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June 11 ** Click on link below for full blog ** Today’s Historical Highlights 1184 BC - Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes. 1742 - Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove 1770 - Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia 1870 - 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam 1921 - Brazil adopts women suffrage 1937 - Marx Brothers A Day At The Races released 1963 - Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama 1975 - 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield 1987 - Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd consecutive term 1988 - Freedomfest - Mandela addresses Wembley Stadium London 1993 - Jurassic Park opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million 2001 - Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2004 - Ronald Reagans funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral. ** Today Is Corn on the Cob Day King Kamehameha Day National Hug Holiday ** Today’s Birthdays Charles B Rangel, (Rep-D-NY) is 83 Tab Hunter, actor (Tab Hunter Show) is 82 Gene Wilder, [Jerome Silbermann], actor (Silver Streak) is 81 Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer is 75 Adrienne Barbeau, actress (Maude, Swamp Thing) is 69 Henry Cisneros, 1st Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city (San Antonio), Secretary of HUD is 67 Joe Montana, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers) is 58 Hugh Laurie [James Hugh Calum Laurie], actor (House) is 55 Joshua Jackson, actor (Mighty Ducks) is 36 Shia LaBeouf, actor (Disturbia, Transformers) is 28 Remembered for being born today 1572-1637 - Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist) 1880-1973 - Jeannette Rankin, 1st woman elected to US Congress (Rep-Montana) 1889-1972 - Wesley Ruggles, actor/producer/director (Keystone Kops) 1900-1994 - Lawrence E Spivak, Brooklyn, news panelist (Meet the Press) 1910-1997 - Jacques Cousteau, French oceanic explorer (Calypso) 1913-1970 - Vince Lombardi, NFL coach (Green Bay Packers) 1919-2009 - Richard Todd, Ireland, actor (Dorian Gray) 1937-2012 - Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], actor (Medical Center) **
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 01:34:10 +0000

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