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Hall, Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry 1899 Anthon van der Horst, organist/composer 1899 Helen Traubel, St Louis, Missouri, soprano (or 6/16/1903) 1899 Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance during WW II 19-- Alisan Porter, actress (Tess Holland-Perfect Strangers) 19-- Amir Derakh, rocker (Jailhouse-Alive in a Mad World) 19-- Chuck Wagner, Nashville Tn, actor (Automan) 19-- Jimmy Chalfant, rocker (Kix-Hot Wire) 19-- Paul Kreppel, Kingston NY, actor (Sonny-It's a Living) 1903 Glenna Collett Vare, RI, Natl Am Golf champ (1922, 25, 28-30, 35) 1904 Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister 1906 Bob Howard, Newton Mass, singer/pianist (Sing it Again) 1906 Catherine Cookson, England, novelist (Bannaman Legacy) 1907 Lillian Hellman, playwright (Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes) 1909 Errol Flynn, actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood, Against All Flags) 1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham Ala, actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy) 1911 Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals 1915 Terence Young, Shanghai China, director (Dr No, Thunderball) 1916 Johnny Morris, British broadcaster 1916 William Balchin, geographer 1919 Bruce Gordon, London England, actor (Frank Nitti-Untouchables) 1919 Ronald Hines, actor 1920 DeForest Kelley, Atlanta Ga, actor (Dr Leonard McCoy-Star Trek) 1920 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge 1923 Marcus Bakker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN) 1924 Audie Murphy, Kingston Tx, WW II hero/actor (Destry, Joe Butterfly) 1924 Chet Atkins, Luttrell Tenn, guitarist (Me & My Guitar) 1924 Rainer Barzel, German CDU-CSU-fractieleader/minister 1925 Doris J Hart, St Louis Mo, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1951) 1926 Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director (Kew Gardens) 1928 David Mitchell, British parliament leader 1928 Jean-Marie Le-Pen, France, leader National Front party 1928 Martin Landau, actor (Mission Impossible, Space 1999, Tucker) 1929 Ronald Hines, British actor (Pack of Lies) 1930 Ellis Rabb, US, actor 1930 John Waine, bishop (Chelmsford) 1931 Arne Nordheim, Larvik Norway, conductor/composer (Aftonland) 1931 Olympia Dukakis, actress (Moonstruckm, Cemetary Club) 1931 Richard Southwood, zoologist/chancellor (Oxford University) 1932 Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet (Requiem, Userjoz) 1933 Brett Halsey, Santa Ana Calif, actress (Paul-Follow the Sun) 1933 Claire Tomalin, biographer/editor 1933 Danny Aiello, NYC, actor (Moonstruck, Radio Days) 1933 Earl of Cranbrook, CEO (Nature Conservancy Council) 1933 Jean Boiteux, France, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1952) 1934 Rossana Podesta, Tripoli Libya, actress (Hercules, Ulysses) 1934 Wendy Craig, English actress (Joseph Andrews) 1935 Anthony Pilkington, CEO (Pilkington Pic) 1941 Stephen Frears, director (Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons) 1941 Ulf Merbold, German physicist/astronaut (Spacelab) 1942 Brian Wilson, Inglewood Calif, singer (Beachboys-In My Room) 1945 Anne Murray, Nova Scotia Canada, singer (Snow Bird) 1945 David S Monson, (Rep-R-UT, 1985- ) 1945 James F Buchli, New Rockford ND, USMC/astr (STS 51C, 61A, 29, 48) 1945 John McCook, Ventura Cal, actor (Codename: Firefox, Bold & Beautiful) 1946 Andr‚ Watts, Nuremberg Germany, concert pianist (Oberon) 1946 Duke of Gloucester 1947 Candy Clark, actress (Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti) 1947 David French, British director 1947 John Forbes, horse trainer 1950 Lionel Richie, Alabama, singer (Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover) 1952 John Goodman, actor (Roseanne, Everyone's All American) 1952 Larry Riley, Memphis Tn, actor (Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing) 1953 Brian Duffy, Boston Mass, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 45) 1953 Cyndi Ann Stephanie Lauper, Bkln, singer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) 1953 Raul Ramirez, tennis player 1954 Alan Lamb, British cricket player 1955 Michael Anthony, rocker (Van Halen-Jump, 1984) 1957 Butch Patrick, Inglewood Calif, actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters) 1960 John Taylor, rocker (Duran Duran-Girls on Film) 1960 Michael Corbett, Collingwood NJ, actor (David-Young & Restless) 1961 Karin Enke, Dresden German DR, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980, 84) 1963 Kirk Baptiste, Beaumont Tx, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1984) 1967 Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist (Nelson-Love & Affection) Back to GREGSITE Passings for June 201597 Willem Barents, discovered Spitsbergen/Bereneil, dies 1649 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies 1837 William IV, King of England, dies 1876 Antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79 1888 John H Zuckertort, German chess player, dies at 45 1915 Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies 1933 Clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies 1941 Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies 1947 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal 1953 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 1958 Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies 1959 Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71 1963 Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 1963 Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Wash state execution in 25 yrs 1963 Ralph Sanford, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 64 1965 Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41 1966 Georges LemaŒtre, originator of "big bang" theory, dies at 71 1972 Howard Johnson, US restaurant/hotel founder, dies at 75 1977 Abner Biberman, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), dies at 68 1984 Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99 1984 Sunny Johnson, actress (Animal House), dies cerebral hemorrhage at 30 1986 Tim Herbert, comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71 1990 Ina Balin, actress, dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension in Conn Back to GREGSITE Holidays for June 20[Argentina] Flag Day [Senegal] Independence Day (1960) [West Virginia] Admission Day (1863) [US] Father's Day (Remind the guy how much you care) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for June 20537 [RC] Feast of St Silverius, 58th pope [536-37], martyr 1998 [RC] Memorial of Immaculate Heart of Mary (opt) Back to GREGSITE Special events for June 20 [US] National Bald Eagle Day (1982) 1402 Battle of Angora (Ankara)-Tatars defeat Turkish Army 1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique 1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area 1756 146 Brit soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die 1756 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army 1779 Battle of Stone Ferry 1782 Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol 1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution 1793 Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent 1819 Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) 1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria 1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin 1863 1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa) 1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th US state 1864 Battle of Kinston NC & Battle of Abingdon VA 1864 Battle of Petersburgs VA - in trenches 1867 Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska 1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss 1874 1st US Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons) 1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parentst in New Bedford Mass 1895 1st female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) 1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe 1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation 1907 1st Portland Rose festival 1910 "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal 1911 NAACP incorporates (NY) 1915 German offensive in Argonnen 1917 J Palisa discovers asteroid #876 Scott 1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win & game is replayed 1921 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record) 1926 Mordecai W Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University 1931 Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian 1936 Jesse Owens of US sets 100 meter record at 10.2 1939 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1817 Katanga 1939 Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants 1940 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Arturo Godoy (NYC) 1942 Germany troop march into Tobruk on English leader 1943 Detroit race riot kills 35 1943 German round up Jews in Amsterdam 1943 National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes 1943 New Qu‚bec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Qu‚bec (3« km dia) 1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency 1947 Pres Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act 1948 "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV 1948 Deutsche Mark introduced in West-Germany 1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia 1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2 1960 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France 1960 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (NYC) 1963 1st Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-2 1963 Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income 1963 US & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line" 1964 Ken Venturi wins US Open golf tournament 1966 Billy Casper wins US Open golf tournament 1966 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman 1967 Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services 1967 Phillies Larry Jackson beats NY Mets for 18th straight time 1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 1969 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear 1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR 1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen 1976 Carl Fugate, Starkwether accomplice, paroled 1976 Jerry Pate wins US Open golf tournament 1976 River Country opens 1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez 1982 Israeli PM Menachem Begin arrives in Washington 1982 Tom Watson wins US Open golf tournament 1983 Larry Nelson wins US Open golf tournament 1983 Yankee Bobby Murcer retires 1986 Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon 1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass 1988 Curtis Strange wins US Open golf tournament 1988 Haiti's general assembly dissolves 1988 NYC WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of NJ Devils 1988 Price is Right model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera 1990 40,000-50,000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran 1990 Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US 1993 Chicago Bulls defeat Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 for NBA title Back to GREGSITE Facts for June 20171st day of year with 194 days left (Numerology = 8) 1914 49øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1923 98øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on June 2006/20/41 --- Goodbye Now --- Herman, Woody 06/20/41 --- Maria Elena --- Pastor, Tony 06/20/46 --- Prisoner Of Love --- Ink Spots 06/20/46 --- They Say It's Wonderful --- Sinatra, Frank 06/20/47 --- Peg O' My Heart --- Lund, Art 06/20/47 --- Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) --- Ingle, Red & The Natural Seven 06/20/47 --- I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder --- Lombardo, Guy 06/20/47 --- Peg O' My Heart --- Three Suns 06/20/52 --- Sugarbush --- Day, Doris 06/20/52 --- Botch-A-Me --- Clooney, Rosemary 06/20/53 --- You You You --- Ames Brothers 06/20/53 --- P.S. I Love You --- Hilltoppers 06/20/60 --- That's All You Gotta Do --- Lee, Brenda 06/20/60 --- Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel) --- Orbison, Roy 06/20/64 --- Can't You See That She's Mine --- Clark Five, Dave 06/20/64 --- Girl From Ipanema --- Getz, Stan 06/20/70 --- O-o-h Child --- Five Stairsteps 06/20/81 --- Queen Of Hearts --- Newton, Juice 06/20/87 --- I Want Your Sex --- Michael, George 06/20/87 --- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking F --- U2 06/20/92 --- Too Funky --- Michael, George |
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