Historical Events
1926 - 61st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham
1962 - Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
1988 - 104°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
1988 - Cal Ripken Jr plays in his 1,000th consecutive game
1999 - In his first state of the nation address, South African President Thabo Mbeki promises to tackle rampaging crime; the nation's murder rate is the third highest in the world and more than 49,000 cases of rape were reported in 1998
1999 - 53rd NBA Championship: San Antonio Spurs beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1
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Famous Birthdays
1852 - Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect (d. 1926)
1894 - Hermann Oberth, Germany, founded modern astronautics (V2/Redstone)
1942 - Wilbert Bank, actor/director (On Hope of Blessing)
1952 - Tim Finn, rocker (Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues)
1973 - Milan Hnilicka, hockey goaltender (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
1983 - Todd Cooper, British swimmer
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Famous Deaths
1785 - Pierre Talon, French composer and cellist, dies at 63
1954 - Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74
1962 - Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies
1971 - John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1880)
1992 - James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies
2016 - Jim Hickman, American baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 79
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