Born On This Day:

• Jacques Offenbach, 1819
• Helen Traubel, 1899
• Lillian Hellman, 1905
• Errol Flynn, 1909
• Audie Murphy, 1924
• Chet Atkins, 1924
• Olympia Dukakis, 1931
• Danny Aiello, 1933
• Brian Wilson, 1942
• Anne Murray, 1945
• Andre Watts, 1946
• Lionel Ritchie, 1950
• John Goodman, 1952
• Cyndi Lauper, 1953
• Nicole Kidman, 1967

Died On This Day:

• King William IV, 1837
• Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel shot dead, 1947
• Arthur Caesar, 1953
• Herbert Bayard Swope, 1958
• Lee De Forest, 1961
• Bernard Baruch, 1965
• Leroy Neiman, 2012

Today's Events:

• 1756 - 'Black Hole of Calcutta' (imprisonment of 146 Englishmen by Nawab of Bengal in small cell); 123 died.
• 1782 - Great Seal of the United States Government, designed by William Barton, adopted.
• 1789 - -'Oath of the Tennis Court' non-privileged classes vow never to separate until a constitution established. (French Revolution)
• 1837 - Victoria becomes Queen of England on death of William IV; to reign for 63 years 216 days.
• 1863 - West Virginia 35th state admitted to Union.
• 1866 - Italy declares war on Austria.
• 1893 - Axe murderer Lizzy Borden found not guilty by jury in Fall River, Mass. She axed dad and mom.
• 1895 - Caroline Baldwin is first woman to be granted a Doctor of Science Degree in the U.S. from Cornell.
• 1898 - Spanish island of Guam surrenders to U.S. Navy. Spanish American War.
• 1948 - Deutchmark introduced in Germany.
• 1948 - Premiere of Ed Sullivan Show on CBS Television.
• 1960 - Floyd Patterson regains World heavyweight boxing championship; KO's Ingemar Johansson in NY.
• 1975 - 'Jaws,' directed by Steven Spielberg, opens; to become box office champ of the '70s.

Feast Day of Saint:

• Adalbert of Magdeburg
• Naum

Non-Specific Holiday:

• SAVITRI-VRATA, Hindu Festival for women
• TANO FESTIVAL (Korea) on 5th day of 5th lunar month.
• TUAN WU CHIEH or Dragon Boat Festival (China) 5th day of 5th lunar month.
• SHAVUOT or Feast of Weeks (Jewish), on 6th or 7th of lunar month Sivan.
• ASCENSION (Christian) 40th day after Easter.
• PENTECOST (Christian) or Whitsunday (Anglican) 50 days after Easter.
• TRINITY SUNDAY (Christian), Sunday after Pentecost.
• CORPUS CHRISTI (Christian), Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
• FATHER'S DAY (U.S.) Third Sunday in June.
• ARANYA SHASHTI, Hindu Festival honoring god of the forest
• RATHA YATRA, Hindu Festival of Car Procession of Vishnu
• CHI HSI, Festival of the Milky Way in China (seventh day of the seventh moon)
• CHUNG YÜAN, Festival of the Dead in China (fifteenth day of the seventh moon)
• GAY AND LESBIAN PRIDE DAY - Last Sunday in June
• CHAGU-CHAGU UMAKKO or horse Festival in Morioka celebrated second Saturday in June
• HARE KRISHNA RATHA YATRA CHARIOT CARNIVAL celebrated 3rd week in June.
• AMBUBACHI MELA Festival at Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, India celebrated third week in June for 5 days