Today in History

Today In History

We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:

Birthdays
1904 Frederick Loewe was born.
1915 Saul Bellow was born.
1922 Judy Garland was born.
1928 Maurice Sendak was born.
1933 F. Lee Bailey was born.
1957 Michael Burger was born.
1966 Elizabeth Hurley was born.
1982 Tara Lipinski was born.
1982 Leelee Sobieski was born.

Tomorrow’s notable events

Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:

DateEvent
11-06-1000Barnabas, from the Hebrew, 'son of consolation'
11-06-1000Barnaby, from the Hebrew, 'son of consolation'
11-06-1000Barney, from the Hebrew, 'son of consolation'
11-06-1000Shushana, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Sosanna, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Sue, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Sukey, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Suki, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Susan, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Susanna, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Susanne, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Susie, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Suzanna, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Suzanne, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Suzette, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Suzi, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1000Zsa Zsa, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'
11-06-1910Jacques Cousteau was born.
11-06-1913Vince Lombardi was born.
11-06-1935Gene Wilder was born.
11-06-1936Chad Everett was born.
11-06-1945Adrienne Barbeau was born.
11-06-1956Joe Montana was born.
11-06-1978Joshua Jackson was born.
11-06-2000Feast Day of Barnabas, from the Hebrew, 'son of consolation'. Although Barnabas was not one of the Twelve, he is called an 'apostle' - that is, 'one who is sent'. Barnabas worked tirelessly to bring the Gospel to the people of the Roman Empire; indeed, his first mission was to be a companion to the newly-converted Paul (also called an apostle) when many Christians in Jerusalem could only remember him as the raging persecutor, Saul, who witnessed the stoning of St Stephen. We know from Acts that Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew, 'a good man, full of the Holy Ghost and of faith'. He accompanied Paul on his first missionary journey and is honoured as the founder of the Church on Cyprus. Barnabas was also the cousin of John Mark, the youngman who may have written the first Gospel. John Mark started out on the mission with them but disgraced himself - in Paul's eyes, at least - by wearying of the dangers. Barnabas, to his everlasting credit, took the part of the younger man and went back with him, although later he managed to reconcile the tWo. The Bible does not tell us what became of Barnabas, although tradition says that he was martyred at Salamis, Greece. Since Barnabas' feast day is the 11 June (the old style Midsummer Day), he has become the patron saint of haymakers and harvesters, as well as of Cyprus.
11-06-2000Feast Day of Susanna, from the Hebrew, 'graceful white lily'. One St Susanna may have been the beautiful niece of St Caius, Bishop of Rome, who was sought after by the Emperor Diocletian's friend, Maximian. When she refused him, she, her father and two uncles were all executed. Whatever the truth of the story, there was a Susanna who was martyred and buried in Rome. The popularity of this name in Britain is probably due more to the heroine in the apocryphal story of Tobit, but there are several saints called Susanna, including another martyr from Armenia who married a Russian prince from Georgia and who was killed by Persians in 473.
11-06-2004Christopher Backus marries Mira Sorvino
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