Today in HistoryThis day in history:
- 1985 – Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities.
- 1734 – In Montreal, New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
- 1791 – King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
- 1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
Births:
- 1925 – Maureen Stapleton, American actress (died 2006)
- 1967 – Jim Breuer, American comedian, actor, and producer
- 1990 – Isabel Pires, Portuguese politician
Deaths:
- 2004 – Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman (born 1916)
- 1908 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (born 1844)
- 2013 – James P. Gordon, American physicist and academic (born 1928)
Holidays:
- National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
- Father's Day (Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Uganda, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates)
- Day of the Martyrs (Togo)
Random Article of the day:
Hernán Antonio Madrid Cataldo (born April 2, 1981) is a football coach and former footballer who played as a central defender. Born in Chile, he represented the Palestine national team. He is currently in charge of the Universidad Católica under-21 team.
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