Birthdays: Martha Washington, Alexander Pope, Berke
Breathed, Al Hirschfeld, Al Martinez, Jean-Paul Sartre, Judy Holliday, Benazir
Bhutto, Jane Russell, Mariette Hartley, Bernie Koppel, Rick Sutcliffe, Maureen
Stapleton, Joe Flagherty, Juliet Lewis, Tony Scott, Prince William the Duke of
York is 32.
Happy Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. The sun,
at dawn, aligns perfectly with the entrance to Stonehenge. In Persia, the
Zoroastrians would light ceremonial fires on altars to the sungod Ahura Mazda.
1939-Eugene O’Neill’s wife
Carlotta wrote in her diary- Gene kept me up all night talking about his
outline for a new play about his family- The Long Days Journey into Night. It
took him two years to write and it almost killed him.
1948- At the University of Manchester, John McCauley started
up the first modern computer, the Manchester Mark I, that could store a program
in it’s memory and reopen it.
1965- the Byrds release record Hey
Mr. Tambourine Man.
1978 - Andrew Lloyd Webber &
Tim Rice's musical "Evita," premieres in London.
1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit premiered at Radio City Music
Hall.
2002- Lilo & Stitch premiered.
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