bransonglobe.com HISTORY June 26-27, 2020 • 19 Today in History: Movies, sports and more • 1498 Toothbrush invented in China using boar bristles • 1721 Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America • 1843 Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony • 1894 Karl Benz of Germany receives US patent for gasoline-driven auto • 1917 1st US troops arrive in France during World War I • 1919 NY Daily News begins publishing • 1934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions • 1945 United Nations Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco • 1959 Queen Elizabeth & President Eisenhower open St Lawrence Seaway • 1963 US President John F. Kennedy gives his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” (intended to mean “I am a Berliner”, but may actually mean “I am a doughnut”) speech in West Berlin • 1974 The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio • 1975 Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial. • 1975 U.S. Supreme Court’s rules unanimously in “O’Connor v. Donaldson” that non-dangerous people can’t be confined to psychiatric facilities without adequate treatment if able to live viably in outside society • 1993 The U.S. launches a cruise missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H. W. Bush in April in Kuwait. • 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st book in J. K. Rowling’s best-selling series, is published • 2015 US Supreme Court rules 5-4 same-sex marriage is a legal right across all US states • 2016 Panama Canal’s third set of locks opens for commercial traffic, doubling the Canal’s capacity at an estimated cost of $5.25 billion • 2018 US Supreme Court upholds President Trump’s travel ban against mostly Muslim countries Movies & TV • 1925 “The Gold Rush”, directed, starring and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released • 1979 “Moonraker”, 11th James Bond film starring Roger Moore, premieres in London • 2012 Animated film “Ice Age: Continental Drift”, directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier with voices by Ray Romano and John Leguizamo premieres in Buenos Aires Music • 1870 Richard Wagner’s opera “Valkyrie”, second in his Ring Cycle premieres in Munich, featuring “Ride of the Valkyries” • 1977 Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, the last performance of his career Sports • 1959 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavyweight boxing title • 1993 NY Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs • 1994 Kirby Puckett passes Rod Carew with 2,088 hits as Twin’s top hit leader • 2003 NBA Draft: St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (Akron, Ohio) small forward LeBron James first pick by Cleveland Cavaliers Birthdays • 1892 Pearl S. Buck, American author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), born in Hillsboro, West Virginia (d. 1973) • 1909 Colonel Tom Parker [Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk], Dutch-born talent manager (Elvis Presley), born in Breda, Netherlands (d. 1997) • 1911 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American all-round athlete (10 LPGA major titles, Olympic gold 80m hurdles, javelin 1932), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1956) • 1940 Billy Davis Jr, singer (5th Dimension-One Less Bell), born in St Louis, Missouri • 1956 Chris Isaak, American rock singer-songwriter (Wicked Game), born in Stockton, California • 1957 Patty Smyth, American rock vocalist (Scandal-Warrior), born in NYC, New York • 1970 Chris O’Donnell, American actor (School Ties, Robin-Batman Forever), born in Winnetka, Illinois • 1973 Gretchen Wilson, American country music singer (Redneck Woman), born in Pocahontas, Illinois • 1974 Derek Jeter, American baseball shortstop (NY Yankees, Rookie of Year 1996), born in Pequannock, New Jersey • 1980 Michael Vick, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), born in Newport News, Virginia • 1993 Ariana Grande, American singer (Problem, The Way), born in Boca Raton, Florida EXP 6/30/20
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