400 Historic Events for June 21
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Bernard Ingham, press secretary (Margaret Thatcher)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Lalo [Boris] Schifrin, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Ocie Lee "OC" Smith, US jazz singer (Little Green Apples)
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| 1932 |
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Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (NYC)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Bernie Kopell, NYC, actor (Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl)
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| 1933 |
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1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans
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| 1934 |
Death |
[James] Thorne Smith, US, sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Wulf Kirsten, writer
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Fran‡oise Sagan, [Quoirez], Cajarc France, novelist (Bonjour Trieste)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Monte Markham, Manatee Fla, actor (Second Hundred Years, Dallas)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
O C Smith, rocker
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| 1937 |
Birth |
John Edrich, cricketer (England left-handed batsman, 310* v NZ 1965)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Anna Davies, prof of Comparative Philology (Oxford U)
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| 1937 |
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French People's front govt-Blum falls
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| 1938 |
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Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia v Lancashire
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Ron Ely, Hereford Tx, actor (Tarzan, Doc Savage)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
James Botten, cricketer (all-rounder in 1965 S Afr series v England)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Dan Burton, (Rep-R-IN, 1983- )
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| 1938 |
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Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit
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| 1939 |
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Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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| 1939 |
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NY Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Charles Boone, composer
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| 1940 |
Death |
Jean-douard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies at 71
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| 1940 |
Death |
W Hasenclever, writer, dies at 49
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| 1940 |
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German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State
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