06-22-2016, 12:19 PM
Also On This Day in History
1558 - The French took the French town of Thioville from the English.
1611 - English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers.
1772 - Slavery was outlawed in England.
1807 - British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated a second time.
1832 - J.I. Howe patented the pin machine.
1868 - Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.
1870 - The U.S. Congress created the Department of Justice.
1874 - Dr. Andrew Taylor Still began the first known practice of osteopathy.
1909 - The first transcontinental auto race ended in Seattle, WA.
1911 - King George V of England was crowned.
1915 - Austro-German forces occupied Lemberg on the Eastern Front as the Russians retreat.
1925 - France and Spain agreed to join forces against Abd el Krim in Morocco.
1933 - Germany became a one political party country when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis.
1939 - The first U.S. water-ski tournament was held at Jones Beach, on Long Island, New York.
1940 - France and Germany signed an armistice at Compiegne, on terms dictated by the Nazis.
1941 - Under the codename Barbarossa, Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
1942 - A Japanese submarine shelled Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River.
1942 - In France, Pierre Laval declared "I wish for a German victory".
1942 - V-Mail, or Victory-Mail, was sent for the first time.
1944 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the "GI Bill of Rights" to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war.
1945 - During World War II, the battle for Okinawa officially ended after 81 days.
1946 - Jet airplanes were used to transport mail for the first time.
1956 - The battle for Algiers began as three buildings in Casbah were blown up.
1959 - Eddie Lubanski rolled 24 consecutive strikes in a bowling tournament in Miami, FL.
1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court voted that Henry Miller's book, "Tropic of Cancer", could not be banned.
1970 - U.S. President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It required that the voting age in the United States to be 18.
1973 - Skylab astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific after a record 28 days in space.
1974 - In Chicago, the Sears Tower Skydeck opened. (Willis Tower)
1978 - James W. Christy and Robert S. Harrington discovered the only known moon of Pluto. The moon is named Charon.
1980 - The Soviet Union announced a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.
1989 - The government of Angola and the anti-Communist rebels of the UNITA movement agreed to a formal truce in their 14-year-old civil war.
1990 - Checkpoint Charlie was dismantled in Berlin.
1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar expressions of racial bias violated free-speech rights.
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that evidence illegally obtained by authorities could be used at revocation hearings for a convicted criminal's parole.
1998 - The 75th National Marbles Tournament began in Wildwood, NJ.
1999 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that persons with remediable handicaps cannot claim discrimination in employment under the Americans with Disability Act.
2009 - Eastman Kodak Company announced that it would discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film.
Birthdays
John Dillinger 1902 - Gangster
Carl Hubbell 1903
Billy Wilder 1906
Michael Todd 1907
Ann Morrow Lindbergh 1907
Mary Livingstone 1909
Joseph Papp 1921
Gower Champion 1921
Bill Blass 1922
Ralph Waite 1928
Roy Drusky 1930
Kris Kristofferson 1936 - Singer
Ed Bradley 1941
Barry Serafin 1941
Michael Lerner 1941
Brit Hume 1943 - Broadcast journalist
Klaus Maria Brandauer 1944
Peter Asher 1944 - Singer (Peter and Gordon)
Andrew Rubin 1946
David L. Lander 1947 - Actor ("Lavern and Shirley")
Howard Kaylan 1947 - Musician (The Turtles)
Todd Rungren 1948 - Musician
Meryl Streep 1949 - Actress
Alan Osmond 1949 - Singer ("The Osmonds")
Lindsay Wagner 1949 - Actress ("The Bionic Woman")
Larry Junstrom 1949 - Musician (.38 Special)
Graham Greene 1952
Cyndi Lauper 1953 - Singer
Chris Lemmon 1954
Freddie Prinze 1954
Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) 1956
Garry Gary Beers 1957 - Musician (INXS, Absent Friends)
Bruce Campbell 1958
Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) 1959
Tracy Pollan 1960 - Actress
Jimmy Somerville 1961 - Singer(Bronski Beat, Communards)
Clyde (The Glyde) Drexler 1962 - Basketball player
Dan Brown 1964 - Actor ("The Da Vinci Code")
Amy Brenneman 1964
Mike Edwards 1964 - Singer, guitar player (Jesus Jones)
Tom Cunningham (Wet Wet Wet) 1965
Paula Irvine 1968
Stephen Page (Barenaked Ladies) 1970
Mary Lynn Rajskub 1971 - Actress ("24")
Carson Dayl 1973 - TV personality
Donald Faison 1974 - Actor ("Scrubs")
Lindsay Ridgeway 1985
1558 - The French took the French town of Thioville from the English.
1611 - English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers.
1772 - Slavery was outlawed in England.
1807 - British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated a second time.
1832 - J.I. Howe patented the pin machine.
1868 - Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.
1870 - The U.S. Congress created the Department of Justice.
1874 - Dr. Andrew Taylor Still began the first known practice of osteopathy.
1909 - The first transcontinental auto race ended in Seattle, WA.
1911 - King George V of England was crowned.
1915 - Austro-German forces occupied Lemberg on the Eastern Front as the Russians retreat.
1925 - France and Spain agreed to join forces against Abd el Krim in Morocco.
1933 - Germany became a one political party country when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis.
1939 - The first U.S. water-ski tournament was held at Jones Beach, on Long Island, New York.
1940 - France and Germany signed an armistice at Compiegne, on terms dictated by the Nazis.
1941 - Under the codename Barbarossa, Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
1942 - A Japanese submarine shelled Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River.
1942 - In France, Pierre Laval declared "I wish for a German victory".
1942 - V-Mail, or Victory-Mail, was sent for the first time.
1944 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the "GI Bill of Rights" to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war.
1945 - During World War II, the battle for Okinawa officially ended after 81 days.
1946 - Jet airplanes were used to transport mail for the first time.
1956 - The battle for Algiers began as three buildings in Casbah were blown up.
1959 - Eddie Lubanski rolled 24 consecutive strikes in a bowling tournament in Miami, FL.
1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court voted that Henry Miller's book, "Tropic of Cancer", could not be banned.
1970 - U.S. President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It required that the voting age in the United States to be 18.
1973 - Skylab astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific after a record 28 days in space.
1974 - In Chicago, the Sears Tower Skydeck opened. (Willis Tower)
1978 - James W. Christy and Robert S. Harrington discovered the only known moon of Pluto. The moon is named Charon.
1980 - The Soviet Union announced a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.
1989 - The government of Angola and the anti-Communist rebels of the UNITA movement agreed to a formal truce in their 14-year-old civil war.
1990 - Checkpoint Charlie was dismantled in Berlin.
1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar expressions of racial bias violated free-speech rights.
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that evidence illegally obtained by authorities could be used at revocation hearings for a convicted criminal's parole.
1998 - The 75th National Marbles Tournament began in Wildwood, NJ.
1999 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that persons with remediable handicaps cannot claim discrimination in employment under the Americans with Disability Act.
2009 - Eastman Kodak Company announced that it would discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film.
Birthdays
John Dillinger 1902 - Gangster
Carl Hubbell 1903
Billy Wilder 1906
Michael Todd 1907
Ann Morrow Lindbergh 1907
Mary Livingstone 1909
Joseph Papp 1921
Gower Champion 1921
Bill Blass 1922
Ralph Waite 1928
Roy Drusky 1930
Kris Kristofferson 1936 - Singer
Ed Bradley 1941
Barry Serafin 1941
Michael Lerner 1941
Brit Hume 1943 - Broadcast journalist
Klaus Maria Brandauer 1944
Peter Asher 1944 - Singer (Peter and Gordon)
Andrew Rubin 1946
David L. Lander 1947 - Actor ("Lavern and Shirley")
Howard Kaylan 1947 - Musician (The Turtles)
Todd Rungren 1948 - Musician
Meryl Streep 1949 - Actress
Alan Osmond 1949 - Singer ("The Osmonds")
Lindsay Wagner 1949 - Actress ("The Bionic Woman")
Larry Junstrom 1949 - Musician (.38 Special)
Graham Greene 1952
Cyndi Lauper 1953 - Singer
Chris Lemmon 1954
Freddie Prinze 1954
Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) 1956
Garry Gary Beers 1957 - Musician (INXS, Absent Friends)
Bruce Campbell 1958
Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) 1959
Tracy Pollan 1960 - Actress
Jimmy Somerville 1961 - Singer(Bronski Beat, Communards)
Clyde (The Glyde) Drexler 1962 - Basketball player
Dan Brown 1964 - Actor ("The Da Vinci Code")
Amy Brenneman 1964
Mike Edwards 1964 - Singer, guitar player (Jesus Jones)
Tom Cunningham (Wet Wet Wet) 1965
Paula Irvine 1968
Stephen Page (Barenaked Ladies) 1970
Mary Lynn Rajskub 1971 - Actress ("24")
Carson Dayl 1973 - TV personality
Donald Faison 1974 - Actor ("Scrubs")
Lindsay Ridgeway 1985
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