Daily Calendar for Thursday, June 21, 2029
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Thursday, June 21, 2029
Died
- King Edward III of England –
- William Willis Morgan (astronomer, died in Williams Bay, Wisconsin) –
- Carroll O'Connor (actor) –
- Kermit Love (costume designer) –
- Charles Krauthammer (Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist) –
Born
- Charles Bowers Momsen (American vice admiral, inventor) –
- Jean-Paul Sartre (writer & philosopher) –
- Jane Russell (actress) –
- Judy Holliday (actress) –
- Maureen Stapleton (actress) –
- Doug Savant (actor) –
- Chris Pratt (actor) –
- Prince William of Wales (oldest son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana) –
Events
- John Archer became first to receive Bachelor of Medicine degree in U.S. –
- New Hampshire ratified the Constitution and was admitted as the 9th state –
- Cyrus H. McCormick was awarded a U.S. patent for a reaper –
- The ferris wheel debuted at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago –
- France surrendered to Germany (WW II) –
- Richard M. Nixon married Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan –
- The first commercially available LP (long-playing) records are released by Columbia Records. –
- Sesquicentennial U.S. postage stamp “The Old Man of the Mountains” debuted –
- First 999 emergency phone service in North America began, in Winnipeg, Manitoba –
- The original Walt Disney movie The Parent Trap debuted –
- Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect baseball game –
- The first amendment to Canada’s Constitution Act of 1982, which guaranteed the constitutional rights of Indians and Inuits, took effect –
- SpaceShipOne left the Earth behind and made its indelible entry in the history books as the first private spacecraft to carry humans into space –
- A 25-foot-tall, 17.5-ton treat of frozen Snapple juice melted, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid –
- Tallest structure built with LEGOS (114 feet 11 inches) set Guinness World Record, Milan, Italy –
- In an episode captured on video, a cat named Tigger chased a black bear out of a yard in North Vancouver, British Columbia. –
Weather
- The Apalachicola-Tallahassee area of Florida was hit by an early-season hurricane –
- Fifteen inches of snow was reported at the summit of Mount Evans in Colorado –
- Typhoon Fengshen, with winds of up to 121 miles per hour, struck the central and northern Philippines –
- Washington, D.C., had a record high temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit –
- Boston, Massachusetts, had a record high temperature of 96 degrees Fahrenheit –