Celebrity Birthdays and On-This-Day

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June 27th:

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1995 - Actor Hugh Grant was arrested in Los Angeles for engaging in "lewd behavior" with a prostitute in a rented BMW.
1989 - NBC aired "Miami Vice" for the last time.
1967 - Two hundred people were arrested during a race riot in Buffalo, NY.
1967 - The world's first cash dispenser was installed at Barclays Bank in Enfield, England. The device was invented by John Sheppard-Barron. The machine operated on a voucher system and the maximum withdrawal was $28.
1964 - Jan & Dean's "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" was released.
1955 - The state of Illinois enacted the first automobile seat belt legislation.
1929 - Scientists at Bell Laboratories in New York revealed a system for transmitting color television pictures.
1893 - The New York stock market crashed. By the end of the year 600 banks and 74 railroads had gone out of business.

Madylin Sweeten (played the daughter Ally on "Everybody Loves Raymond" and she's 17 today!) 1991
Gia Paloma (pornstar 2003-) 1984
John Warne (bassist for Christian/mainstream punk-rock band Relient K: "Be My Escape", "Forgiven", "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been", "Must Have Done Something Right") 1979
Star E. Knight (pornstar 2001-) 1978
Tobey Maguire ("Spider-Man", "Pleasantville", "Ride With the Devil", "The Cider House Rules") 1975
Lorrie Morgan (country singer) 1959
H. Ross Perot (ran for US president and lost to Bill Clinton in 1992) 1930
Bob Keeshan (He was "Captain Kangaroo" on the long-running children's show from 1965-1984) 1927
Hellen Keller (deaf-blind girl saved by "The Miracle Worker" Annie Sullivan, H.K. became an author and public speaker) 1880

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June 28th:

Paul Bunyan day

2004 - The U.S. turned over official sovereignty to Iraq's interim leadership. The event took place two days earlier than previously announced to thwart insurgents' attempts at undermining the transfer.
1997 - Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear after three rounds of their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, NV.
1972 - U.S. President Nixon announced that no new draftees would be sent to Vietnam.
1967 - Fourteen people were shot in race riots in Buffalo, New York.
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I exactly five years after it began. The treaty also established the League of Nations.
1894 - The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a U.S. national holiday.

Ayana Angel (black pornstar 2001-) 1979
John Cusack ("Better Off Dead", "Being John Malkovich", "Identity", "Hi-Fidelity", "1408") 1966
John Elway (NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos went to the Superbowl in 1998 and 99) 1960
Kathy Bates ("About Schmidt", "Rat Race", "Titanic") 1948
Gilda Radner (on "SNL" she played: Roseanne Roseannadanna, Emily Litella, Baba Wawa, married Gene Wilder, died of cancer in 1989) 1946
Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi on "The Karate Kid") 1932
Mel Brooks (writer/director/producer: "Young Frankenstein", "Blazing Saddles", "The Producers", "Spaceballs", "Robin Hood: Men In Tights", "History of the World, Part 1", "High Anxiety", "Dracula: Dead and Loving It", "Get Smart: The Movie") 1926
Henry VIII (King of England, had 6 wives, 2 of them were beheaded) 1491

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June 29th:

Camera day

2007 - A car bomb was diffused in the heart of London at Picadilly Circus.
2007 - Release date of Apple's iPhone in the US.
1993 - Aerosmith released their single "Cryin'." The video featured Alicia Silverstone.
1968 - Pink Floyd's second album "A Saucerful of Secrets" was released with the single "Remember A Day."
1957 - Buddy Holly recorded the song "Peggy Sue."
1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America.

Kaci Star (pornstar 2002-) 1985
Alexis Malone (pornstar 2002-) 1979
Nicole Scherzinger (singer for dance group The Pussycat Dolls) 1978
Jeff Burton (Nascar driver) 1967
"Little Eva" Boyd (pop singer of the 1960s: "Some Kinda Wonderful", "The Loco-Motion") 1943
Slim Pickens (actor who rode the Atomic Bomb in "Dr. Strangelove") 1919
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (author of "The Little Prince") 1900

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June 30th:

Meteor day

1998 - Prince (and the New Power Generation) released the album "New Power Soul."
1994 - The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
1986 - Madonna released the album "True Blue" featuring "Papa Don't Preach" and "La Isla Bonita."
1986 - Steve Winwood released the album "Back in the High Life" featuring "Higher Love" and the title track.
1974 - The July 4th beach scene from the Steven Spielberg movie "Jaws" was filmed.
1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when Ohio became the 38th state to approve it. The amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18.
1958 - The U.S. Congress passed a law authorizing the admission of Alaska as the 49th state in the Union.
1952 - CBS-TV debuted "The Guiding Light."
1950 - U.S. President Harry Truman ordered U.S. troops into Korea and authorized the draft.
1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published.
1921 - The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed.

Fantasia Barrino (2004 American Idol winner who went on to obscurity) 1984
Matisyahu (Jewish reggae/rapper) 1979
Monica Potter (Along Came A Spider, Saw, Patch Adams, Con Air) 1971
Mike Tyson (Boxer, bit Evander Holyfield's ear) 1966
Vincent D'Onofrio (Law and Order: Criminal Intent) 1959
Lena Horne (Jazz singer/actress) 1917

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July 1st:

Canada Day

1997 - The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain to China. Britain had controlled Hong Kong as a colony for 156 years.
1991 - Court TV began airing.
1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed legislation that provided for 2 acres of land near the Lincoln Memorial for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1980 - "O Canada" was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada.
1979 - Sony introduced the Walkman.
1978 - Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" was released.
1963 - The U.S. postmaster introduced the five-digit ZIP (Zoning Improvement Plan) code.
1934 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) replaced the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) as the regulator of broadcasting in the United States.
1916 - WWI - The massive Allied offensive known as the Battle of the Somme began in France. The battle was the first to use tanks.
1909 - Thomas Edison began commercially manufacturing his new "A" type alkaline storage batteries.
1874 - The Philadelphia Zoological Society zoo opened as the first zoo in the United States.
1863 - During the U.S. Civil War, the first day's fighting at Gettysburg began.
1847 - The U.S. Post Office issued its first adhesive stamps.

Liv Tyler (daughter of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, acted in "Lord of the Rings", and "Armegeddon") 1977
Missy Elliot (rapper) 1971
Pam Anderson ("Baywatch" and "Stacked" series) 1967
Princess Diana 1961
Dan Aykroyd (SNL) 1952
Debbie Harry (singer of disco band Blondie) 1945
Jamie Farr (Klinger on "MASH" series) 1934

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July 2nd:

Literacy day
61st anniversary of the mysterious crash near Roswell, New Mexico.

2000 - Vicente Fox Quesada became president of Mexico.
1986 - Prince's movie "Under The Cherry Moon" was released. It was his second movie.
1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter reinstated draft registration for males 18 years of age.
1976 - One year after the Vietnam War ended, North Vietnam and South Vietnam were reunited as communist.
1976 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual.
1964 - U.S. President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" into law. The act made it illegal in the U.S. to discriminate against others because of their race.
1962 - The first Wal-Mart store opened for business in Rogers, Arkansas, US.
1955 - ABC Television premiered "The Lawrence Welk Show", a big band/variety show. Reruns can still be seen on Saturday nights on PBS.
1947 - An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft.
1937 - American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator. Her body and plane were never recovered.
1881 - Charles J. Guiteau fatally wounded U.S. President James A. Garfield in Washington, DC.
1566 - French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus died.

Lindsay Lohan (actress/lousy singer, acted in "Parent Trap", "Freaky Friday", "Herbie", "Mean Girls", "Just My Luck") 1986
Ashley Tisdale (acts in "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" series on the Disney Channel) 1985
Michelle Branch (sang "Everywhere", "Goodbye To You", "Are You Happy Now?", "Breathe", formed new band The Wreckers in 2005) 1983
Sam Hornish, Jr. (NASCAR winner of the 2006 Indianapolis 500) 1979
Matthew Reilly (Austrailian action/adventure author of trilogy "Ice Station", "Area 7", and "Scarecrow", also wrote "Temple", "Contest", and "Seven Deadly Wonders") 1974
Larry David (witer/producer of "SNL (1984-6)", "Seinfeld", and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" series) 1947
Vicente Fox (elected president of Mexico in 2000 on his birthday) 1942
Richard Petty (NASCAR driver) 1937
Dave Thomas (founder of Wendy's restaurants, advocate for adoption) 1932
Carlos Saul Menem (elected president of Argentina in 1989) 1930
Dan Rowan (co-host of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") 1922
Thurgood Marshall (first African American US Supreme Court justice) 1908

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July 3rd:

1997 - U.S. President Clinton made his first formal response to the charges of sexual harassment from Paula Jones. He denied all the charges and asked that the judge dismiss the case.
1991 - U.S. President George Bush formally inaugurated the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
1981 - The Associated Press ran its first story about two rare illnesses afflicting homosexual men. One of the diseases was later named AIDS.
1971 - Jim Morrison (singer for The Doors) died in Paris at age 27.
1962 - Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1950 - U.S. carrier-based planes attacked airfields in the Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first air-strike of the Korean War.
1940 - Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted on NBC radio.
1939 - Chic Young’s comic strip character, "Blondie" was first heard on CBS radio.
1924 - Clarence Birdseye founded the General Seafood Corp, later known as Birdseye Foods.
1922 - "Fruit Garden and Home" magazine was introduced. It was later renamed "Better Homes and Gardens."
1890 - Idaho became the 43rd united state.
1863 - The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days. It was a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
1608 - The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.

Shawnee Smith (Played Ted Danson's assistant on "Becker" series) 1970
Tom Cruise (Scientologist whack-job) 1962
Montel Williams (talk-show host) 1956
Dave Barry (retired newspaper columnist/humorist, wrote "Big Trouble" novel and movie script) 1947
Ken Russell (directed The Who's rock/opera "Tommy") 1927
Franz Kafka (wrote "Metamorphosis") 1883
George M. Cohen (wrote Broadway plays including "Yankee Doodle Dandy") 1878

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July 4th:

U.S. Independence Day
July 4, 1776 - The amended Declaration of Independence from Britain, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America.

1987 - Klaus Barbie, a WWII Nazi and the former Gestapo chief known as the "Butcher of Lyon," was convicted by a French court of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison.
1976 - The U.S. celebrated its Bicentennial (200 years).
1959 - The 49-star U.S. flag was debuted (adding Alaska).
1960 - The 50-star U.S. flag made its debut in Philadelphia, Pa (adding Hawaii).
1955 - The first king cobra snakes born in captivity in the U.S. hatched at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.
1863 - The Confederate town of Vicksburg, MS, surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant.
1848 - In Washington, DC, the cornerstone for the Washington Monument was laid.
1817 - Construction began on the Erie Canal in New York State, to connect Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
1802 - The U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY.

Hannah Harper (British/American pornstar 2001-) 1982
Geraldo Rivera (talk-show host, reporter for FOX News Channel) 1943
George Steinbrenner (Owner of the NY Yankees baseball team since 1973) 1930
Ann Landers (advice columnist, twin sister of "Dear Abby") 1918
Mitch Miller (big band leader) 1911
Gloria Stuart (actress in the 1930s-70s, played old Rose in "Titanic") 1910
Rube Goldberg (Newspaper cartoonist, drew complicated inventions/machines to do simple tasks) 1883
Calvin Coolidge (30th US President, from 1923-29) 1872

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July 5th:

1989 - The pilot episode of "The Seinfeld Chronicles" aired on NBC. A year later, the show begins airing regularly, with the title shortened to "Seinfeld."
1989 - Former U.S. National Security Council aide Oliver North received a $150,000 fine and a suspended prison term for his part in the Iran-Contra affair. The convictions were later overturned.
1975 - Bad Company's "Feel Like Making Love" was released.
1954 - Elvis Presley's first commercial recording session took place in Memphis, TN. He recorded "That's All Right Mama" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky."
1950 - U.S. forces engaged the North Koreans for the first time at Osan, South Korea.
1946 - The bikini bathing suit, created by Louis Reard, made its debut during a fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris.

Dolly the Sheep (The first cloned mammal) 1996
Kelly Kline (pornstar 2003-) 1981
Jason Wade (singer and guitarist for Christian/mainstream rock band Lifehouse: "Hanging By a Moment", "Breathing", "Spin", "You and Me", "First Time") 1980
Eva Green (French actress in "Kingdom of Heaven" and "James Bond's Casino Royale") 1980
Stephanie Smith aka Letha Weapons [pornstar 1994-2000, known for her 38F breasts) 1972
Edie Falco ("The Sopranos") 1963
Marc Cohn (folk singer known for "Walking In Memphis" and "Walk Through the World With Me") 1959
Bill Watterson (drew the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic) 1958
Huey Lewis (singer for The News: "The Power of Love", "Do You Believe in Love?", "Back In Time", "Hip To Be a Square", "I Want a New Drug", "Some Kind of Wonderful") 1951
P.T. Barnum (ran a traveling circus) 1810
William Crotch (composer with a funny last name) 1775

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July 6th:

1995 - In Los Angeles, the prosecution rested at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
1964 - The Beatles' first film, "A Hard Day's Night," premiered in London.
1957 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney were introduced to each other.
1947 - "Candid Microphone" began airing on ABC radio. In 1948 the show moved to TV as "Candid Camera."
1928 - "The Lights of New York" was previewed in New York's Strand Theatre. It was the first all-talking movie.
1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established.
1893 - In northwest Iowa 71 people were killed by a tornado.
1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine.
1854 - In Jackson, MI, the Republican Party held its first convention.

Gregory Smith ("Everwood") 1983
Tia and Tamera Mowery (real-life twins from "Sister, Sister", sisters of Taj Mowery from "Smart Guy") 1978
Loni (Asian-American pornstar 2002-) 1977
Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent (rapper) 1976
Geoffrey Rush ("Shine", "Pirates of the Caribbean") 1951
George W. Bush (43rd US President 2001-2009) 1946
Sylvester Stallone ("Rambo", "Rocky", "Daylight", "Driven", "Get Carter", "Antz", "Judge Dredd") 1946
Burt Ward (Robin on "Batman" TV series) 1945
Eugene Dixon known professionally as Gene Chandler (sang "Duke of Earl") 1937
Dalai Lama (Spiritual leader exiled from Tibet) 1935
Janet Leigh (killed in the shower on "Psycho") 1927
Merv Griffin (talk-show host, creator of "Wheel of Fortune") 1925
Bill Haley (singer for the Comets: "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later Alligator", "Shake, Rattle, and Roll") 1925
Nancy Reagen (US President Ronald Reagen's wife) 1921