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June 20th

2009-06-20T03:49:00.003-07:00

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June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year.
On leap years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
Contents [hide]
1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
[edit]Events

451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' defeats Attila the Hun.
1214 – The University of Oxford receives its charter.
1631 – The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
1652 – Tarhoncu Ahmet Paşa appointed grand vezir of the Ottoman Empire, served until 21 March 1653.
1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
1756 – A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.
1789 – Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
1791 – King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during The French Revolution.
1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey was made under sail.
1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
1862 – Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
1863 – American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother.
1919 – 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”.
1948 – Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut.
1956 – A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
1959 – A rare June hurricane struck Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
1960 – Independence of Mali and Senegal.
1963 – The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1973 – Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
1979 – ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparked international outcry of the regime.
1990 – Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
1991 – The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
[edit]Births

236 BC – Scipio Africanus, Roman statesman and general of the Second Punic War (d. 183 BC)
1005 – Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
1389 – John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)
1469 – Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (d. 1494)
1485 – Astorre III Manfredi, lord of Faenza (d. 1502)
1566 – King Sigismund III Vasa (d. 1632)
1583 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
1634 – Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
1642 (O.S.) – George Hickes, English minister and scholar (d. 1715)
1647 – John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
1699 – William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1737)
1717 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)
1723 (O.S.) – Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)
1723 (O.S.) – Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (d. 1808)
1733 – Betty Washington- sister of George Washington
1737 – Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1786)
1754 – Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1832)
1756 – Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792)
1761 – Jacob Hübner, German entomologist (d. 1826)
1763 – Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
1770 – Moses Waddel, American educator/minister and bestselling author (d. 1840)
1771 – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820)
1771 – Hermann von Boyen, German army officer (d. 1848)
1778 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French politician (d. 1832)
1786 – Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (d. 1859)
1796 – Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal (d. 1878)
1808 – Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
1813 – Joseph Autran, French poet (d. 1877)
1819 – Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
1858 – Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)
1860 – Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
1861 – Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d. 1947)
1862 – Marco Praga, Italian playwright (d. 1929)
1870 – Georges Dufrénoy, French post-impressionnist painter (d. 1943)
1872 – George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
1875 – Reginald Punnett, British geneticist (d. 1967)
1885 – Andrzej Gawroński, Polish scholar (d. 1927)
1887 – Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
1889 – John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951)
1891 – John A. Costello, second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)
1891 – Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano (d. 1951)
1893 – Wilhelm Zaisser, German politician (d. 1958)
1894 – Lloyd Hall, American chemist (d. 1971)
1896 – Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor (d. 1982)
1897 – Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973)
1899 – Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (d. 1943)
1905 – Lillian Hellman, American playwright (d. 1984)
1907 – Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)
1908 – Billy Werber, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1909 – Errol Flynn, Australian actor (d. 1959)
1911 – Gail Patrick, American actress (d. 1980)
1912 – Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)
1915 – Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2002)
1915 – Terence Young, British film director (d. 1994)
1916 – Jean-Jacques Bertrand, premier of Quebec (d. 1973)
1916 – Johnny Morris, British children's presenter (d. 1999)
1917 – Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (d. 2006)
1918 – George Lynch, American auto racer (d. 1997)
1918 – Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian writer
1920 – Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater
1924 – Chet Atkins, American guitar player and producer (d. 2001)
1924 – Audie Murphy, American Medal of Honor recipient and actor (d. 1971)
1924 – Fritz Koenig, German sculptor
1928 – Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (d. 1964)
1928 – Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician
1930 – Paul Pender, American boxer
1930 – Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist
1931 – Olympia Dukakis, Greek-American actress
1931 – Martin Landau, American actor
1932 – Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet (d. 1994)
1933 – Danny Aiello, American actor
1934 – Wendy Craig, English actress
1934 – Rossana Podestà, Italian actress
1934 – Yuri Vizbor, Russian poet (d. 1984)
1935 – Len Dawson, former football player
1935 – Neal Knox, gun rights activist (d. 2005)
1936 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2002)
1937 – Jerry Keller, pop singer and songwriter
1938 – Mickie Most, British record producer (d. 2003)
1939 – Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
1940 – Eugen Drewermann, German theologian
1940 – John Mahoney, English actor
1941 – Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
1941 – Stephen Frears, English film director
1942 – Brian Wilson, American musician; founder of The Beach Boys
1944 – Cheryl Holdridge, American actress
1944 – David Roper, English actor
1945 – Anne Murray, Canadian singer
1946 – Bob Vila, television presenter
1946 – Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
1946 – Andre Watts, American pianist
1946 – Lars Vilks, Swedish artist
1947 – Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
1947 – Candy Clark, American actress
1947 – Josef Clemens, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
1947 – Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist
1948 – Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
1949 – Lionel Richie, American musician (The Commodores)
1949 – Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1950 – Nouri Al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq
1951 – Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
1951 – Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet
1951 – Bill Simon, American businessman and politician
1952 – John Goodman, American actor
1952 – Larry Riley, American actor (d. 1992)
1952 – Vikram Seth, Indian poet
1953 – Ulrich Mühe, German actor (d. 2007)
1953 – Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
1953 – Willy Rampf, German F1 technical director (BMW Sauber)
1954 – Michael Anthony, American musician (Van Halen)
1954 – Ilan Ramon, Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)
1954 – Allan Lamb, South African born English cricketer
1956 – Peter Reid, English former footballer
1957 – Koko B. Ware, American professional wrestler
1958 – Chuck Wagner, American actor
1958 – Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
1960 – John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
1963 – Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy)
1963 – Don West, American professional wrestling announcer
1964 – Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
1964 – Silke Möller, German track and field athlete
1967 – Nicole Kidman, American-born Australian actress
1968 – Robert Rodriguez, American film director
1969 – MaliVai Washington, American former tennis player
1969 – Misha Verbitsky, Russian mathematician
1970 – Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
1970 – Andrea Nahles, German politician
1970 – Bruce Woodcock, American computer games analyst
1971 – Josh Lucas, American actor
1971 – Jeordie White, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
1971 – Josh Kronfeld, former New Zealand rugby union footballer
1971 – Rodney Rogers, American basketball player
1972 – Paul Bako, American baseball player
1973 – Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones)
1974 – Attila Czene, Hungarian swimmer
1974 – Jami Ferrell, American model and actress
1974 – Tuta, Brazilian footballer
1975 – Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
1976 – Jerome Fontamillas,Filipino American musician (Switchfoot)
1976 – Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
1976 – Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
1976 – Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
1977 – Nataraj, Indian Bioinformatician
1978 – LaVar Arrington, American football player
1978 – Quinton Jackson, American Mixed Martial Artist
1978 – Frank Lampard, English footballer
1978 – Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
1978 – Bobby Seay, American baseball player
1979 – Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash)
1979 – Charles Howell III, Professional Golfer
1979 – Cael Sanderson, Olympic Wrestler
1979 – Lani Billard, Canadian actress
1980 – Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union footballer
1980 – Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist
1980 – Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarrist (Mest)
1980 – Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
1981 – Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
1981 – Angerfist, Dutch musician
1982 – Aleksei Berezutski, Russian footballer
1982 – Vasili Berezutski, Russian footballer
1982 – George Forsyth, Peruvian footballer
1983 – Darren Sproles, American football player
1983 – Josh Childress, American basketball player
1983 – Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
1985 – Souleymane Mamam, Togolese footballer
1985 – Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player
1988 – Shefali Chowdhury, Welsh actress
1989 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
1989 – Terrelle Pryor, American football player
1997 – Maria Lark, Russian-born American actress
[edit]Deaths

451 – Theodorid, King of the Visigoths
840 – Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)
885 – Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)
1176 – Mikhail of Vladimir, Russian prince
1597 – Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator
1605 – Feodor II of Russia, tsar of Russia (b. 1589)
1668 – Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
1776 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)
1787 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (b. 1723)
1800 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719)
1810 – Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish statesman (b. 1755)
1820 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)
1840 – Pierre Claude François Daunou, French statesman and historian (b. 1761)
1837 – William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
1869 – Toshizou Hijikata, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)
1870 – Jules de Goncourt, French writer (b. 1830)
1872 – Elie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
1888 – Johannes Zukertort, German-Polish-Jewish chess master (b. 1842)
1906 – John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)
1925 – Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (b. 1842)
1945 – Bruno Frank, German author (b. 1878)
1945 – Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón, Spanish prince (b. 1888)
1947 – Bugsy Siegel, American crime figure (b. 1906)
1952 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
1958 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1963 – Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician (b. 1898)
1965 – Bernard Baruch, American politician (b. 1870)
1972 – Howard Johnson, American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (b. 1897)
1976 – Lou Klein, American baseball player (b. 1918)
1978 – Mark Robson, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1913)
1984 – Estelle Winwood, English actress (b. 1883)
1995 – Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher (b. 1911)
1996 – Jim Ellison, Singer/Guitarist for the band Material Issue (b. 1964)
1997 – Lawrence Payton, American singer (The Four Tops) (b. 1938)
1998 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (b. 1942)
1999 – Clifton Fadiman, American author (b. 1902)
2002 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (b. 1905)
2002 – Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
2003 – Bob Stump, American politician (b. 1927)
2005 – Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
2005 – Larry Collins, American writer (b. 1929)
2006 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2007 – Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
[edit]Holidays and observances

Solstice and Midsummer celebrations (if the solstice falls on this day, it varies annually)
Neopaganism, Wicca: Litha in the Northern Hemisphere and Yule in the Southern Hemisphere (if solstice falls on this day)
International Surfing Day (June 21 during leap years)
World Refugee Day
Argentina: Flag Day
Eritrea: Martyrs' Day
West Virginia: West Virginia Day.
Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg (d. 981)

June 20th

2009-06-20T03:49:00.001-07:00

June 19th, Friday

2009-06-19T08:45:00.001-07:00

June 19
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June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 195 days remaining until the end of the year.
Contents [hide]
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2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
[edit]Events

1179 – The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
1269 – King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
1306 – The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, N.C., after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in America.
1770 – Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
1807 – Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1821 – Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia).
1846 – The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.
1850 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
1862 – The 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.
1867 – Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
1870 – After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States, the Confederate States of America ceases to exist.
1875 – The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
1914 – A radiotelegraphic link is established between Germany and the United States. German Emperor Wilhelm II and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson exchange telegrams to mark the event.
1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
1943 – Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas.
1944 – World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
1953 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
1961 – Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
1970 – The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.
1978 – The Garfield comic strip debuts and grows to over $1 billion in revenue, and is distributed to over 110 countries.
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.
1986 – Len Bias, an American college basketball player suffers a fatal cardiac arrhythmia caused by a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after being selected by the Boston Celtics.
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.
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.
[edit]Births

1301 – Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (d. 1333)
1507 – Annibale Caro, Italian poet (d. 1566)
1566 – King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
1595 – Guru Har Gobind- 6th sikh guru (d. 1644)
1606 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (d. 1649)
1623 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662)
1633 – Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (d. 1712)
1717 – Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
1764 – José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850)
1771 – Joseph Gergonne, French mathematician (d. 1859)
1792 – Gustav Schwab, German author (d. 1850)
1815 – Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872)
1816 – William Henry Webb, American industrialist (d. 1899)
1834 – Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (d. 1892)
1846 – Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
1850 – David Jayne Hill, American diplomat (d. 1932)
1851 – Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
1854 – Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (d. 1893)
1858 – Sam Walter Foss, American librarian and poet (d. 1911)
1861 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British soldier (d. 1928)
1861 – José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (d. 1896)
1865 – Dame May Whitty, English entertainer (d. 1948)
1874 – Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer (d. 1941)
1877 – Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961)
1884 – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French Dadaist artist and writer (d. 1974)
1896 – Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986)
1897 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
1897 – Moe Howard, American actor (d. 1975)
1898 – James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (d. 1968)
1900 – Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (d. 1986)
1902 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (d. 1977)
1903 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941)
1903 – Wally Hammond, English cricketer (d. 1965)
1903 – Hans Litten, German jurist (d. 1938)
1905 – Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
1906 – Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1906 – Walter Rauff, German colonel (d. 1984)
1907 – Clarence Wiseman, 10th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1985)
1909 – Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (d. 1948)
1910 – Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1910 – Abe Fortas, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1982)
1912 – Don Gutteridge, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1912 – Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005)
1914 – Anthony Bloom, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church (d. 2003)
1914 – Alan Cranston, American politician (d. 2000)
1914 – Lester Flatt, American musician (d. 1979)
1915 – Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent (d. 2004)
1917 – Joshua Nkomo, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999)
1919 – Louis Jourdan, French actor
1919 – Pauline Kael, American movie critic (d. 2001)
1922 – Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate
1924 – Leo Nomellini, American football player (d. 2000)
1925 – Charlie Drake, British actor, writer and singer (d. 2006)
1928 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000)
1928 – Barry Took, English comedy writer (d. 2002)
1929 – Thelma Barlow, English actress
1930 – Gena Rowlands, American actress
1932 – Pier Angeli, Italian-born American actress (d. 1972)
1932 – Marisa Pavan, Italian-born actress
1933 – Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1936 – Tommy DeVito, American musician and singer
1936 – Shirley Goodman, American singer (d. 2005)
1936 – Marisa Galvany, American soprano
1938 – Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
1938 – Ian Smith, Australian actor
1939 – Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008)
1940 – Shirley Muldowney, Racecar Driver
1941 – Václav Klaus, Czech politician and President
1941 – Conchita Carpio-Morales, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1942 – Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, musician
1942 – Jos Brink, Dutch actor (d. 2007)
1944 – Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
1945 – Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel laureate
1945 – Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician
1947 – Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
1947 – Salman Rushdie, Indian author
1948 – Phylicia Rashad, American actress
1948 – Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
1950 – Ann Wilson, American musician
1951 – Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist
1951 – Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
1953 – Larry Dunn, American musician
1954 – Kathleen Turner, American actress
1956 – Doug Stone, American singer
1957 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
1958 – Sergei Makarov, Russian hockey player
1959 – Mark DeBarge, American singer, songwriter and trumpeter
1960 – Luke Morley, British guitarist
1962 – Jeremy Bates, English tennis player
1962 – Paula Abdul, American singer and choreographer
1963 – Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer
1964 – Boris Johnson, British politician
1964 – Brian Vander Ark, American musician
1965 – Sadie Frost, English actress
1965 – Luc Donckerwolke, Belgian car designer
1966 – Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur
1967 – Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier
1967 – Mia Sara, American actress
1968 – Alastair Lynch, Australian rules footballer
1969 – Lara Spencer, American TV personality
1969 – Thomas Breitling, American entrepreneur
1970 – Quincy Watts, American athlete
1970 – Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician
1970 – Brian 'Head' Welch, American guitarist (Korn) and vocalist (Head)
1970 – Antonis Remos, Greek singer
1972 – Brian McBride, American soccer player
1972 – Poppy Montgomery, Australian actress
1972 – Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician
1972 – Robin Tunney, American actress
1973 – Jahine Arnold, American football player
1973 – Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player
1974 – Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player
1975 – Anthony Parker, American basketball player
1975 – Hugh Dancy, English actor
1976 – Bryan Hughes, English footballer
1976 – Patrick Surtain, American football player
1977 – Peter Warrick, American football player
1977 – Veronika Vařeková, Czech supermodel
1978 – Tyson Dux, Canadian wrestler
1978 – Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
1978 – Zoe Saldana, American actress
1978 – Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player
1978 – Mía Maestro, Argentine actress
1979 – John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer
1979 – Quentin Jammer, American football player
1980 – Adel Abdulaziz, Emiratie football player
1980 – Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress
1982 – Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer
1982 – David Pollack, American football player
1982 – May Andersen, Danish supermodel
1982 – Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor
1982 – Alexander Frolov, Russian hockey player
1982 – Trevor Hamilton, Northern Irish murderer
1983 – Mark Selby, British snooker player
1984 – Paul Dano, American actor
1985 – José Ernesto Sosa, Argentine footballer
1986 – Marvin Williams, American basketball player
1986 – Diego Hypólito, brazilian gymnast.
1987 – Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
1991 – Pontus Ekhem, Swedish hockey player
1991 – Michael McShae, American Actor
1995 – Blake Woodruff, American actor
[edit]Deaths

1027 – Romuald, Italian saint (b. 951)
1205 – Roman the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1151)
1312 – Piers Gaveston, French favorite of Edward II of England (b. 1284)
1542 – Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (b. 1482)
1545 – Abraomas Kulvietis Lithuanian reformer (b. 1509)
1584 – François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
1608 – Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551)
1650 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
1747 – Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1669)
1762 – Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (b. 1702)
1768 – Benjamin Tasker, Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
1786 – Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (b. 1742)
1805 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)
1820 – Joseph Banks, English naturalist and botanist (b. 1743)
1844 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (b. 1772)
1867 – Maximilian I, Mexican Emperor (b. 1832)
1902 – Albert, King of Saxony (b. 1828)
1903 – Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster (b. 1832)
1921 – Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (b. 1888)
1937 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (b. 1860)
1939 – Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
1949 – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim philosopher (b. 1885)
1951 – Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet (b. 1884)
1952 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (b. 1888)
1953 – Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1918)
1953 – Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1915)
1956 – Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (IBM) (b. 1874)
1966 – Ed Wynn, American actor (b. 1886)
1968 – James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (b. 1898)
1975 – Sam Giancana, American gangster (b. 1908)
1977 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
1977 – Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide (b. 1889)
1979 – Paul Popenoe, American eugenicist (b. 1888)
1984 – Lee Krasner, American painter (b. 1908)
1986 – Coluche, French comedian (b. 1944)
1986 – Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
1987 – Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981)
1988 – Fernand Seguin, Canadian biologist (b. 1922)
1988 – Gladys Spellman, American. Congresswoman (b. 1918)
1991 – Jean Arthur, American actress (b. 1900)
1993 – William Golding, English writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
1995 – Peter Townsend, RAF officer (b. 1914)
1996 – G. David Schine, American businessman (b. 1927)
1997 – Olga Georges-Picot, French actress (b. 1944)
1997 – Bobby Helms, American singer (b. 1933)
2001 – John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (b. 1916)
2003 – Laura Sadler, English actress (b. 1980)
2007 – El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
2007 – Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
2007 – Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919)
2007 – Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (b. 1932)
2008 – Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist (b. 1934)
2008 – Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)
[edit]Holidays and observances

Germanic Neopaganism: Ásatrú Alliance Founding Day
Swedenborgianism: New Church Day
Palawan: Feast of Forest
Surigao del Sur: Surigao del Sur Day
Laguna: Laguna Day
Trinidad and Tobago: Labour Day
United States: Juneteenth (state holiday in 31 states, originated in Texas)
Roman Catholic Church:
Saint Romuald
Saint Juliana Falconieri
Gervasius and Protasius (Roman Catholic)
Saint Zosimus

June 18th, Wednesday

2009-06-18T05:39:00.001-07:00

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June 18 in recent years
2009 (Thursday)
2008 (Wednesday)
2007 (Monday)
2006 (Sunday)
2005 (Saturday)
2004 (Friday)
2003 (Wednesday)
2002 (Tuesday)
2001 (Monday)
2000 (Sunday)
June 18 is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of the year.
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2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
[edit]Events

618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty 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.
1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
1429 – French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
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.
1767 – Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1812 – War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for the second and final time.
1830 – French invasion of Algeria
1858 – Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes 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.
1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1887 – The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
1900 – Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
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.
1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
1930 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute held.
1940 – Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
1940 – "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
1945 – William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason.
1946 – Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
1953 – The Republic of Egypt is declared and the monarchy is abolished.
1953 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tokyo, Japan killing 129.
1954 – Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
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.
1965 – Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
1972 – Staines air disaster – 118 killed as plane crashes 2 minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.
1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
1981 – The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.
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 takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners' strike
1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
2001 – Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.
2006 – The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
[edit]Births

1269 – Princess Eleanor of England (d. 1298)
1318 – Princess Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)
1466 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
1511 – Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (d. 1592)
1517 – Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
1552 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1637)
1667 – Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
1716 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (d. 1809)
1757 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833)
1757 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831)
1812 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
1815 – Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881)
1834 – Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, philosopher (d. 1895)
1839 – William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (d. 1920)
1845 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1922)
1850 – Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer, music critic, and teacher (d. 1914)
1854 – E.W. Scripps, American journalist and publisher (d. 1926)
1863 – George Essex Evans, Australian poet (d. 1909)
1868 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957)
1870 – Edouard Le Roy, French philosopher and mathematician
1877 – James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (d. 1960)
1882 – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader (d. 1949)
1884 – Édouard Daladier, French politician (d. 1970)
1886 – Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978)
1891 – Mae Busch, Australian actress (d. 1946)
1895 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)
1895 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian (d. 2009)
1901 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918)
1903 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
1903 – Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923)
1904 – Keye Luke, Chinese-born actor (d. 1991)
1904 – Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003)
1907 – Frithjof Schuon, Swiss metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998)
1908 – Bud Collyer, American game show host (d. 1969)
1908 – Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
1908 – Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
1910 – E.G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)
1910 – Ray McKinley, jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1995)
1910 – Dick Foran, American actor (d. 1979)
1913 – Sammy Cahn, American lyricist (d. 1993)
1913 – Sylvia Field Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991)
1915 – Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
1916 – Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (d. 2005)
1917 – Richard Boone, American actor (d. 1981)
1917 – Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
1918 – Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1918 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1920 – Ian Carmichael, English actor
1922 – Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004)
1924 – George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005)
1926 – Tom Wicker, American journalist
1927 – Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
1927 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born British actress (d. 1998)
1928 – David T. Lykken, American scientist (d. 2006)
1929 – Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
1931 – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002
1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Geoffrey Hill, English poet
1934 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (d. 2004)
1935 – Hugh McColl, American banker
1936 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1992)
1937 – Wray Carlton, American football player
1937 – Del Harris, American head coach
1937 – John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senator
1937 – Vitali Zholobov, Soviet cosmonaut
1938 – Kevin Murray, Australian rules footballer
1939 – Lou Brock, American baseball player
1939 – Jean-Claude Germain, French Canadian author, journalist and historian
1940 – Michael Sheard, British actor (d. 2005)
1941 – Delia Smith, English cook and television presenter
1942 – Roger Ebert, American film reviewer
1942 – Sir Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter (The Beatles)
1942 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
1942 – Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
1942 – Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (d. 1980)
1943 – Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer
1944 – Sandy Posey, American singer
1946 – Russell Ash, British author
1946 – Fabio Capello, Italian football coach
1946 – Bruiser Brody, professional wrestler (d. 1988)
1948 – Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano
1949 – Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
1949 – Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
1949 – Lech Kaczyński, Polish president, 2005-present
1949 – Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish prime minister, twin brother of Lech Kaczyński
1950 – Jackie Leven aka Sir Vincent Lone Scottish singer and songwriter
1950 – Mike Johanns, American politician, junior senator of Nebraska
1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
1952 – Carol Kane, American actress
1953 – Rick Green, Canadian actor
1953 – Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer
1956 – Brian Benben, American actor
1957 – Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish football manager
1960 – Ralph Brown, British actor
1961 – Andrés Galarraga, baseball player
1961 – Alison Moyet, English pop singer
1963 – Bruce Smith, American football player
1962 – Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2009)
1963 – Dizzy Reed, aka Darren Arthur Reed keyboardist for Guns N' Roses
1964 – Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (d. 2003)
1965 – Kim Dickens, American actress and model
1966 – Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater
1967 – Pasquale Bruno, Italian American entrepreneur
1969 – Pål Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)
1969 – Vito LoGrasso, American professional wrestler
1969 – Christopher Largen, American author
1970 – Greg Yaitanes, American television and film director
1971 – Nathan Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
1971 – Jason McAteer, England-born Irish footballer
1972 – Michal Yannai, Israeli actress and model.
1973 – Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower
1973 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
1973 – Julie Depardieu, French actress
1973 – Ray Lamontagne, American singer-songwriter
1974 – Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer
1975 – Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player
1975 – Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvian footballer
1975 – Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
1975 – Jemma Griffiths, Welsh singer-songwriter
1975 – Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer
1976 – Alana de la Garza, American actress
1976 – Witte Wartena, Dutch artist
1976 – Blake Shelton, American Country Singer
1978 – Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
1980 – Antonio Gates, American football player
1980 – Tara Platt, American actress
1980 – Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
1980 – Craig Mottram, Australian middle distance runner
1980 – Antero Niittymäki, Finnish hockey goaltender
1981 – Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987)
1981 – Ella (Jiahua) Chen, member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E
1982 – Vadim Pruzhanov, keyboardist for the British group Dragonforce
1983 – Billy Slater, Australian NRL Player in the Melbourne Storm
1984 – Mateus, Angolan footballer
1984 – Janne Happonen, Finnish skijumper
1986 – Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
1989 – Renee Olstead, American singer and actress
1990 – Sandra Izbasa, Romanian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.
1991 – Willa Holland, American actress
1991 – Rei Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
2006 – Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
[edit]Deaths

1234 – Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218)
1291 – King Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265)
1464 – Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter
1536 – Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII (b. 1519)
1588 – Robert Crowley, English printer and poet
1629 – Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (b. 1577)
1650 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer
1673 – Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (b. 1606)
1680 – Samuel Butler, English poet (b. 1612)
1704 – Tom Brown, English satirist (b. 1662)
1726 – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
1742 – John Aislabie, English politician (b. 1670)
1749 – Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)
1772 – Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (b. 1706)
1772 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (b. 1700)
1788 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (b. 1714)
1794 – François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1760)
1794 – James Murray, British military officer and administrator (b. 1721)
1815 – Thomas Picton, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1758)
1815 – Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
1835 – William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763)
1889 – Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (b. 1855)
1902 – Samuel Butler, English writer (b. 1835)
1915 – Eufemio Zapata, brother to Mexican revolutionist Emiliano Zapata, killed by Sidronio Comancho
1916 – Max Immelmann, German flying ace (b. 1890)
1922 – Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b. 1851)
1928 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (b. 1872)
1936 – Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868)
1937 – Gaston Doumergue, French statesman (b. 1863)
1943 – Elias Degiannis, Greek navy officer and resistance fighter (b. 1912)
1947 – Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
1959 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
1963 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (b. 1912)
1967 – Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver (b. 1942)
1967 – Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
1971 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
1971 – Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
1973 – Roger Delgado, British actor (b. 1918)
1974 – Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
1974 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (b. 1896)
1978 – Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884)
1980 – André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
1980 – Terence Fisher, English film director (b. 1904)
1982 – John Cheever, American author (b. 1912)
1982 – Curd Jürgens, German actor (b. 1915)
1984 – Alan Berg, American radio talk show host
1985 – Paul Colin, French poster designer (b. 1892)
1986 – Frances Scott Fitzgerald, Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre. (b. 1921)
1989 – I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
1992 – Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (b. 1896)
1992 – Peter Allen, Australian singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
1997 – Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912)
2000 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
2002 – Jack Buck, American baseball announcer (b. 1924)
2003 – Larry Doby, American baseball player (b. 1923)
2005 – Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
2005 – Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
2006 – Vincent Sherman, American film director (b. 1906)
2007 – Bernard Manning, British comedian (b. 1930)
2007 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (b. 1951)
2008 – Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
2008 – Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (b. 1915)
2008 – Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
[edit]Holidays and observances

Autistic Pride Day
Benguet: Foundation Day
Cambodia: Queen Mother's Birthday
Seychelles: National Day
United Kingdom: Waterloo Day
Scientology: Academy Day
Saints Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus
Saint Elizabeth of Schönau

Wednesday June 17th

2009-06-17T13:57:00.001-07:00

June 17
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June 17 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 197 days remaining until the end of the year.
Contents [hide]
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2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
[edit]Events

1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal.
1773 – Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bunker Hill
1789 – In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
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.
1863 – Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
1876 – Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's 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.
1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
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.
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.
1939 – Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre.
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.
1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic
1948 – A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
1953 – Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
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 opens. It is still open today.
1961 – The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress.
1963 – The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
1972 – Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
1987 – With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
1991 – Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
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).
1994 – Following a televised low-speed highway chase , O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
[edit]Births

1239 – Edward Longshanks, English king (d. 1307)
1603 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)
1682 – King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
1691 – Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
1693 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
1704 – John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)
1714 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762)
1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (d. 1784)
1718 – George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796)
1742 – William Hooper, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790)
1808 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845)
1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (d. 1876)
1811 – Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879)
1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893)
1818 – Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)
1832 – Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (d. 1919)
1839 – Arthur Tooth, English Anglican Clergyman (d. 1931)
1858 – Ebenezer Sumner Draper, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)
1861 – Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905)
1861 – Omar Bundy, American army general (d. 1940)
1863 – Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1934)
1867 – John Robert Gregg, American inventor (d. 1948)
1867 – Henry Lawson, Australian poet (d. 1922)
1880 – Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964)
1881 – Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955)
1882 – Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)
1882 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971)
1888 – Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954)
1898 – M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972)
1898 – Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961)
1900 – Martin Bormann, Nazi official (d. 1945)
1902 – Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (d. 1989)
1902 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1903 – Ruth Wakefield, American cook and hotelier (d. 1977)
1904 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991)
1907 – Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1907 – Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978)
1909 – Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
1909 – Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (d. 2004)
1910 – Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968)
1910 – George Hees, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
1914 – John Hersey, American author (d. 1993)
1915 – David "Stringbean" Akeman, American musician and actor (d. 1973)
1915 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996)
1916 – Terry Gilkyson, American singer, lyricist and composer (d. 1999)
1917 – Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
1918 – Ajahn Chah, Meditation master (d. 1992)
1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (d. 1981)
1920 – François Jacob, French biologist, Nobel laureate
1923 – Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)
1927 – Martin Böttcher, German conductor
1929 – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984)
1930 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
1931 – John Baldessari, American artist
1932 – Peter Lupus, American actor
1932 – John Murtha, American politician
1933 – Harry Browne, American writer and investment analyst (d. 2006)
1933 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982)
1933 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970)
1936 – Ken Loach, British film director
1940 – George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel laureate
1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1943 – Newt Gingrich, American politician
1943 – Barry Manilow, American musician
1943 – Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer
1944 – Randy Johnson, American football player
1945 – Frank Ashmore, American actor
1945 – Tommy Franks, American General
1945 – Ken Livingstone, English politician
1945 – Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
1946 – Peter Rosei, Austrian writer
1947 – Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
1947 – George S. Clinton, American composer and musician
1947 – Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (d. 2000)
1947 – Linda Chavez, American author
1948 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player
1948 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992)
1949 – Snakefinger, British-born musician (d. 1987)
1950 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director
1951 – Joe Piscopo, American actor
1952 – Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive
1955 – Gail Jones, Australian author
1957 – Phil Chevron, Irish musician (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space)
1957 – Martin Dillon, American opera singer (d. 2005)
1957 – Jon Gries, American actor
1957 – Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor
1958 – Jello Biafra, American musician and activist
1958 – Bobby Farrelly, American film director
1958 – Sam Hamad, Syrian/Canadian politician
1958 – Derek Lee Ragin, American countertenor
1960 – Adrián Campos, Spanish racing driver
1960 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
1961 – Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese seiyū, actor and tarento
1962 – Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks)
1963 – Greg Kinnear, American actor
1964 – Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver
1964 – Michael Gross, German swimmer
1964 – Erin Murphy, American actress
1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American football player
1965 – Dan Jansen, American speed skater
1965 – Dara O'Kearney, Irish ultra runner and professional poker player
1966 – Jason Patric, American actor
1967 – Eric Stefani, American musician
1968 – Julie Miller, Hawaiian triathelte
1968 – Minoru Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 – Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete
1970 – Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian
1970 – Jason Hanson, American football player
1970 – Michael Showalter, American comedian
1970 – Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer and actress
1970 – Popeye Jones, American basketball player
1971 – Mildred Fox, Irish politician
1971 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
1972 – Sebastian White, English musician
1973 – Krayzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1973 – Louis Leterrier, French film director
1973 – Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
1973 – Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican business consultant
1974 – Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
1975 – Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress
1975 – Chloe Jones, American pornographic actress (d. 2005)
1975 – Joshua Leonard, American actor
1976 – Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker
1977 – Roger Manganelli, American bassist (Less Than Jake)
1977 – Mark Tauscher, American football player
1977 – Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor
1978 – Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress
1978 – Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer
1978 – James Corden, English actor and comedian
1979 – Nick Rimando, American footballer
1980 – Kimeru, Japanese singer
1980 – Venus Williams, American tennis player
1981 – Kyle Boller, American football player
1981 – Amrita Rao, Actress
1981 – Shane Watson, Australian cricketer
1982 – Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player
1983 – Connie Fisher, English stage actress
1983 – Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor
1983 – Lee Ryan, British singer (Blue)
1984 – John Gallagher, Jr., American actor
1985 – Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player
1985 – Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
[edit]Deaths

900 – Fulk the Venerable, Archbishop of Rheims (assassinated by Count Baldwin II of Flanders)
1025 – Bolesław I the Brave, first king of Poland (b. 967)
1091 – Dirk V, Count of Holland (b. 1052)
1463 – Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)
1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)
1694 – Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (b. 1629)
1696 – John III Sobieski, King of Poland (b. 1629)
1719 – Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (b. 1672)
1734 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (b. 1653)
1740 – Sir William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)
1762 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674)
1775 – Major John Pitcairn, British marine (killed in battle) (b. 1722)
1797 – Agha Muhammad Khan, Shah of Persia (b. 1742)
1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (b. 1726)
1821 – Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentine military leader (b. 1785)
1858 – Rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828)
1898 – Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833)
1904 – Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, Russian politician, Governor-General of Finland (assassinated) (b. 1839)
1939 – Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (b. 1893)
1940 – Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1941 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1862)
1942 – Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (b. 1853)
1952 – Jack Parsons, American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist (b. 1914)
1956 – Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892)
1956 – Bob Sweikert, American racing driver (b. 1926)
1957 – Dorothy Richardson, English writer (b. 1873)
1961 – Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
1963 – Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician and nationalist (b. 1882)
1968 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1901)
1974 – Pamela Britton, American actress (b. 1923)
1979 – Duffy Lewis, baseball player (b. 1888)
1981 – Richard O'Connor, British general (b. 1889)
1981 – Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (b. 1889)
1982 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
1983 – Peter Mennin, American composer and teacher (b. 1923)
1986 – Kate Smith, American singer (God Bless America) (b. 1907)
1987 – Dick Howser, American baseball player and manager (b. 1936)
1996 – Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (b. 1922)
1999 – Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, England (b. 1923)
2000 – Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (d. 1931)
2001 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1919)
2001 – Thomas Joseph Winning, Cardinal Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland (b. 1925)
2002 – Willie Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943)
2002 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
2004 – Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
2005 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (b. 1962)
2005 – Sam Loeb, comic book writer (b. 1988)
2006 – Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka "Bussunda", Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
2006 – Arthur Franz, American actor (b. 1920)
2007 – Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
2007 – Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
2008 – Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
2008 – Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (b. 1922)
[edit]Holidays and observances

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
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.
Saint Albert Chmielowski
Saint Gondulf
Saint Hervé patron of the blind
Saint Hypatius of Bithynia
Saint Rainier
Saint Botolph, Abbot (d. c. 680)

2009-06-16T07:12:00.001-07:00

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June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining until the end of the year.
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1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
[edit]Events

1487 – Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses.
1586 – Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir.
1745 – British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
1745 – Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
1746 – War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
1755 – French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
1774 – Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the siege of Gibraltar begins.
1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo.
1836 – The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected pope, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy (not counting St. Peter).
1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
1858 – Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
1871 – The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children
1891 – John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.
1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
1903 – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
1904 – Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; traditionally "Bloomsday".
1911 – A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
1915 – The foundation of the British Women's Institute.
1922 – General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Féin.
1924 – The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
1925 – The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek, is established.
1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
1940 – World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France.
1940 – A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
1948 – The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane.
1955 – Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perón.
1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising executed.
1961 – Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris.
1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
1967 – The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival begins in Monterey, California.
1972 – Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
1972 – The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada starts at Churchill Falls, Labrador.
1976 – Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
1989 – Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest.
1994 – A Chinese operated Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160.
1997 – The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed.
2000 – Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
[edit]Births

1139 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
1332 – Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)
1514 – John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)
1583 – Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654)
1591 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
1606 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)
1612 – Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
1613 – John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)
1633 – Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d. 1667)
1644 – Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670)
1713 – Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786)
1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790)
1738 – Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816)
1754 – Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir poet (d. 1800)
1792 – John Linnell, English artist (d. 1882)
1792 – Sir Thomas Mitchell, Australian explorer (d. 1855)
1801 – Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
1806 – Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (d. 1885)
1813 – Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
1820 – Athanase Coquerel, French Protestant preacher (d. 1875)
1821 – Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1908)
1826 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
1829 – Geronimo, Apache leader (d. 1909)
1836 – Wesley Merritt, American soldier (d. 1910)
1837 – Ernst Laas, German philosopher (d. 1885)
1838 – Cushman Davis, American politician (d. 1900)
1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
1858 – King Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)
1874 – Arthur Meighen, ninth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
1880 – Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-born American chemist and historian (d. 1963)
1888 – Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (d. 1925)
1888 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
1890 – Stan Laurel, British-born American actor and comedian (d. 1965)
1894 – Norman Kerry, American actor (d. 1956)
1896 – Murray Leinster, American author (d. 1976)
1897 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (d. 1948)
1897 – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
1902 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
1902 – George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (d. 1984)
1903 – Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972)
1903 – Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (d. 1945)
1907 – Jack Albertson, American actor (d. 1981)
1909 – Archie Fairley Carr, biologist (d. 1987)
1910 – Juan Velasco, President of Peru (d. 1977)
1912 – Enoch Powell, British politician (d. 1998)
1915 – John Tukey, American statistician (d. 2000)
1916 – Hank Luisetti, American basketball player (d. 2002)
1917 – Katherine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
1917 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari (d. 1989)
1917 – Irving Penn, American photographer
1920 – John Howard Griffin, American writer (d. 1980)
1920 – Raymond U. Lemieux, Canadian scientist (d. 2002)
1920 – José López Portillo, President of Mexico (d. 2004)
1923 – Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (d. 1962)
1924 – Faith Domergue, American actor (d. 1999)
1927 – Tom Graveney, English cricketer
1927 – Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and playwright (d. 2001)
1928 – Speedy O. Long, American politician (d. 2006)
1929 – Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. 2001)
1929 – Pauline Yates, English actress
1930 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-born American cinematographer
1930 – Allan D'Arcangelo, American artist (d. 1998)
1934 – Dame Eileen Atkins, English actress
1934 – Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
1934 – William Forsyth Sharpe, American economist, Nobel laureate
1934 – Elvira Vinogradova, Russian TV persona
1935 – Bill Cobbs, American actor
1935 – Jim Dine, American artist
1937 – Erich Segal, American author
1937 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Tsar of Bulgaria
1938 – James Bolam, English actor
1938 – Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist
1938 – Torgny Lindgren, Swedish writer
1939 – Billy Crash Craddock, American country singer
1940 – Neil Goldschmidt, American politician
1941 – Aldrich Ames, American Soviet spy
1941 – Lamont Dozier, American record company executive
1941 – Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist
1942 – Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist
1942 – Eddie Levert, American singer (The O'Jays)
1943 – Joan Van Ark, American actress
1944 – Henri Richelet, French painter
1945 – Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player
1945 – Lucienne Robillard, Canadian politician
1946 – Jodi Rell, American politician
1946 – Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1947 – -minu, Swiss columnist and writer
1948 – Ron LeFlore, American baseball player
1949 – Paulo César, Brazilian footballer
1951 – Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
1951 – Charlie Dominici, American singer (Dominici)
1952 – George Papandreou, junior, Greek politician
1952 – Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter
1953 – Ian Mosley, British drummer (Marillion)
1953 – Valerie Mahaffey, American actress
1955 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
1957 – Ian Buchanan, Scottish actor
1958 – Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (Þeyr)
1958 – Ulrike Tauber, East German swimmer
1959 – Warrior, American professional wrestler
1960 – Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league footballer
1961 – Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 – Wally Joyner, American baseball player
1962 – Femi Kuti, Nigerian Afrobeat Musician
1962 – Arnold Vosloo, South African actor
1962 – Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Hong Kong composer and producer
1963 – Scott Alexander, American screenwriter
1963 – Jim Fullington, American professional wrestler
1966 – Jan Železný, Czech athlete
1967 – John Franklin, American actor
1969 – Mark Crossley, Welsh footballer
1970 – Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
1970 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player
1970 – Phil Mickelson, American golfer
1971 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper and actor (d. 1996)
1971 – Chris Gomez, American baseball player
1972 – John Cho, Korean-American actor
1972 – Simon Khan, English golfer
1972 – Ann Shoket, American magazine editor
1973 – Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer
1974 – Paul Lee, British sculptor
1976 – Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
1977 – Kerry Wood, American baseball player
1977 – Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster
1977 – Kevin Foster, American convicted murderer
1978 – Daniel Brühl, German actor
1978 – Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player
1978 – Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer
1978 – Lyndsey Marshal, British actress
1980 – Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress
1980 – Brad Gushue, Canadian curler
1980 – Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
1980 – Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
1980 – Daré Nibombé, Togolese footballer
1980 – Phil Christophers, German rugby player
1981 – Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
1981 – Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Ben Kweller, American singer/songwriter
1981 – Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer
1982 – Fraser Cartmell, British triathlete
1982 – Matt Costa, American singer/songwriter
1982 – Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
1982 – Chris Wingert, American soccer player
1983 – Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer
1984 – Steven Whittaker, Scottish Footballer
1984 – Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Jonathan Broxton, American Baseball Player
1986 – Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer
1986 – Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi Cricketer
1986 – Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Robert Rothbart, Bosnian-born Israeli basketball player
1986 – Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
1987 – Diana DeGarmo, American singer
1987 – Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer
1987 – Abby Elliot, American comedienne
1988 – Keshia Chante, Canadian singer
1988 – Leeland Dayton Mooring, American musician (Leeland)
1994 – Destinee Monroe, American singer (Clique Girlz)
[edit]Deaths

1216 – Pope Innocent III
1397 – Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)
1468 – Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. c. 1395)
1622 – Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
1623 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
1666 – Richard Fanshawe, English poet, translator, and diplomat (b. 1608)
1671 – Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader (executed)
1707 – Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625)
1722 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650)
1749 – Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672)
1752 – Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
1752 – Joseph Butler, English philosopher (b. 1692)
1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)
1778 – Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720)
1779 – Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712)
1792 – Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (b. 1738)
1804 – Johann Adam Hiller, German composer (b. 1728)
1824 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (b. 1739)
1849 – Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian (b. 1780)
1850 – William Lawson explorer of New South Wales, Australia (b. 1774)
1855 – John Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803)
1858 – John Snow, English epidemiologist (b. 1813)
1866 – Joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798)
1869 – Charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)
1872 – Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)
1878 – Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815)
1881 – Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (b. 1801)
1881 – Sir Josiah Mason, English manufacturer (b. 1795)
1885 – Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)
1902 – Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (b. 1841)
1925 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870)
1925 – Emmett Hardy, American musician (b. 1903)
1928 – Dr. Mark Keppel, County Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (b. 1867)
1929 – Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
1930 – Ezra Fitch, Abercrombie & Fitch founder (b. 1866)
1930 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor (b. 1860)
1939 – Chick Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (b. 1905)
1940 – DuBose Heyward, American writer (b. 1885)
1944 – Marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b. 1886)
1945 – Aris Velouchiotis, Greek guerrilla resistance leader (b. 1905)
1952 – Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist, first to map the entire San Andreas Fault (b. 1861)
1953 – Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873)
1955 – Ozias Leduc, Quebec painter (b. 1864)
1958 – Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
1959 – George Reeves, American actor (b. 1914)
1961 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (b. 1904)
1969 – Harold Alexander, British military commander (b. 1891)
1970 – Heino Eller, Estonian composer (b. 1887)
1970 – Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
1971 – Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889)
1977 – Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1912)
1979 – Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Ghanaian dictator (b. 1931)
1979 – Nicholas Ray, American film director (b. 1911)
1981 – Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (b. 1917)
1982 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders) (b. 1956)
1984 – Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (b. 1895)
1986 – Maurice Duruflé, French composer and organist (b. 1902)
1988 – Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. (b. 1946)
1990 – Megan Leigh, American porn star (b. 1964)
1993 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (b. 1913)
1994 – Kristen Pfaff, American bass guitarist (Hole) (b. 1967)
1996 – Mel Allen, American baseball announcer (b. 1913)
1996 – Curt Swan, American comic book artist (b. 1920)
1997 – Dal Stivens, Australian author (b. 1911)
1999 – David Edward Sutch, British musician (b. 1940)
2000 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903)
2003 – Pierre Bourgault, French Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2003 – Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish-Swedish philosopher (b. 1916)
2004 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1912)
2005 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (b. 1906)
2006 – Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (b. 1917)
2006 – Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist, (b. 1942)
2007 – Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, Iranian cleric (b. 1931)
2007 – Mikhail Kononov, Soviet actor (b. 1940)
2008 – Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (b. 1975)
2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer, World War II veteran and Nazi concentration camp survivor (b. 1921)
[edit]Holidays and observances

Roma people: Remembrance Day for the 1999 expulsion from Kosovo
Sikhism: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
Dublin, James Joyce fans: Bloomsday
South Africa: Youth Day
Sussex Day
Feasts of the Roman Catholic Church:
Saint Benno
Saint John Regis, patron of medical social workers.
Saint Julitta and Saint Quiricus
Saint Lutgart of Tongeren (died 1246, patron saint of the Flemish National Movement)
[edit]

Monday, June 15th

2009-06-15T05:49:00.001-07:00

June 15 is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days remaining until the end of the year.

Hello readers, I will continue to have you informed, by the list and dates of the events on this day!

Events

763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

923 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.

1184 – King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the battle of Fimreite.

1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.

1246 – With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.

1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.

1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.

1580 – Phillip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.

1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.

1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity.

1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

1776 – Delaware Separation Day – Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.

1785 – Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.

1804 – New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.

1808 – Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.

1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.

1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.

1846 – The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

1859 – Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers.

1864 – American Civil War: Siege of Petersburg begins.

1864 – Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.8 km²) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.

1867 – Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.

1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.

1888 – Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the German Empire

1904 – A fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1000.

1905 – Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.

1909 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.

1911 – Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated.

1913 – The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippine concludes.

1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.

1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight at Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.

1920 – Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.

1934 – The U.S.'s Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.

1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invades Saipan.

1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, 1944, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government of North America.

1945 – The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1954 – UEFA (Union des Associations Européennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland.

1955 – The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack.

1962 – Students for a Democratic Society complete the Port Huron Statement.

1978 – King Hussein of Jordan weds American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.

1985 – Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man later judged insane; he threw sulfuric acid on the canvas and cut it twice with his knife.

1991 – Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Québécois.

1992 – The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the USA to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.

1994 – Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.

1996 – In Manchester, UK, a terrorist bomb injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the city centre.

2002 – Near earth asteroid 2002 MN missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (120,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon

[edit]Births

1330 – Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (d. 1376)

1519 – Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1536)

1594 – Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)

1623 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)

1624 – Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)

1640 – Bernard Lamy, French mathematician (d. 1715)

1755 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809)

1765 – Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (d. 1831)

1767 – Rachel Donelson Jackson, First Lady of the United States (d. 1828)

1777 – David Daniel Davis, British politician (d. 1841)

1789 – Josiah Henson, American slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)

1801 – Benjamin Raymond, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)

1805 – William Butler Ogden, first Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)

1809 – François-Xavier Garneau, French-Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)

1843 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (d. 1907)

1848 – Parumala Thirumeni ,Gheevarghese Mor Gregorios (d. 1902)

1875 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier (d. 1987)

1882 – Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1946)

1884 – Harry Langdon, American actor (d. 1944)

1888 – Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (d. 1921)

1894 – Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947)

1894 – Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and arranger (d. 1981)

1900 – Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)

1900 – Otto Luening, German-American composer (d. 1996)

1902 – Erik Erikson, psychoanalyst (d. 1994)

1906 – Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)

1908 – Sam Giancana, American mafioso (d. 1975)

1910 – David Rose, American songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (d. 1990)

1911 – W.V. Awdry, British children's writer (d. 1997)

1914 – Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (d. 1984)

1914 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian/American cartoonist (d. 1999)

1914 – Hilda Terry, American Cartoonist (d. 2006)

1915 – Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1916 – Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)

1917 – John Bennett Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1917 – Lash La Rue, American actor (d. 1996)

1917 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer and composer (d. 2005)

1920 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and director (d. 2003)

1920 – Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (d. 2008)

1921 – Errol Garner, American musician (d. 1977)

1922 – John Veale, English composer (d. 2006)

1924 – Ezer Weizman, Israeli politician (d. 2005)

1926 – Mac McGarry, American quiz show host

1926 – Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006)

1927 – Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humourist and Urdu poet (d. 1978)

1927 – Hugo Pratt, Italian comic book creator (d. 1995)

1930 – Marcel Pronovost, Canadian professional ice hockey player

1932 – Mario Cuomo, American politician

1933 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (d. 2005)

1933 – Mark Jones, English footballer (d. 1958)

1934 – Jerry Buss, American basketball team owner

1934 – Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter. (d. 2008)

1936 – Claude Brasseur, French actor

1936 – William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate

1937 – Waylon Jennings, American singer (d. 2002)

1938 – Billy Williams, baseball player

1939 – Ward Connerly, American political figure

1939 – Brian Jacques, British author

1941 – Harry Nilsson, American singer and composer (d. 1994)

1942 – John E. McLaughlin, former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

1943 – Xaviera Hollander, Dutch author

1943 – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, former Prime Minister of Denmark

1943 – Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor

1943 – Muff Winwood, British songwriter and bassist (Spencer Davis Group)

1943 – Lee Shallat-Chemel, American television director

1944 – Robert Keppel, American criminologist

1945 – Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator

1945 – Nicola Pagett, British actress

1945 – Lawrence Wilkerson, American retired military officer

1946 – Noddy Holder, British singer (Slade)

1946 – Demis Roussos, Greek singer

1947 – John Hoagland, American photographer

1947 – Lee Purcell, American actress

1948 – Mike Holmgren, American football coach

1949 – Dusty Baker, baseball player and manager

1949 – Simon Callow, British actor

1949 – Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer (Air Supply)

1949 – Jim Varney, American actor (d. 2000)

1950 – Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist

1951 – Steve Walsh, American singer (Kansas)

1953 – Rita Lee, American model and Playboy Playmate

1954 – James Belushi, American actor

1954 – Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan hotel manager

1954 – Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (d. 1996)

1955 – Julie Hagerty, American actress

1955 – David Kennedy, Kennedy family member (d. 1984)

1956 – Ava Cadell, American actress

1956 – Robin Curtis, American actress

1956 – Polly Draper, American actress

1957 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor

1958 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player

1958 – Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (d. 1982)

1959 – Eileen Davidson, American actress

1959 – Alan Brazil, British footballer

1960 – Michèle Laroque, French actress

1960 – Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player

1961 – Kai Eckhardt, German musician (Garaj Mahal)

1961 – Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer

1961 – Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer/actress

1961 – Scott Norton, American professional wrestler

1962 – Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano

1963 – Mario Gosselin, Quebec ice hockey player

1963 – Helen Hunt, American actress

1963 – Blanca Portillo, Spanish actress

1963 – Nigel Walker, Welsh athlete and rugby union player

1964 – Courteney Cox, American actress

1964 – Gavin Greenaway, British composer

1964 – Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer

1965 – Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower

1965 – Adam Smith, American politician

1966 – Idalis DeLeon, American actress/singer

1967 – Yūji Ueda, Japanese voice actor

1968 – Oh Dal-su, South Korean actor

1969 – Ice Cube, American rapper

1969 – Oliver Kahn, German footballer

1969 – Cédric Pioline, French tennis player

1969 – Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer

1970 – Leah Remini, American actress

1970 – Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano

1970 – Christian Bauman, American novelist and essayist

1971 – Edwin Brienen, Dutch director

1971 – Jake Busey, American actor

1971 – Bif Naked, Canadian musician

1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer

1972 – Justin Leonard, American golfer

1972 – Andy Pettitte, American baseball player

1972 – Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player

1972 – Hank Von Helvete, Turbonegro Frontman

1972 – Chloe Dao, American designer and winner of Project Runway (season 2)

1973 – Neil Patrick Harris, American actor

1973 – Tore André Flo, Norwegian footballer

1973 – Pia Miranda, Australian actress

1973 – Greg Vaughan, American actor

1975 – Elizabeth Reaser, American actress

1975 – Rachel Wacholder, American beach volleyballer

1976 – Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish musician (Snow Patrol)

1977 – Nina Liu, Australian actress

1977 – Michael Doleac, American basketball player

1978 – Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer

1978 – Zach Day, American baseball player

1979 – Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian athlete

1979 – Julia Schultz, American model

1979 – Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver

1980 – Mary Carey, American pornographic actress

1980 – Christopher Castile, American actor

1980 – Almudena Cid Tostado, Spanish gymnast

1980 – Cara Zavaleta, American model

1981 – William Dean Martin, American musician (Good Charlotte)

1981 – Jeremy Reed, American baseball player

1981 – Jordi Vilasuso, American actor

1982 – Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer

1982 – Haley Scarnato, American singer

1983 – Derek Anderson, American football player

1983 – Julia Fischer, German violinist

1983 – Laura Imbruglia, Australian musician

1984 – Airu Shiozaki, Irish-Japanese actor

1984 – Tim Lincecum, American baseball player

1984 – Luke Hodge, AFL player for Hawthorn

1985 – Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud)

1988 – Miku Ishida, Japanese teen idol

[edit]Deaths

923 – Robert I of France (b. 866)

991 – Empress Theophanu

1073 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)

1246 – Duke Frederick II of Austria (b. 1219)

1341 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1297)

1381 – John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England

1381 – Wat Tyler, English rebel

1383 – John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor

1389 – Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1326)

1389 – Prince Lazar, Serbian Orthodox saint (b. 1329)

1467 – Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1396)

1521 – Tamás Bakócz. Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442)

1614 – Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540)

1679 – Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)

1724 – Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)

1750 – Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)

1768 – James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)

1772 – Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (b. 1694)

1844 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (b. 1777)

1849 – James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)

1858 – Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter (b. 1795)

1888 – Emperor Friedrich III of Germany (b. 1831)

1889 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850)

1917 – Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867)

1934 – Alfred Bruneau, French composer (b. 1857)

1941 – Evelyn Underhill, British writer (b. 1875)

1941 – Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (b. 1873)

1961 – Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)

1962 – Alfred Cortot, Franco-Swiss pianist (b. 1877)

1965 – E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902)

1965 – Steve Cochran, American actor (b. 1917)

1968 – Sam Crawford, baseball player (b. 1880)

1968 – Wes Montgomery, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)

1971 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

1976 – Jimmy Dykes, baseball player and manager (b. 1896)

1983 – Srirangam Srinivasarao, also known as Sri Sri, Telugu poet (b. 1910)

1984 – Meredith Willson, American composer (b. 1902)

1985 – Andy Stanfield, American athlete (b. 1927)

1985 – Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (b. 1961)

1989 – Victor French, American actor (b. 1934)

1989 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)

1991 – Arthur Lewis, British economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)

1991 – Happy Chandler, American politician and Commissioner of Baseball (b. 1898)

1993 – John Connally, American politician (b. 1917)

1993 – James Hunt, English race car driver and 1976 F1 world champion (b. 1947)

1994 – Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (b. 1925)

1995 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (b. 1903)

1996 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1917)

1996 – Dick Murdoch, professional wrestler (b. 1946)

2000 – Jules Roy, French writer (b. 1907)

2001 – Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)

2002 – Choi Hong Hi, founder of Taekwon-Do (b. 1918)

2003 – Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (b. 1911)

2005 – Suzanne Flon, French actress (b. 1918)

2006 – Raymond Devos, French humourist (b. 1922)

2006 – Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)

2007 – Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (b. 1950)

2007 – Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and valet (b. 1958)

2008 – Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (b. 1946)

[edit]Holidays and observances

Sikhism: First day of the month of Harh

Arkansas: Admission Day

Azerbaijan: National Salvation Day

Cagayan de Oro City: Cagayan de Oro City Charter Day

Delaware: Separation Day

Denmark: Flag Day

Mangaia: Mangaia Gospel Day

Roman Empire – ninth and final day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta

Augustine of Hippo's feast in many Eastern Orthodox Churches

Saint Vitus (observed with Sts. Modestus and Crescentia), patron of actors and epileptics

Saint Landelin (7th century)

Saint Edburga of Winchester (d. 960)

Saint Germaine Cousin, (d. 1601), patron of shepherdesses and of victims of child abuse

Commemoration of Evelyn Underhill (Anglican mystic and poet)

(Info from wikipedia)

Sunday! Yes I know I may be a little early ;)

2009-06-13T18:03:00.000-07:00

Well, I am a little early, but, I might not wake up early tomorrow, and there's nothing new in life, so.....:

Hey! Today is Sunday, June 14th, so, I will give you some facts (non-holiday) about this date!

This is all from wikipedia and there is no little warning thing, so, this is factual.... ish.

Events

1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
1381 – Richard II in England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
1645 – English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,000-mile) journey in an open boat.
1789 – Whisky distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
1800 – The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
1807 – Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".
1839 – Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first Regatta.
1846 – Bear Flag Revolt begins – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Second Winchester – a Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
1863 – Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
1872 – Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
1900 – The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
1907 – Norway adopts female suffrage.
1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
1926 – Brazil leaves the League of Nations
1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
1937 – U. S. House of Representatives passes the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act.
1938 – Action Comics issue one was released, introducing Superman.
1940 – World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.
1940 – A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1941 – Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians, the June deportation, begin.
1942 – Anne Frank begins to keep a diary.
1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by U.S. Census Bureau.
1952 – The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States' Pledge of Allegiance.
1955 – Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1959 – A group of Dominican exiles with leftist tendencies that departed from Cuba land in the Dominican Republic with the intent of deposing Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina. Save for four of them, all were killed and/or executed by Trujillo's army. This feat would be the inspiration for a clandestine group that would seek to continue undermining Trujillo's power and would be called "Movimiento Catorce de Junio" (14th of June Movement).
1962 – Albert DeSalvo, better known as the Boston Strangler, murders Anna Slesers, his first victim.
1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
1962 – The New Mexico Supreme Court in the case of Montoya v. Bolack, 70 N.M. 196, prohibits state and local governments from denying Indians the right to vote because they live on a reservation.
1966 – The Vatican announces the abolition of the index librorum prohibitum (index of prohibited books), which was originally instituted in 1557.
1967 – Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched toward Venus.
1976 – The trial begins at Oxford Crown Court of Donald Neilson, the killer known as the Black Panther.
1982 – The Falklands War ends: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley unconditionally surrender to British forces.
1985 – TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
1990 – Miners from Jiu Valley are called to Bucharest by President Ion Iliescu to quell demonstrations in University Square by anti-government protesters.
2001 – China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

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Births

1479 (O.S.) – Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet (d. 1552)
1529 (O.S.) – Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria (d. 1595)
1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
1736 – Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist (d. 1806)
1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (d. 1866)
1798 – František Palacký, Czech scholar and politician
1801 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (d. 1896)
1812 – Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (d. 1881)
1819 – Henry J. Gardner, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1892)
1820 – John Bartlett, publisher of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (d. 1905)
1832 – Nikolaus Otto, German engineer (d. 1891)
1855 – Robert La Follette, U.S. Senator (d. 1925)
1856 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (d. 1922)
1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German physician (d. 1915)
1868 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1943)
1870 – Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (d. 1932)
1871 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (d. 1946)
1877 – Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (d. 1970)
1890 – May Allison, American actress (d. 1989)
1893 – Siggie Nordstrom, Swedish singer (The Nordstrom Sisters) (d. 1980)
1894 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (d. 1968)
1899 – Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
1903 – Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (d. 1995)
1905 – Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (d. 1991)
1906 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photojournalist (d. 1971)
1907 – Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (d. 1978)
1907 – Chico Landi, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1989)
1909 – Burl Ives, American musician (d. 1995)
1910 – Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976)
1913 – Joe Morris, C.C., LL.D., Canadian trade unionist (d. 1996)
1914 – Pauline Moore, American actress (d. 2001)
1916 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
1917 – Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
1919 – Sam Wanamaker, American actor (d. 1993)
1919 – Gene Barry, American actor
1922 – Kevin Roche, Irish architect
1925 – Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's Press Secretary (d. 2004)
1926 – Hermann Kant, German author
1926 – Don Newcombe, baseball player
1928 – Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Marxist Revolutionary (d. 1967)
1929 – Cy Coleman, American composer (d. 2004)
1931 – Junior Walker, Saxophonist and singer (Jr. Walker & the All Stars) (d. 1995)
1931 – Marla Gibbs, American actress
1932 – Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona
1933 – Jerzy Kosinski, Polish author (d. 1991)
1933 – Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach
1936 – Renaldo "Obie" Benson, singer (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)
1936 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish actor
1937 – Jørgen Leth, Danish film director
1939 – John F. MacArthur, American evangelist
1939 – Steny Hoyer, U.S. Congressman
1943 – Harold Wheeler, American composer
1943 – John Miles, British racing driver
1943 – Spooner Oldham, American musician
1944 – Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992)
1944 – Joe Grifasi, American actor
1945 – Rod Argent, English musician (The Zombies)
1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman and entrepreneur
1947 – Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish)
1948 – Laurence Yep, American author
1949 – Jimmy Lea, British musician (Slade)
1949 – Harry Turtledove, American author
1949 – Alan White, British drummer (Yes)
1950 – Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury
1951 – Paul Boateng, British politician
1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball coach
1952 – Leon Wieseltier, American writer.
1953 – Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician
1954 – Will Patton, American actor
1955 – Michael D. Duvall, California State Assemblyman
1955 – Paul O'Grady, British comedian and television presenter
1956 – Gianna Nannini, Italian singer
1956 – Fred Funk, American Professional golfer
1956 – King Diamond, Danish singer (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate)
1956 – Sam Irvin, American director and producer
1957 – Maxi Jazz, British rapper (Faithless) and racing driver
1958 – Eric Heiden, American speed skater
1959 – Marcus Miller, American musician
1960 – Mike Laga, American baseball player
1961 – Boy George, British singer (Culture Club)
1961 – Sam Perkins, American basketball player
1964 – Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer
1966 – Traylor Howard, American actress
1967 – Kelly Nash, American radio personality
1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, American actress
1968 – Faizon Love, American actor
1968 – Campbell Brown, American journalist and news reporter
1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
1969 – Éric Desjardins, Canadian hockey player
1969 – Kyle Hebert, American voice actor
1969 – MC Ren, American rapper
1969 – Michael Gerber, American parody author
1971 – Bruce Bowen, American basketball player
1971 – Ramon Vega, former Swiss footballer
1972 – Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist (KDE)
1972 – Michael Cade, American actor
1972 – Shaun Keaveny, British radio DJ
1973 – Ceca Raznatovic, Serbian singer
1973 – Sami Kapanen, Finnish hockey player
1974 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress
1974 – Phillip Rhys, British actor
1975 – Ryuji Miki, Japanese racing driver
1975 – Chris Onstad, American cartoonist
1975 – Bob Nanna, American musician (Braid, Hey Mercedes, The City on Film)
1976 – Alan Carr, British Stand-up comedian, Television presenter
1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian football player
1977 – Chris McAlister, American football player
1977 – Massimiliano Neri, Italian Supermodel
1978 – Steve Bégin, French-Canadian hockey player
1978 – Diablo Cody, American screenwriter
1978 – Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast
1981 – Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
1981 – Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
1982 – Jamie Green, British racing driver
1983 – John Stocco, American football player
1983 – Louis Garrel, French actor
1984 – Siobhán Donaghy, British singer (ex-Sugababes)
1984 – Lorenzo Booker, American football player
1985 – Andy Soucek, Spanish racing driver
1986 – Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
1987 – Andrew Cogliano, Professional Hockey Player
1988 – Kevin Michael McHale, American singer
1989 – Lucy Hale, American actress
1989 – Courtney Halverson, American actress
1992 – Daryl Sabara, American actor
1992 – Evan Sabara, American actor

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Deaths

1161 – Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100)
1381 – Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
1497 – Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474)
1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
1548 – Carpentras, French composer
1594 – Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer
1662 – Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
1674 – Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)
1703 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
1794 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (b. 1718)
1800 – Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French military leader (b. 1768)
1800 – Jean-Baptiste Kleber, F741)
1825 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (b. 1754)
1837 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)
1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
1886 – Alexandr Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (b. 1823)
1907 – William Le Baron Jenny, American engineer and architect (b. 1832)
1908 – Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor general of Canada (b. 1841)
1914 – Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, 23rd Vice President (b. 1835)
1916 – João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
1920 – Max Weber, German sociologist (b. 1864)
1926 – Mary Cassatt, American artist (b. 1843)
1927 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
1927 – Jerome K. Jerome, British author (b. 1859)
1928 – Emmeline Pankhurst, British feminist (b. 1857)
1932 – Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian business pioneer
1936 – G. K. Chesterton, English author (b. 1874)
1936 – Hans Poelzig, German architect (b. 1869)
1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (b. 1888)
1967 – Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (b. 1897)
1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Laureate (b. 1901)
1975 – Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (b. 1902)
1977 – Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer and composer (b. 1946)
1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)
1986 – Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)
1990 – Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)
1991 – Dame Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (b. 1907)
1994 – Henry Mancini, American composer (b. 1924)
1994 – Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (b. 1949)
1995 – Roger Zelazny, American author (b. 1937)
1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
1999 – Bernie Faloney, professional football player (b. 1932)
2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
2002 – June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936)
2003 – Dale Whittington, American racing driver (b. 1959)
2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900)
2004 – Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer
2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
2005 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)
2006 – Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (b. 1930)
2006 – Monty Berman, British film and television producer (b. 1905)
2007 – Ruth Graham, wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
2007 – Robin Olds, American fighter pilot (b. 1922)
2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and statesman (b. 1918)
2008 – Jamelão, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)
2008 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1964)

Talk about a lot of info......

Now to the holidays!

Roman Empire: eighth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
St. Eliseus, Prophet

Saturday and Swimming

2009-06-13T08:40:00.000-07:00

Well, I had a swim meet today! I just got back. My really team won the relay, and I won a few individual events myself! I don't know if we broke a record, but, we may have.

On a different note; I figured out what I will probably do. According to the comments that I got on my last blog (0), I have decided to post a dfferent random holiday each day, with a little part of what's going on in my life! So, remember to follow me, so you can impress your friends with all the random holidays I throw at you! (Note: The holidays will actually be real, official national, world-wide holidays.

Holiday for June 13th:

Today is National Lobster Day, as well as National Juggler Day! (Both USA only)

(Note: I will find other holidays that are around the world!)

Friday

2009-06-12T12:11:00.000-07:00

Well, summer vacation has started for me, and so far it has been fun! Today, my grandmother came in from West Virginia, and is going to stay with us for a week :) I have a big swim meet tomorrow, so I can't wait and see how that's going to go! I have swim practice tonight at 4:30 PM. Then I have youth group at my church from 7:00-9:00.

Youth group is a really fun place at my church. We play video games, eat pizza/ritas/soda/candy and play other games! Also, we can all just like talk, and socialize and stuff.

Well, I'm going to go, so,until tomorrow, see ya!

Everythings Sorted Out!

2009-06-12T09:14:00.000-07:00

I just got the ads, and now my account is waiting a week to be verified.

What would you want to see me blog about? I will let you decide what I will blog about, possibly just random things, or even random holidays. Like today is the following days:

The baseball was invented in 1839
The National Hall Of Fame For Baseball opened on June 12, 1939
Diary Day - in observance of Ann Frank's birthday
"Open Window Day" - Open your windows and let the Spring air in! (National - US)
Philippines Independence Day

Please let me know what you would like to see!

My First Blog!

2009-06-12T08:45:00.000-07:00

Well, I have decided to make a blog! I want some extra money this summer, and am going to use (yes they're dreaded) ads! So, I am off to set up an adsense account!

Chas' Blog

June 20th

June 20th

June 19th, Friday

June 18th, Wednesday

Wednesday June 17th

Monday, June 15th

Sunday! *Yes I know I may be a little early ;)*

Saturday and Swimming

Friday

Everythings Sorted Out!

My First Blog!

Sunday! Yes I know I may be a little early ;)