Today is Baby Boomers Recognition Day, Take Your Dog To Work Day, Skateboarding Day, Flip Flop Day, International T-Shirt Day, The Summer Solstice occurred at 1:04 AM EDT, World Peace and Prayer Day, World Handshake Day. The food holidays are National Peaches & Cream Day and Junk Food Day. On this day in 2009 Greenland assumed self-rule, 1970 Penn Central declared bankruptcy, 1948 Columbia Records introduced the long playing record album, 1945 the Battle of Okinawa ended, 1942 a Japanese submarine surfaced near the Columbia River in Oregon and fired 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of the very few attacks on the US mainland, 1939 Lou Gehrig retired from baseball two days after his diagnosis of ALS was confirmed, 1887 Queen Victoria celebrated 50 years on the throne, 1788 the US Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire ratified it and was admitted as the 9th state. Birthday wishes go to Rebecca Black (16) (fitting today is Friday), Prince William (31), Meredith Baxter (66), Michael Gross (66), Mariette Hartley (73), Ron Ely (75), Monte Markham (78), Bernie Kopell (80), Jane Russell (1921-2011), Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003), Daniel Carter Beard (1850-1941), .
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:45:24 +0000