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“BORN TODAY” Rebecca Black (18) Lana Del Rey (29) Kris Allen (30) Jujubee (31) Jussie Smollett (32) Edward Snowden (32) Benjamin Walker (33) Prince William (33) Brandown Flowers (34) Christ Pratt (36) Erica Durance (37) Juliette Lewis (42) Sonique (47) Carrie Preston (48) Gretchen Carlson (49) Lana Wachowski (50) Doug Savant (51) David Morrissey (51) Marcella Detroit (63) Meredith Baxter (68) Michael Gross (68) Mariette Hartley (75) “DIED TODAY” Carol O'Connor (Born: August 2, 1924 / Died: June 21, 2001) John Lee Hooker (Born: August 22, 1912 / Died: June 21, 2001) Niccolo Machiavelli (Born: May 3, 1469 / Died: June 21, 1527) John Smith (Born: January 1580 / Died: June 21, 1631) “MOVIES TODAY” Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1972- Frenzy 1972- Beware! The Blob 1977- New York, New York 1978- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Featured Above) 1984- The Karate Kid 1984- Rhinestone 1985- Cocoon 1985- Return to Oz 1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1990- Robocop 2 1990- Betsy's Wedding 1991- Dying Young 1991- The Rocketeer 1991- Where Angels Fear to Tread 1996- Eraser 1996- Lone Star 1996- The Hunchback of Notre Dame “MUSIC TODAY” 1955- Elvis Presley played two shows in Beaumont, Texas, with bassist Bill Black and guitarist Scotty Moore 1955-Johnny Cash’s first single, “Cry Cry Cry,” was released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v-MGnIdwZl-8 1963-The Rolling Stones played at Ricky Tick Club, Star and Garter Hotel, Windsor, Berks 1966- The Beatles Record 'She Said She Said' https://www.youtube.com/watch?vqF92gQx8P2Q 1968- Pink Floyd performs two shows in one day. First at the Commemoration Ball in Oxford, and the second at the Middle Earth Club in London 1972- The First Stonehenge Free Festival begins 1975-Elton John, The Beach Boys, Joe Walsh, Rufus and the Eagles all appear at Wembley Stadium, London. 1975-Captain and Tennille started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Neil Sedaka song ‘Love Will Keep Us Together’ 1975- Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form his own group, Rainbow 1975- James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is” was released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v1Mp0rBHhXMs 1979-Mick Taylor released his first solo album after leaving the Rolling Stones four years before 1981-Donald Fagan and Walter Becker announced the breakup of Steely Dan 1985-Ron Howard directed his first music video for “Gravity” by Michael Sembello 1989-New Kids on the Block released “Hangin’ Tough” https://www.youtube.com/watch?vQiwzTp-h0Nk 1985-The first day of the Glastonbury Festival 1986-Genesis scored their fourth UK No.1 album with their 13th studio album ‘Invisible Touch’ 1992-The Orb released ‘Blue Room’, a single that has a duration of 39 minutes and 58 seconds https://youtu.be/MrzqO7t-Q60 “TV/RADIO TODAY” 1948 - WNAC (KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA, (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 - NBC radio presented the final broadcast of "The Railroad Hour." radioarchives.com 1986 - President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments “OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…” 1945 - Pan Am announced an 88-hour round-the-world flight at a cost of $700 1954 - The American Cancer Society reported significantly higher death rates among cigarette smokers than among non-smokers 1954 - Australian John Landy ran the mile in 3:58. He was the second person to achieve the feat 1958 - In Arkansas, a federal judge let Little Rock delay school integration 1958 - Linus Pauling and Detlev Bronk, both Americans, were elected to the Soviet Academy of Science 1960 - In Zurich, Germany, Armin Hary ran 100-meters in a record 10.0 second wikipedia.org 1963 - In St. Louis, Bob Hayes set a record when he ran the 100-yard dash in 9.1 second 1963 - France announced that they were withdrawing from the North Atlantic NATO fleet 1966 - Reg Calvert, manager of The Fortunes, Screaming Lord Sutch, and the owner of offshore pirate radio station Radio City was shot dead by business rival William Smedley photo: regcalvert-plays.co.uk 1966 - The Rolling Stones sued 14 hotels over a booking ban in New York 1970 - Tony Jacklin became the second British golfer in 50 years to win the U.S. Open golf tournament photo: alchetron.com 1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may ban materials found to be obscene according to local standards. 1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court decided that pregnant teachers could no longer be forced to take long leaves of absence 1980 - all members of The Stranglers arrested after a concert for starting a riot allmusic.com 1982 - John Hinckley found Not Guilty of the attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity 1985 - Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele 1989 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment 1994 - George Michael lost his lawsuit against Sony Records 1998 - Bobby Brown was arrested on charges of sexual battery 1999 - Pantera rode a float in the Dallas Stars Stanley Cup victory parade in downtown Dallas wordpress.com