 1975). American actor.
1898 – James Joseph Sweeney was born. American Catholic prelate.
1900 -Laura Z. Hobson was born. American novelist.
1902 – Guy Lombardo was born (d. 1977). Canadian bandleader.
1902 – Frederick Augustus Albert dies. King of Saxony.
1903 – Hans Litten was born (d. 1938). German jurist.
1903 – Lou Gehrig was born (d. 1941). American baseball player.
1903 – Wally Hammond was born (d. 1965). English cricketer.
1903 – Cardinal Herbert Vaughan dies (b. 1832). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.
1905 – US: Nickelodeon movie theatre opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1905 – Mildred Natwick was born (d. 1994). American actress.
1906 – Decisão sobre a organização do primeiro campeonato de futebol no Paraguai.
1906 – Ernst Boris Chain was born (d. 1979). German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate.
1906 – Walter Rauff was born (d. 1984). German colonel.
1907 – Clarence Wiseman was born (d. 1985). 10th General of The Salvation Army.
1909 – Osamu Dazai was born (d. 1948). Japanese novelist, literary voice of his generation after WWII. Joined the communist movement briefly. Friends with writer Masuji Ibuse. The tone of his postwar works reflect emotional crisis and suicidal thoughts. In 1948 Dazai drowned himself and left behind the unfinished novel Goodbye.
1910 – The first Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
1910 – Abe Fortas was born (d. 1982). Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1910 – Paul Flory was born (d. 1985). American chemist, Nobel laureate.
1911 – Federales & Maderistas retake Mexicali, BC from Magonista (anarchist) rebels.
1912 – The eight-hour work day is established in the United States.
1912 – Don Gutteridge was born. American baseball player.
1912 – Virginia MacWatters was born (d. 2005). American soprano.
1914 – A radiotelegraphic link is established between Germany and the United States and German Emperor Wilhelm II and US President Woodrow Wilson exchange telegrams to mark the event.
1914 – Alan Cranston was born (d. 2000). United States politician.
1914 – Anthony Bloom was born. Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church.
1914 – Lester Flatt was born (d. 1979). American musician.
1914 – Portugal: Luísa Adão was born (d. 1999). Portuguese nurse and anarchist. Life-long companion (from the age of 16) of Acácio Tomás de Aquino, a militant anarcho-trade unionist.
1915 – Julius Schwartz was born. American editor and agent.
1917 – Joshua Nkomo was born (d. 1999). Vice President of Zimbabwe.
1918 – Battle of Cantigny, France between Germany and U.S..
1919 – Louis Jourdan was born. French actor.
1919 – Pauline Kael was born (d. 2001). American movie critic.
1921 – Ramón López Velarde dies (b. 1888). Mexican poet.
1922 – Aage Niels Bohr was born. Danish physicist, Nobel laureate.
1924 – Anneliese Rothenberger was born. Soprano.
1924 – Leo Nomellini was born (d. 2000). American football player.
1925 – Charlie Drake was born. British actor, writer and singer.
1926 – England: Peacemakers Pilgrimage ends in Hyde Park, London.
1926 – Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal.
1928 – Barry Took was born (d. 2002). English comedy writer.
1928 – Nancy Marchand was born (d. 2000). American actress (The Sopranos).
1928 – Tommy DeVito was born. American musician and singer (The Four Seasons).
1929 – Thelma Barlow was born. English former Coronation Street actress.
1930 – Gena Rowlands was born. American actress.
1932 – Marisa Pavan was born. Italian-born actress.
1932 – Pier Angeli was born (d. 1972). Italian-born actress.
1933 – Viktor Patsayev was born. Soviet cosmonaut.
1934 – A Cool Million by Nathanael West is published. Features the dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin.
1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
1936 – Marisa Galvany was born. American soprano.
1936 – Shirley Goodman was born (d. 2005). American singer.
1936 – Tommy DeVito was born. American musician and singer.
1937 – US: The Women’s Day Massacre: When the cops in Youngstown, pursuing the American Dream, couldn’t find any union leaders to beat up, they went after women picketers sitting in chairs supporting the strike. They beat ‘em good & left a few bodies in their wake.
1937 – J. M. Barrie dies (b. 1860). Scottish author.
1937 – Rui Mendes was born. Portuguese actor.
1937 – J. M. Barrie dies (b. 1860). Scottish author.
1938 – Canada: Bloody Sunday: The RCMP & Vancouver police attack strikers with tear gas & clubs; Police battle unemployed workers at post office in Vancouver, brutally ejecting them. Michael John Thompson Rare Books thinks NATO is out to get him.
1938 – Italy defeats Hungary 4-2 during the 1938 FIFA World Cup to become the first national team to defend a title. / A Italia derrota na final a Hungria por 4 a 2 em Paris e sagra-se Campeã Mundial de Futebol pela segunda vez consecutiva.
1938 – Alfredo Baldomir takes on the Presidency of Uruguay.
1938 – Ian Smith was born. Australian actor.
1938 – Wahoo McDaniel was born (d. 2002). American football player.
1939 – Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with “Lou Gehrig’s disease” on his 36th birthday.
1939 – Al Wilson was born (d. 2008). American singer.
1939 – Grace Abbott dies. American social worker, activist.
1940 – Shirley Muldowney was born. Racecar driver.
1941 – Conchita Carpio-Morales, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1941 – Václav Klaus was born. Czech politician and President.
1942 – Marriage Marilyn Monroe / Jimmy Dougherty.
1942 – Elaine “Spanky” McFarlane was born. Musician (Spanky and Our Gang).
1942 – Jos Brink was born (d. 2007). Dutch actor.
1943 – Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas.
1944 – World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
1944 – Chico Buarque was born. Brazilian musician.
1945 – Aung San Suu Kyi was born. Burmese politician who was recipient of Nobel Peace Prize.
1945 – Radovan Karadžić was born. Serbian-Bosnian politician.
1945 – Tobias Wolff was born. American writer (This Boy’s Life).
1947 – Salman Rushdie was born. Indian author.
1948 – Nick Drake was born (d. 1974). English musician.
1948 – Phylicia Rashad was born. American actress.
1949 – NASCAR sanctions the first “strictly stock” race, which will evolve into the modern Nextel Cup. Jim Roper wins the event.
1949 – Syed Zafarul Hasan dies (b. 1885). Prominent Muslim philosopher.
1950 – The first commercial drag strip, the Santa Ana Drags, begins at Orange County Airport (now John Wayne Airport) at Santa Ana, in Southern California. Admission is 50 cents – or 75 cents if the ticket holder wanted to watch the mechanics work.
1950 – Ann Wilson was born. American musician.
1951 – Nuno da Câmara Pereira was born. Portuguese fadist.
1951 – Ayman al-Zawahiri was born. Egyptian terrorist.
1951 – Francesco Moser was born. Italian cyclist.
1951 – Angelos Sikelianos dies (b. 1884). Greek poet.
1952 – Swede Sausage was born. Guitarist and songwriter.
1952 – Heinrich Schlusnus dies (b. 1888). German baritone.
1953 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are electrocuted at Sing Sing, in New York, for alleged sale of atomic secrets to Russians.
1953 – Larry Dunn was born. American musician (Earth, Wind and Fire).
1953 – Sidney Magal was born. Brazilian singer and actor.
1954 – Kathleen Turner was born. American actress.
1954 – The last regular-service streetcar operated by Twin City Rapid Transit runs in Minneapolis.
1954 – The animated Bugs Bunny short Devil May Hare debuts in theaters, introducing The Tasmanian Devil.
1956 – Doug Stone was born. American singer.
1956 – Thomas J. Watson dies (b. 1874). American businessman (IBM).
1957 – Anna Lindh was born (d. 2003). Swedish politician and minister of foreign affairs.
1957 – Quim Barreiros was born. Portuguese musician.
1960 – Luke Morley was born. British guitarist and songwriter.
1960 – Al empatar con Olimpia 1 a 1 en Asunción, Peñarol gana la primera Copa Libertadores. En el encuentro de ida, Peñarol se impuso por 1 a 0.
1961 – Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
1962 – Paula Abdul was born. American singer and one of three judges on American Idol.
1962 – Jeremy Bates was born. English tennis player.
1963 – Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space returns to Earth.
1963 – Rory Underwood was born. English rugby Union player.
1964 – Boris Johnson was born. British politician and journalist.
1964 – Brian Vander Ark was born. American musician (Verve Pipe).
1965 – Sadie Frost was born. English actress.
1966 – Joichi Ito was born. Japanese entrepreneur.
1966 – Ed Wynn dies (b. 1886). American actor.
1967 – Bjørn Dæhlie was born. Norwegian cross country skier.
1967 – Mia Sara was born. American actress.
1968 – Brazil: Violent protests in Rio de Janeiro against alienating culture, confrontations with police result in 22 injuries.
1968 – Alastair Lynch was born. Australian rules footballer.
1968 – F. de Castro Soromenho dies. Mozambican writer.
1968 – James Joseph Sweeney dies (b. 1898). American Catholic prelate.
1969 – Lara Spencer was born. American TV personality.
1970 – The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is signed.
1970 – Shock election win for Heath Edward Heath becomes the new British prime minister after a surprise victory for the Conservatives in the general election.
1970 – Antonis Remos was born. Greek singer.
1970 – Brian ‘Head’ Welch was born. American guitarist (Korn) and vocalist (Head).
1970 – Quincy Watts was born. American athlete.
1970 – Rahul Gandhi was born. Indian politician.
1971 – Amavisca was born. Spanish football player (Espanyol).
1972 – Brian McBride was born. American soccer player.
1972 – Dennis Lyxzén was born. Swedish musician (Refused).
1972 – Poppy Montgomery was born. Australian actress.
1972 – Robin Tunney was born. American actress.
1973 – Jahine Arnold was born. American football player.
1973 – Leticia Spiller was born. Brazilian actress.
1973 – Yasuhiko Yabuta was born. Japanese baseball player.
1974 – Doug Mientkiewicz was born. American baseball player.
1975 – Anthony Parker was born. American basketball player.
1975 – Hugh Dancy was born. English actor.
1975 – Munitis was born. Spanish football player (Deportivo Coruña).
1975 – Sam Giancana dies (b. 1908). American gangster.
1976 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Sommerlath.
1976 – Bryan Hughes was born. English footballer.
1976 – Patrick Surtain was born. American football player.
1977 – Daniel de Oliveira was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brazilian actor.
1977 – Peter Warrick was born. American football player.
1977 – Veronika Vařeková was born. Czech supermodel.
1977 – Ali Shariati dies (b. 1933). Iranian sociologist.
1977 – Lady Olave Baden-Powell dies. English Chief Girl Guide.
1978 – The Garfield comic strip debuts and grows to over $1 billion in revenue within over 110 countries. This day is considered Garfield’s birthday.
1978 – Claudio Vargas was born. Dominican baseball player.
1978 – Dirk Nowitzki was born. German basketball player.
1978 – Mía Maestro was born. Argentine actress.
1978 – Tyson Dux was born. Canadian professional wrestler.
1978 – Zoe Saldana was born. American actress.
1979 – John Duddy was born. Northern Irish boxer.
1979 – John Ford was born. American software engineer.
1979 – Quentin Jammer was born. American football player.
1979 – Paul Popenoe dies (b. 1888). American eugenicist.
1980 – Gunbattle at British embassy in Iraq : Three gunmen who attacked the British embassy in Baghdad are shot dead by Iraqi security forces.
1980 – Se firma el Convenio de Roma sobre obligaciones contractuales en la Comunidad Económica Europea.
1980 – Amy Merritt was born. 1997 Miss Utah Teen US.
1980 – Adel Abdulaziz was born. Emiratie football player.
1980 – Dante Robinson was born. American football player.
1980 – Lauren Lee Smith was born. Canadian actress.
1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped.
1982 – The body of God’s Banker, Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
1982 – Alexander Frolov was born. Russian hockey player.
1982 – Chris Vermeulen was born. Australian motorcycle racer.
1982 – David Pollack was born. American football player.
1982 – Joe Cheng was born. Taiwanese actor.
1982 – May Andersen was born. Danish supermodel.
1982 – Joe Cheng was born. Taiwanese actor.
1982 – Trevor Hamilton was born. Northern Irish murderer.
1983 – En la final del Campeonato Mundial sub-20 disputado en el estadio Azteca de México, entre Argentina y Brasil, asisten 110 mil espectadores, récord para un partido sub-20. Campeón resulta Brasil al ganar por 1 – 0.
1983 – Mark Selby was born. British snooker player.
1984 – Paul Dano was born. American actor.
1984 – Lee Krasner dies (b. 1908). American painter.
1985 – Ben Andrews was born. American gay porn star.
1986 – Marvin Williams was born. American basketball player.
1986 – Coluche dies (b. 1944). French comedian.
1986 – Len Bias dies (b. 1963). American basketball player.
1987 – The ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
1987 – Rashard Mendenhall was born. American football player.
1987 – Teresa Cormack dies (b. 1981). New Zealand murder victim.
1988 – Haiti: Civilian government overthrown by U.S.-backed military coup.
1988 – Fernand Seguin dies (b. 1922). French Canadian biologist.
1988 – Gladys Spellman dies (b. 1918). U.S. Congresswoman.
1989 – Wang Weilin dies (supposed).
1991 – Michael McShae was born. American actor.
1991 – Pontus Ekhem was born. Swedish hockey player.
1991 – Jean Arthur dies (b. 1900). American actress.
1992 – Marc Bazin takes on the Presidency of Haiti.
1992 – Mariah Stanley was born. American singer.
1993 – William Golding dies (b. 1911). English novelist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1995 – Blake Woodruff was born. American actor.
1995 – Peter Townsend dies (b. 1914). RAF officer.
1996 – G. David Schine dies. American investigator and businessman.
1996 – Es anunciado en Buenos Aires, Argentina la variante del ajedrez conocida como Ajedrez aleatorio de Fischer.
1996 – Em Espanha, a Lei dos Segredos Oficiais foi declarada inconstitucional.
1996 – G. David Schine dies (b. 1927). American businessman.
1997 – Bobby Helms dies (b. 1933). American singer.
1997 – Olga Georges-Picot dies (b. 1944). French actress.
1999 – Torino is picked as the host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
2000 – Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, sells its European operations and changes its name to Dynacore.
2001 – John Heyer dies (b. 1916). Australian documentary filmmaker.
2002 – Paralisação dos controladores de tráfego aéreo em vários países da Europa (França, Portugal, Grécia e Itália).
2003 – Mahfoud Nahnah dies. Argelian Muslim leader.
2003 – Laura Sadler dies (b. 1980). British television actress.
2004 – Oscar Bento Ribas dies (b. 1909). Angolan writer and ethnologist.
2005 – In the United Kingdom, flash flooding severely affected several North Yorkshire villages and towns, including Thirsk, Helmsley and Hawnby, when the rivers Swale and Rye burst their banks.
2006 – Prime ministers of several northern European nations participate in a ceremonial “laying of the first stone” at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway.
2007 – El Fary was born (d. 1937). Spanish singer.
2007 – Terry Hoeppner was born (d. 1947). American football coach.
2007 – Antonio Aguilar was born (d. 1919). Mexican singer and actor.
2007 – Ze’ev Schiff dies (b. 1932). Israeli journalist.
2008 – Barun Sengupta dies (b. 1934). Bengali journalist.
2008 – Bennie Swain dies (b. 1930). American basketball player.
United States Juneteenth – celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation (state holydays in 31 states, originated in Texas).
Germanic Neopaganism: Ásatrú Alliance Founding Day.
Swedenborgianism: New Church Day.
Palawan: Feast of Forest.
Surigao del Sur: Surigao del Sur Day.
Trinidad and Tobago: Labour Day.

A Ermitagem da Montanha – António Feliciano de Castilho

looking4good — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:44:00 +0000

(…)
Sim, Júlia, querida Júlia;
Ah! pudesse o meu amor
Dar-te da sua violência
Uma prova inda maior!

Atravessar por desertos
A extensão da imensidade;
Passar mil séculos juntos
No meio da tempestade;

Fender todo inteiro a nado
De fogo um mar infinito;
-Júlia, eu te amo, eu te amo, ó Júlia
Ninguém me ouvira outro grito.

extraído de Os dias do Amor, Um poema para cada dia do ano, Recolha, selecção e organização de Inês Ramos; prefácio de Henrique Manuel Bento Filho, Ministério dos Livros 2009

António Feliciano de Castilho (n. 28 Jan 1800; m. 18 Jun 1875)

O Simplex suprimiu o Boletim Meteorológico

looking4good — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:48:00 +0000

On this day in History – Jun. 18

looking4good — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:41:00 +0000

0618 – Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty’s rule over China.
1178 – Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the moon’s distance (on the order of metres) are a result of this collision.
1250 – Teresa of Portugal dies (b. 1181). Princess, daughter of D. Sancho I
1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
1269 – Princess Eleanor of England was born (d. 1298).
1291 – King Alfonso III of Aragon dies (b. 1265).
1318 – Princess Eleanor of Woodstock was born (d. 1355).
1429 – French forcs, under the leadership of Joan of Arc, crush the English under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. It came to be recognized as the war’s turning point.
1464 – Rogier van der Weyden dies. Painter.
1466 – Ottaviano Petrucci was born (d. 1539). Italian printer.
1511 – Bartolomeo Ammanati was born (d. 1592). Italian architect and sculptor.
1517 – Emperor Ogimachi of Japan was born (d. 1593).
1552 – Gabriello Chiabrera was born (d. 1637). Italian poet.
1629 – Piet Hein (Netherlands) dies (b. 1577). Naval commander and folk hero.
1649 – Juan de Martínez Montañés dies. Spanish sculptor.
1667 – Ivan Trubetskoy was born (d. 1750). Russian field marshal.
1685 – The Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, declares himself King of England at Taunton, Somerset.
1704 – Tom Brown dies (b. 1662). English satirist.

1716 – Joseph-Marie Vien was born (d. 1809). French painter.
1757 – Battle of Kolín between Prussian Forces under Frederick the Great of Prussia and an Austrian Army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Year’s War.
1757 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas was born (d. 1833). Argentine leader.
1757 – Ignaz Pleyel was born (d. 1831). Austrian composer and piano manufacturer.
1767 – Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1794 – François Nicolas Leonard Buzot dies (b. 1760). French Revolutionary leader.
1812 – War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1812 – Ivan Goncharov was born (d. 1891). Russian author.
1815 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for a second, final time.
1815 – Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen was born (d. 1881). German general.
1823 – Em Portugal, foi anulada a Constituição de 1822.
1823 – Jesús Jiménez Zamora was born. President of Costa Rica (1863-1866 and 1868-1870).
1824 – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany dies (b. 1769).
1830 – French invasion of Algeria.
1834 – Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie was born (d. 1895). French philosopher.
1835 – William Cobbett dies (b. 1763). Journalist and author.
1839 – William Henry Seward, Jr. was born (d. 1920). Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War.
1845 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran was born. French physicist 1907 Nobel Prize for Medicine laureate.
1845 – José Joaquín de Olmedo assume a presidência do Equador.
1849 – António Bernardo da Costa Cabral assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal.
1850 – Richard Heuberger was born (d. 1914). Austrian composer, music critic, and teacher.
1854 – E.W. Scripps was born (d. 1926). American journalist and publisher.
1858 – Charles Darwin receives from Alfred Russel Wallace a paper that included nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin’s own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory.
1859 – First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
1861 – Trindade Coelho was born in Mogadouro (d. 18 Aug 1908). Portuguese writer and jurist.
1863 – George Essex Evans was born (d. 1909). Australian poet.
1868 – Miklós Horthy was born (d. 1957). Hungarian admiral and regent.
1870 – Edouard Le Roy was born. French philosopher and mathematician.
1872 – Ana Osório was born in Mangualde (d. 23 Mar 1935). Portuguese writer.
1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1875 – António Feliciano de Castilho dies (b. 1800). Portuguese poet. /Morreu António Feliciano de Castilho. Poeta e escritor ultra-romântico português (n. 28 Jan 1800).
1877 – James Montgomery Flagg was born (d. 1960). American illustrator.
1882 – Georgi Dimitrov was born (d. 1949). Bulgarian Communist leader.
1884 – Édouard Daladier was born (d. 1970). French Prime-Minister.
1886 – Alexander Wetmore was born (d. 1978). American ornithologist.
1887 – The Reinsurance Treaty is closed between Germany and Russia.
1891 – Mae Busch was born (d. 1946). Australian actress.
1895 – Blanche Sweet was born (d. 1986). American actress.
1895 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco was born. Spanish supercentenarian.
1896 – First film exibition in Portugal / Realizou-se a primeira exibição cinematográfica em Portugal.
1900 – Empress Dowager of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
1901 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova was born (d. 1918).
1901 – Josip Murn – Aleksandrov dies (b. 1879). Slovenian poet.
1902 – Samuel Butler dies (b. 1835). English writer.
1903 – Jeanette MacDonald was born (d. 1965). American actress and singer.
1903 – Raymond Radiguet was born (d. 1923). French author.
1904 – Keye Luke was born (d. 1991). Chinese-born actor.
1904 – Manuel Rosenthal was born (d. 2003). French conductor and composer.
1906 – Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol is founded.
1906 – Helena D’Algy was born. Portuguese actress.
1907 – Frithjof Schuon was born (d. 1998). Swiss metaphysician, poet and painter.
1908 – Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship.
1908 – The University of the Philippines was established.
1908 – Bud Collyer was born (d. 1969). American game show host.
1908 – Nedra Volz was born (d. 2003). American actress.
1908 – Stanley Knowles was born (d. 1997). Canadian politician.
1909 – Willi Kramp was born (d. 1986). Writer.
1910 – E.G. Marshall was born (d. 1998). American actor.
1910 – Ray McKinley was born (d. 1995). American jazz drummer and bandleader.
1910 – Dick Foran was born (d. 1979). American actor.
1913 – Sammy Cahn was born (d. 1993). American composer.
1913 – Sylvia Field Porter was born. American economist and journalist.
1915 – Red Adair was born (d. 2004). American firefighter.
1916 – Julio César Turbay Ayala was born (d. 2005). Colombian politician.
1917 – Arthur Tremblay was born (d. 1996). Canadian politician.
1917 – Richard Bopone was born (d. 1981). American actor.
1918 – Jerome Karle was born. American chemist Nobel Prize laureate.
1918 – Franco Modigliani was born (d. 2003). Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1920 – Ian Carmichael was born. English actor.
1922 – Claude Helffer was born (d. 2004). French pianist.
1922 – Jacobus Kapteyn dies (b. 1851). Dutch astronomer.
1923 – Checker Cab puts its first taxi on the streets.
1924 – George Mikan was born (d. 2005). American professional basketball player.
1927 – Paul Eddington was born (d. 1995). English actor.
1927 – Eva Bartok was born. Hungarian-born British actress.
1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was pilot and Lou Gordon, mechanic).
1928 – David T. Lykken was born. American scientist.
1928 – Roald Amundsen disappeared (b. 1872), while flying on a rescue mission with Norwegian pilot Leif Dietrichson. Norwegian explorer.
1929 – Jürgen Habermas was born. German sociologist and philosopher.
1930 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
1931 – Fernando Henrique Cardoso was born. President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002.
1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach was born. American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1932 – Geoffrey Hill was born. English poet.
1933 – Antonio López de Santa Ana assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência do México.
1934 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama was born (d. 2004). Japanese manga artist.
1935 – Hugh McColl was born. American banker.
1935 – John Spencer was born. English snooker player.
1935 – Carlos Ibarguren is elected to President of Argentine Academy of Letters.
1936 – Denny Hulme was born (d. 1992). New Zealand race car driver and one-time F1 world champion.
1936 – Maxim Gorky dies (b. 1868). Russian author.
1937 – Gaston Doumergue dies (b. 1863). French statesman.
1937 – Wray Carlton was born. American football player.
1937 – Gail Godwin was born. Author.
1937 – Vitali Zholobov was born. Soviet cosmonaut.
1938 – Kevin Murray was born. Australian rules footballer.
1939 – Jean-Claude Germain was born. French Canadian author, journalist and historian.
1939 – Lou Brock was born. American baseball star.
1940 – Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
1940 – “Finest Hour” speech by Winston Churchill.
1940 – Michael Sheard was born (d. 2005). British actor.
1942 – Sir Paul McCartney was born. English singer and songwriter (The Beatles).
1942 – Hans Vonk was born (d. 2004). Dutch conductor.
1942 – Thabo Mbeki was born. President of South Africa.
1942 – Carl Radle was born (d. 1980). American bass guitarist.
1942 – Roger Ebert was born. American film reviewer.
1942 – Celly Campelo was born in São Paulo. Brazilian rock musician.
1943 – Raffaella Carrà was born. Italian singer.
1944 – Sandy Posey was born. American singer.
1945 – César Maia was born. Brazilian economist and politician.
1945 – William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason.
1946 – Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist called for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
1946 – Russell Ash was born. British author.
1946 – Fabio Capello was born. Italian football coach.
1946 – Bruiser Brody was born (d. 1988). Professional wrestler.
1946 – Maria Bethânia was born. Brazilian singer.
1946 – Lídia Jorge was born in Boliqueime, Algarve. Portuguese writer.
1949 – Chris Van Allsburg was born. Author and illustrator.
1949 – Prince Lincoln Thompson was born (d. 1990). Jamaican musician.
1949 – Lech Kaczyński was born. Polish president, 2005-present.
1949 – Jarosław Kaczyński was born. Polish prime minister, twin brother of Lech Kaczyński.
1950 – Jackie Leven [Sir Vincent Lone] was born. Scottish singer and songwriter.
1952 – Isabella Rossellini was born. Italian actress.
1952 – Carol Kane was born. American actress.
1953 – The Republic of Egypt is declared and the monarchy is abolished. Muhammad Aguib is the first President.
1953 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashed and burned near Tokyo, Japan killing 129.
1954 – Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
1956 – Brian Benben was born. American actor.
1956 – Dina was born in Carregal do Sal. Portuguese singer.
1957 – Miguel Ángel Lotina was born. Spanish football manager.
1959 – Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital’s director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane.
1959 – Ethel Barrymore dies (b. 1879). Actress.
1960 – Ralph Brown was born. British actor.
1961 – Alison Moyet was born. English pop singer.
1961 – Andrés Galarraga was born. Venezuelan baseball player.
1963 – Bruce Smith was born. American football player.
1963 – Dizzy Reed [Darren Arthur Reed] was born. American keyboardist for (former) Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver.
1963 – Pedro Armendáriz dies. Mexican actor.
1964 – Uday Hussein was born (d. 2003) Iraqi leader.
1965 – Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
1966 – Kurt Browning was born. Canadian figure skater.
1967 – Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival.
1969 – Pål Pot Pamparius was born. Norwegian musician (Turbonegro).
1969 – Vito LoGrasso was born. American professional wrestler.
1969 – Christopher Largen was born. American author.
1971 – Nathan Morris was born. American singer (Boyz II Men).
1971 – Jason McAteer was born. England-born Irish footballer.
1971 – Paul Karrer dies (b. 1889). Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1972 – Staines air disaster – 118 killed as plane crashes 2 minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.
1972 – Michal Yannai was born. Israeli actress and model.
1973 – Alexandros Papadimitriou was born. Greek hammer thrower.
1973 – Eddie Cibrian was born. American actor.
1973 – Julie Depardieu was born. French actress.
1973 – Roger Delgado dies (b. 1918). Actor.
1974 – Vincenzo Montella was born. Italian footballer.
1975 – Daron Malakian was born. Rock musician.
1975 – Martin St. Louis was born. Canadian hockey player.
1975 – Aleksandrs Koliņko was born. Latvian footballer.
1975 – Maria João Bastos was born. Portuguese actress.
1975 – Marie Gillain was born. Belgian actress.
1975 – Jemma Griffiths was born. Welsh singer-songwriter.
1975 – Jamel Debbouze was born. French actor and producer.
1976 – Alana de la Garza was born. American actress.
1976 – Witte Wartena was born. Dutch artist.
1976 – Blake Shelton was born. American country singer.
1978 – Wang Liqin was born. Chinese table tennis player.
1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1980 – Antonio Gates was born. American football player.
1980 – Tara Platt was born. American actress.
1980 – Ivana Wong was born. Hong Kong singer and songwriter.
1980 – Craig Mottram was born. Australian middle distance runner.
1980 – Kazimierz Kuratowski dies. Polish mathematician.
1981 – The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.
1981 – Teresa Cormack was born (d. 1987). New Zealand murder victim.
1981 – Ella (Jiahua) Chen was born. Member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E.
1982 – Sean Conant was born. Irish-American artist.
1982 – John Cheever dies (b. 1912). Author.
1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
1984 – A Major clash between about 5,000 Police and a similar number of Miners and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners’ strike. Incident later known as the Battle of Orgreave.
1984 – Fernanda Souza was born. Brazilian actress.
1984 – Mateus was born. Angolan footballer.
1984 – Janne Happonen was born. Finnish skijumper.
1984 – Alan Berg dies murdered. Radio talk show host.
1986 – Richard Gasquet was born. French tennis player.
1989 – Giscard d’Estaing (França) é eleito para o Parlamento Europeu.
1989 – Renee Olstead was born. American singer and actress.
1991 – Willa Holland was born. American actress.
1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminals counts.
1999 – A global Carnival Against Capitalism.
2000 – Nancy Marchand dies (b. 1928). American actress.
2001 – Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.
2002 – Jack Buck dies (b. 1924). American baseball announcer.
2002 – Abertura da 4ª. Bienal Internacional de Roma.
2003 – Larry Doby dies (b. 1923). American baseball Hall of Famer.
2005 – Syed Mushtaq Ali dies (b. 1914). Indian cricketer.
2005 – Manuel Sadosky dies (b. 1914). Argentine mathematician.
2005 – Johnny Reed dies (b. 1923). Singer with The Orioles.
2006 – The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
2006 – Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg was born.
2006 – Vincent Sherman dies (b. 1906). American film director.
2007 – 2007 Melbourne CBD shootings.
2007 – Bernard Manning dies (b. 1930). British comedian.
2007 – Georges Thurston dies (b. 1951). Canadian singer.
2008 – Jean Delannoy dies (b. 1908). French actor and director.
2008 – Miyuki Kanbe dies (b. 1984). Japanese actor.
2008 – Tasha Tudor dies (b. 1915). American illustrator.
Autistic Pride Day
Benguet: Foundation Day
Cambodia: Queen Mother’s Birthday
Seychelles: National Day
United Kingdom: Waterloo Day
Scientology: Academy Day
Brazil – Chemist’s Day.

Google pay a tribute to Stravinsky

looking4good — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:10:00 +0000

Google has a unique way to celebrate something and today the company decided to pay a tribute to Igor Stravinsky with a special and interesting logo. This is because Igor_Fyodorovich Stravinsky [Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский], born on 17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 (d. 6 April 1971). He was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, considered by many to be one of the most important and influential composers of 20th century music.

Saudade – António Franco Alexandre

looking4good — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:51:00 +0000

Tal como és, assim te quero, e sempre
diverso cada dia do que foste;
cada imperfeito gesto que inventares
me fará desejar-te em outro verso.

Da arte do soneto feito mestre
no concurso sem regra da floresta,
na mais pequena folha te descubro
e no caule do vento é que te perco.

Da turva luz já retirei o emblema
que me sirva de rosto permanente
e venha o cabeçalho do poema;

e pedirei à noite que me empreste
um farrapo do manto incandescente
de que se veste, agora, para ter-te.

António Franco Alexandre (nasceu em 17 de Junho de 1944, em Viseu)

Jun 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification 2009

looking4good — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:49:00 +0000

The World Day to Combat Desertification is observed every year on 17 June. It marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and is part of an international campaign by the United Nations to tackle global environmental deterioration, in particular the degradation of drylands. This year’s theme is “Conserving land and water = Securing our common future”.

The World Day to Combat Desertification has been observed since 1995 (General Assembly Resolution A/RES/49/1995) to promote public awareness relating to international cooperation to combat desertification and the effects of drought, and the implementation of the UNCCD.

On this day in History – Jun 17

looking4good — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:40:00 +0000

0900 – Fulk the Venerable, Archbishop of Rheims (assassinated by Count Baldwin II of Flanders).
1025 – Bolesław I the Brave dies. First king of Poland.
1091 – Dirk V dies (b. 1052). Count of Holland.
1194 – Richard I crowned again. After having been held captive for two years by Emperor Henry VI, Richard felt it was necessary to demonstrate his sovereignty over England, and so he had a second coronation. Less than one month later he left the country, never to return.
1239 – King Edward I of England, king of England (1272-1307), was born. He became king of England following the death of his father Henry III.
1285 – Yekuno Amlak dies. Emperor of Ethiopia and restorer of the Solomonic dynasty.
1397 -The Kalmar Union -The coronation of Erik of Pomerania as king of Norway, Sweden and Denmark united the kingdoms in a union that would last until 1523.
1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in The Night Attack, and the latter is forced to retreat from Wallachia.
1463 – Princess Catherine of Portugal dies (b. 1436). Portuguese Princess and writer.
1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge – Forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru dies (b. 1536). Ashikaga shogun.
1567 – A Rainha dos escoceses, Maria, é encarcerada no Castelo de Lochleven, na Escócia.
1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
1600 – Pedro Calderon de la Barca was born. Spanish dramatist.
1603 – Joseph of Cupertino was born (d. 1663). Italian saint.
1631 – Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spent more than 20 years to build her tomb, the Taj Mahal.
1658 – Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real was born. Portuguese diplomat and politician.
1682 – King Charles XII of Sweden was born (d. 1718).
1691 – Giovanni Paolo Pannini was born (d. 1765). Italian painter and architect.
1693 – Johann Georg Walch was born (d. 1775). German theologian.
1694 – Philip Cardinal Howard dies (b. 1629). English Catholic Cardinal.
1696 – John III Sobieski dies (b. 1629). King of Poland.
1697 – Morte do jesuíta português António Vieira (algumas fontes citam 18 Jul 1697).
1698 – Os mercenários estrangeiros do Czar Pedro “O Grande” derrotam os rebeldes de Streltzy em Moscovo, Rússia.
1703 – John Wesley was born (d. 1791). English theologian, founder of Methodism.
1704 – John Kay was born (d. 1780). English inventor.
1714 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten was born (d. 1762). German philosopher.
1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury was born (d. 1784). French astronomer.
1718 – George Howard was born (d. 1796). British field marshal.
1719 – Joseph Addison dies (b. 1 May 1672). English politician and writer.
1734 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars dies (b. 1653). Marshal of France.

1740 – Sir William Wyndham dies (b. 1687). English politician.
1742 – William Hooper was born (d. 1790). American signer of the Declaration of Independence.
1762 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon dies (b. 1674). French writer.
1773 – Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bunker Hill – The British forces take Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
1775 – Major John Pitcairn dies killed in battle (b. 1722). British marine.
1789 – In France, the Third Estate declares itself as a national assembly.
1797 – Agha Muhammad Khan was castred and killed (b. 1742). Cruel ruler of Persia.
1798 – Em França, o terceiro Estado autodeclara-se uma Assembleia Nacional e inicia os trabalhos de elaboração de uma constituição.

1808 – Henrik Wergeland was born. Norwegian author.
1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath was born (d. 1876). German writer.
1811 – O Conselho Nacional Francês aprecia em Paris a disputa entre Napoleão Bonaparte e o Papa Pio VII.
1811 – Jón Sigurðsson was born (d. 1879). Icelandic independence fighter.
1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham dies (b. 1726). English sailor and politician.
1818 – Charles Gounod was born (d. 1893). French composer.
1818 – Sophie of Württemberg was born (d. 1877). Queen of the Netherlands.
1821 – Martín Miguel de Güemes dies (b. 1785). Argentine military leader.
1832 – Sir William Crookes was born (d. 1919). English physicist and chemist.
1837 – Charles Goodyear got a patent for rubber, the squishy, bouncy stuff.
1839 – In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of Toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result.
1839 – Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC was born (d. 1931). Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for ritualist activities.
1843 – Os Maoris revoltam-se contra os Britânicos na Nova Zelândia.
1858 – Ebenezer Sumner Draper was born (d. 1914). 44th Governor of Massachusetts.
1858 – Rani Lakshmibai dies (b. 1828). Queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857.
1861 – Omar Bundy was born (d. 1940). U.S. army general and soldier.
1861 – Pete Browning was born (d. 1905). American baseball player.
1863 – Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
1863 – Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg was born (d. 1934). Head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1867 – Henry Lawson was born (d. 1922). Australian poet.
1867 – John Robert Gregg was born (d. 1948). Inventor of shorthand system.
1876 – Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
1877 – Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – The Nez Perce defeat the US Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
1880 – Carl Van Vechten was born (d. 1964). American writer and photographer.
1881 – Tommy Burns was born (d. 1955). Canadian boxer.
1882 – Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born (d. 1918).
1882 – Igor Stravinsky was born (d. 6 Apr 1971). Russian composer (The Firebird, Petrouchka, The Rite of Spring, The Wedding, The Soldier’s Tale).
1882 – Armando Celis Maturana was born. Chilean politician.
1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1888 – Heinz Guderian was born (d. 1954). German general.
1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
1898 – Carl Hermann was born (d. 1961). German physicist.
1898 – M. C. Escher was born (d. 1972). Dutch artist.
1898 – Edward Burne-Jones dies (b. 1833). English artist.
1900 – Martin Bormann was born (d. 1945). Nazi official.
1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
1902 – Alec Hurwood was born (d. 1982). Australian cricketer.
1902 – Sammy Fain was born (d. 1989). American popular music composer.
1903 – Ruth Wakefield was born (d. 1977). Inventor of the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie.
1904 – Ralph Bellamy was born (d. 1991). American actor.
1904 – Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov dies assassinated (b. 1839). Russian politician, Governor-General of Finland.
1907 – Charles Eames was born (d. 1978). American designer and architect.
1907 – Maurice Cloche was born (d. 1990). French film director and screenwriter.
1909 – Elmer Lee Andersen was born (d. 2004). American politician and governor of Minnesota.
1909 – Ralph E. Winters was born (d. 2004). Canadian film editor.
1910 – George Hees was born (d. 1996). Canadian politician.
1910 – Red Foley was born (d. 1968). American musician.
1914 – John Hersey was born (d. 1993). American author.
1915 – David “Stringbean” Akeman was born (d. 1973). American banjo player and actor.
1915 – Karl Targownik was born (d. 1996). Hungaryan psychiatrist.
1916 – Terry Gilkyson was born (d. 1999). American singer, lyricist and composer.
1917 – Atle Selberg was born. Norwegian mathematician.
1918 – Ajahn Chah was born. Buddhist meditation master.
1920 – François Jacob was born. French biologist, 1965 Nobel laureate.
1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert was born (d. 1981). American politician.
1922 – Gago Coutinho e Sacadura Cabral concluíram a primeira travessia aérea do Atlântico Sul.
1923 – Elroy ‘Crazylegs’ Hirsch was born. American football player.
1925 – Protocolo de Genebra proíbe o uso de armas químicas e bacteriológicas em guerras.
1926 – Em Portugal, o general Gomes da Costa afasta do poder Mendes Cabeçadas e assume a chefia do governo.
1927 – Martin Böttcher was born. German conductor.
1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart starts her attempt to become the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean She was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was pilot and Lou Gordon, mechanic.
1928 – Juan Maria Bordaberry was born. President odf Uruguay (1972-1976).
1929 – Tigran Petrosian was born (d. 1984). Armenian chess player.
1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
1930 – Brian Statham was born (d. 2000). English cricketer.

1931 – John Baldessari was born. American artist.
1932 – Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
1932 – John Murtha was born. American politician.
1932 – Peter Lupus was born. American actor.
1933 – Union Station Massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash were gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
1933 – Christian Ferras was born (d. 1982). French violinist.
1933 – Harry Browne was born (d. 2006). American free-market libertarian writer, politician, and investment analyst.
1933 – Maurice Stokes was born (d. 1970). American basketball player.
1936 – Ken Loach was born. English film director.
1939 – Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre.
1939 – Allen Sothoron dies (b. 1893). American baseball player.
1940 – World War II: Operation Ariel begins – Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany‘s takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1940 – World War II: Sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
1940 – World War II: The British Army’s 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
1940 – The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
1940 – George Akerlof was born. American economist, Nobel laureate.
1940 – Arthur Harden dies (b. 1865). English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1941 – Johan Wagenaar dies (b. 1862). Dutch composer and organist.
1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei was born. Egyptian International Atomic Energy Agency. (IAEA) director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1942 – Charles Fitzpatrick dies (b. 1853). Canadian politician.
1943 – Barry Manilow [Barry Alan Pincus] was born. Grammy Award-winning singer: I Write the Songs [1975]; Mandy, Looks Like We Made It, Can’t Smile Without You, Copacabana.
1943 – Burt Rutan was born. American aerospace engineer.
1943 – Newt Gingrich was born. American politician.
1944 – António Franco Alexandre was born in Viseu. Portuguese poet and mathematician.
1944 – Iceland becomes independent from Denmark and forms a republic.
1944 – Randy Johnson was born. American football player
1945 – Anupam Kher was born. Indian actor.
1945 – Eddy Merckx was born. Belgian cyclist.
1945 – Frank Ashmore was born. American actor.
1945 – Ken Livingstone was born. English politician, Mayor of London.
1945 – Tommy Franks was born. American General.
1946 – Peter Rosei was born. Austrian writer.
1947 – A Assembleia Constituinte da Birmânia decide-se a favor da República da Birmânia independente.
1947 – Christopher Allport was born (d. 2008). American actor.
1947 – George S. Clinton was born. American composer and musician.
1947 – Linda Chavez was born. American author.
1947 – Paul Young was born (d. 2000). English singer and percussionist.
1948 – A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Air Lines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
1948 – Aurelio López was born (d. 1992). Baseball player.
1948 – Dave Concepción was born. Venezuelian baseball player.
1949 – Snakefinger was born (d. 1987). British-born musician.
1950 – Lee Tamahori was born. New Zealand film director.
1951 – Joe Piscopo was born. American actor.
1952 – O Perú torna-se membro da Food and Agriculture Organization – FAO.
1952 – Mike Milbury was born. American ice hockey player, coach and executive.
1952 – Jack Parsons dies (b. 1914). American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist.
1953 – Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
1954 – Rocky Marciano successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title by defeating former champion Ezzard Charles.
1954 – Fundação do Hotel El Prado – Barranquilla – Colômbia.
1955 – Gail Jones was born. Australian author.
1956 – Bob Sweikert dies (b. 1926). American racing driver.
1956 – Paul Rostock dies (b. 1892). German doctor.
1957 – Wham-O renamed their new flying disc toy to Frisbee.
1957 – Jack Wouterse was born. Dutch actor.
1957 – Jon Gries was born. American actor.
1957 – Martin Dillon was born (d. 2005). American opera singer.
1957 – Phil Chevron was born. Irish musician (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space).
1957 – Dorothy Richardson dies (b. 1873). English feminist writer.
1958 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing being built connecting Vancouver and North Vancouver, Canada, collapses into the Burrard Inlet, killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others.
1958 – The Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada opened, and is still open to this day.
1958 – Bobby Farrelly was born. American film director.
1958 – Derek Lee Ragin was born. American countertenor.
1958 – Jello Biafra was born. American musician and politician.
1958 – Sam Hamad was born. Syrian-born Canadian politician.
1960 – Ted Williams becomes the fourth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.
1960 – Joseph Kasavubu is selected to be the first president of the Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC).
1960 – Adrián Campos was born. Spanish racing driver.
1960 – Thomas Haden Church was born. American actor.
1961 – Russian dancer in freedom dash : Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev breaks free from security guards at Paris airport and asks for asylum in France.
1961 – The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress.
1961 – Kōichi Yamadera was born. Japanese seiyū, actor and tarento.
1961 – Thomas Haden Church was born in El Paso, Texas. American actor.
1961 – Jeff Chandler dies (b. 1918). American actor.
1962 – O Brasil sagra-se Bicampeão Mundial de futebol ao vencer o Campeonato de 1962 no Chile derrotando na final a Checoslováquia.
1962 – Michael Monroe was born. Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks).
1963 – The United States Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord’s Prayer in public schools.
1963 – Aleksander Kesküla dies (b. 1882). Estonian politician and nationalist.
1963 – Greg Kinnear was born at Logansport, Indiana. American actor.
1964 – Erin Murphy was born. American actress.
1964 – Michael Gross was born. German swimmer.
1964 – Rinaldo Capello was born. Italian racing driver.
1965 – Dan Jansen was born. American speed skater
1965 – Dara O’Kearney was born. Irish ultra runner and professional poker player.
1965 – Dermontti Dawson was born. American football player.
1966 – Jason Patric (Miller Jr.) was born. American actor.
1967 – Eric Stefani was born. American musician.
1968 – Julie Miller was born. Hawaii Ironman Triathlon Finisher.
1968 – Minoru Suzuki was born. Japanese professional wrestler.
1968 – José Nasazzi dies (b. 1901). Uruguayan footballer.
1969 – Boris Spassky became chess champion of the world after checkmating former Champion Tigran Petrosian in Moscow.
1969 – Paul Tergat was born. Kenyan athlete.
1970 – Jason Hanson was born. American football player.
1970 – Michael Showalter was born. American comedian.
1970 – Popeye Jones, American basketball player.
1970 – Sasha Sokol was born. Mexican singer and actress.
1970 – Stéphane Fiset was born. French Canadian ice hockey player.
1970 – Will Forte was born. American writer, actor and comedian.
1971 – Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, setting out a plan where the U.S. would return control of Okinawa.
1971 – Mildred Fox was born. Irish politician.
1971 – Paulina Rubio was born. Mexican singer.
1971 – Humberto Madeira dies. Portuguese actor.
1972 – Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
1972 – Sebastian White was born. Musician and artist.
1973 – Christian Claudio was born. Puerto Rican Business Consultant.
1973 – Krayzie Bone was born. American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony).
1973 – Leander Paes was born. Indian tennis player.
1973 – Louis Leterrier was born. French film director.
1974 – Evangelia Psarra was born. Greek archer.
1974 – Pamela Britton dies (b. 1923). American actress.
1975 – Chloe Jones was born (d. 2005). American actress, Penthouse Pet of April 1998.
1975 – Jennifer Irwin was born. Canadian actress.
1975 – Joshua Leonard was born. American actor.
1976 – Sven Nys was born. Belgian mountainbiker.
1977 – Branko Tomovic was born. Serbian actor.
1977 – Mark Tauscher was born. American football player.
1977 – Roger Manganelli was born. American bassist (Less Than Jake).
1978 – O francês Jacques de Larosière assume a direção do Fundo Monetário Internacional.
1978 – Isabelle Delobel was born. French European ice dancer.
1978 – James Corden was born. English actor and comedian.
1978 – Kumiko Aso was born. Japanese actress.
1978 – Matthew Bellamy was born. Lead vocal, guitarist and pianist in the world famous british band Muse
1979 – Nick Rimando was born. American football (soccer) player.
1979 – Duffy Lewis dies (b. 1888). American baseball player.
1980 – O Presidente do Senegal, Leopoldo Sedar Senghor, é doutorado “Honoris Causa” pela universidade de Évora, em cerimónia apadrinhada pelo Presidente Português Ramalho Eanes.
1980 – Kimeru was born. Japanese singer.
1980 – Venus Williams was born. American tennis player: doubles title: U.S./French Opens w/sister Serena [1999]; Grand Slam singles: Wimbledon [2000], U.S. Open [2000, 2001]; doubles: w/sister Serena: Wimbledon [2000]; fastest serve in WTA history [127 mph].
1981 – Amrita Rao was born. Indian model and actress.
1981 – Kyle Boller was born. American football quarterback.
1981 – Shane Watson was born. Australian cricket all-rounder.
1981 – Richard O’Connor dies (b. 1889). British general.
1981 – Zerna Sharp dies (b. 1889). American writer and educator (Dick and Jane).
1982 – The body of “God’s Banker”, Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
1982 – Leopold Galtieri, sob pressão na seqüência da derrota Argentina no conflito da Falkland/Malvinas, demite-se do cargo de Presidente, Comandante-em-Chefe e membro da Junta Militar Nacional.
1982 – Marek Svatoš was born. Slovakian ice hockey player.
1982 – Roberto Calvi dies (b. 1920). Italian banker.
1983 – Connie Fisher was born. English stage actress.
1983 – Kazunari Ninomiya was born. Japanese singer and actor.
1983 – Lee Ryan was born. British singer, formerly of Blue.
1983 – Peter Mennin dies (b. 1923). American composer and teacher.
1984 – Votantes de mais de seis países membros da CEE, vão as urnas para eleger um novo Parlamento Europeu (eleitores dos outros quatro países votaram dia 14).
1984 – John Gallagher Jr. was born. American stage actor.
1985 – Judy Norton-Taylor, who played the role of Mary Ellen on The Waltons, saw her good-girl image tarnished as she was photographed nude for Playboy magazine.
1985 – Marcos Baghdatis was born. Cypriot professional tennis player.
1985 – Rafael Sóbis was born. Brazilian footballer.
1986 – Kate Smith dies (b. 1907). American singer (God Bless America).
1987 – With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
1987 – Dick Howser dies (b. 1936). Aerican baseball player and manager.
1988 – Andrew Ogilvy was born. Australian basketball player.
1989 – Fernando Collor de Melo, candidato à Presidência da República do Brasil, visita Portugal por dois dias.
1991 – Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
1991 – A Alemanha e a Polônia põem fim a 46 anos de rivalidades, assinando, em Bona, um tratado de amizade e não agressão.
1992 – A ‘Joint Understanding’ agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
1992 – Over 200 rioters, armed with guns and pangas (machetes) stormed through squatter camps south of Johannesburg. 39 people are killed including women and children.
1992 – Ganesh Sittamplam, com 13 anos, forma-se em Matemática pela Surrey University, passando a ser o licenciado mais jovem de todos os tempos.
1992 – Institui-se em Angola o “Dia das Actividades Geologicas e Mineiras”.
1994 – Following a televised highway chase and a failed attempt at suicide, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
1994 – The FIFA World Cup begins in the USA / Início do Campeonato do Mundo de Futebol, nos Estados Unidos.
1994 – Portugal torna-se participante do Global Environment Facility (GEF).
1996 – Thomas Kuhn dies (b. 1922). American philosopher of science (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions).
1999 – Basil Hume dies (b. 1923). Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, England.
2000 – Ismail Mahomed dies (b. 1931). South African and Namibian Chief Justice.
2001 – Scotland: Catholic leader Cardinal Winning dies – The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland dies suddenly at his Glasgow home.
2001 – Donald J. Cram dies (b. 1919). American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
2001 – Thomas Joseph Winning dies (b. 1925). Cardinal Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland.
2002 – Fritz Walter dies (b. 1920). German footballer.
2002 – Willie Davenport dies (b. 1943). American athlete.
2004 – O Conselho de Segurança da ONU congela os bens do Ex-presidente liberiano, Charles Taylor.
2004 – Gerry McNeil dies (b. 1926). Canadian hockey player.
2004 – Sara Lidman dies (b. 30Dec. 1923). Swedish writer.
2005 – Karl Mueller dies (b. 1962). American bassist (Soul Asylum).
2005 – Sam Loeb dies (b. 1988). Comic book writer.
2006 – FIFA World Championship: Portugal beat Iran and after 40 years is one of the 18 teams qualified in Germany 2006 World Championship in football.
2006 – Arthur Franz dies (b. 1920). American actor.
2006 – Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka “Bussunda” dies (b. 1962). Brazilian comedian.
2007 – Gianfranco Ferrè dies (b. 1944), Italian fashion designer.
2007 – Serena Wilson dies (b. 1933). American belly dancer.
2008 – Cyd Charisse dies (b. 1922). American dancer and actress.
2008 – Tsutomu Miyazaki dies (b. 1962). Japanese serial killer.
The World Day to Combat Desertification – 17th of June marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in 1992, based on a recommendation of the Rio Earth Summit / Dia Mundial de Combate à Desertificação (Pronunciamento de Kofi Annan).
El Salvador, Guatemala: Father’s Day.
Iceland: National Day, celebrating independence from Denmark in 1944.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Zemla Intifada Day.
Suffolk County, Massachusetts: Bunker Hill Day.
National holiday of West Germany until 1990 see Workers’ Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.