Anniversary of the Tunguska Event

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event#:~:text=The%20Tunguska%20event%20was%20a,30%20June%201908%20(NS).

Happy Birthday Flo Ballard!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Ballard

Happy National Meteor Watch Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-meteor-watch-day-june-30/#:~:text=NATIONAL%20METEOR%20WATCH%20DAY%20%E2%80%93%20June%2030&text=National%20Meteor%20Watch%20Day%20is,occur%20in%20the%20Earth's%20atmosphere.

Happy Go For A Stroll Downtown Day!

https://www.facebook.com/events/eureka-springs-historic-district/celebrate-national-go-for-a-stroll-downtown-day/349867185138910/

Happy Birthday to Lights Out! (the TV show)

Premiered on this date in 1946.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041037/

Explaining "macaroni" in Yankee Doodle

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-macaroni-in-yankee-doodle-is-not-what-you-think?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=580850de39-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-580850de39-64536349&mc_cid=580850de39&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

I thought it was getting cloudy

https://www.dailygrail.com/2020/06/prison-planets-could-the-kessler-syndrome-explain-why-we-havent-heard-from-aliens/

Happy Birthday Ray Harryhausen!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366063/

Happy National Hug Holiday!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-hug-holiday-day-june-29/

Happy Paul Bunyan Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-paul-bunyan-day-june-28/#:~:text=On%20June%2028%2C%20we%20remember,famous%20North%20American%20folklore%20heroes.

Today is WWI Commemoration Day

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/history-of-veterans-day#:~:text=Armistice%20Day,the%20end%20of%20the%20conflict.

Happy Birthday to Where The Action Is!

Premiered on this date in 1965.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240305/

Happy Birthday Mel Brooks!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Brooks

Happy Birthday Felicia Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Day

Happy Birthday Gilda Radner!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705717/

Happy Birthday to the Fruita Vampire!

https://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/97293489.html

https://95rockfm.com/unsolved-mystery-woman-claims-vampire-caused-crash-near-fruita/

Happy Birthday Skelton Knaggs!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460432/

Happy Birthday Helen Keller!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

Happy Smokey Bear Day!

https://smokeybear.com/en/smokeys-history/story-of-smokey

Happy Birthday Dark Shadows!

Premiered on this date 1966.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059978/

Happy Birthday Bob Keeshan!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Keeshan

Happy International Rose Day!

https://www.facebook.com/TheInternationalRoseDay/

Happy Birthday Colin Wilson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Wilson

Happy Birthday Peter Lorre!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000048/

Happy Forgiveness Day!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/June/forgivenessday.htm

Happy Birthday Anthony Bourdain!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain

Happy Birthday Carly Simon!

https://www.carlysimon.com/

Happy Birthday to The Omen!

Premiered on this date in 1976.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/

Today is the anniversary of Virginia's Ratification of the Constitution in 1788

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Ratifying_Convention

Today is the anniversary of the first global telecast, featuring the Beatles

https://vimeo.com/262481000

Happy Birthday Arthur Brown!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Brown_(musician)

Happy Birthday Ambrose Bierce!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce

Today is the anniversary of Kenneth Arnold's sighting of flying saucers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting

A new archive for musical works from the death camps

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/arts/music/music-concentration-camps.html?searchResultPosition=1&fbclid=IwAR0CR00fjQHr5l3aTqum8eOW4VGq5EungWzB85CEgK_lq-YD7NjMipJ_gyw

The Black Female Battalion

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/magazine/6888th-battalion-charity-adams.html?action=click&module=Editors+Picks&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR0_wspGc5nphGqn-4WCCWAmJBjLLH8df2a_KJSBord7hhUQ35F8Wm8HOmE


An interesting footnote to both the War and the modern civil rights movement.


(Thanks for the link, Christie!)

Happy International Women In Engineering Day!

https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/international-women-in-engineering-day-2020/

Happy Birthday Alan Turing!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

Happy Birthday Stuart Sutcliffe!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Sutcliffe

Happy Birthday Joss Whedon!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923736/

Happy Birthday to the Bomwan Body!

The Bowman Body appears on TV for the first time as Summer replacement in 1970.

https://www.thebowmanbody.com/

Happy National Onion Rings Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/onion-rings-day/

Happy Birthday Todd Rundgren!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Rundgren

Happy Birthday Bruce Campbell!

https://www.bruce-campbell.com/

Happy Birthday Howard Kaylan!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Kaylan

Happy Birthday Peter Asher!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Asher

Happy Birthday Tim Russ!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750913/

Exploding Whale Park!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/us/exploding-whale-memorial-park.html?auth=login-email&fbclid=IwAR1tI1LJdR0O20nli9KnRBr_TGFxa2M0pUXJZ3B_JcgKPf3UYrSv-eXbkNc&login=email&referringSource=articleShare


(Thanks for the link, Karen!)

A nice article about the "Ghost Army" of WWII

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/06/the-weird-story-of-the-ghost-army-of-world-war-ii/

Happy Birthday Enoch Poor!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Poor

Happy Father's Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers%27_Day

Happy Birthday Ray Davies!

https://raydavies.info/

Happy Birthday Nils Lofgren!

https://www.nilslofgren.com/

Happy Birthday Berke Breathed!

https://www.berkeleybreathed.com/

Happy Summer Solstice!

https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-summer-summer-solstice

Happy Birthday William Richardson Davie!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Richardson_Davie

Happy Birthday Black Adder!

Premiered on this date in 1983.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084988/

Happy National Vanilla Milkshake Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-vanilla-milkshake-day-june-20/

Happy Birthday Martin Landau!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001445/

Happy Birthday Audie Murphy!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy

Today is the Born To Run photo shoot 1975 by Eric Meol

https://www.snapgalleries.com/portfolio-items/born-to-run-revisited-photographs-by-eric-meola/

Happy Record Store Day!

https://recordstoreday.com/

Happy Birthday Errol Flynn!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001224/

Happy Birthday Patricia Quinn!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703946/

Happy Birthday Brian Wilson!

https://www.brianwilson.com/

Happy Summer Solstice!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice

Happy Golowan!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golowan_Festival

Happy Birthday Spanky McFarlane!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanky_and_Our_Gang

Happy Birthday Ann Wilson!

https://annwilsonofheart.com/

Happy Mass Market Paperback Book Day!

https://books.thetechchef.net/june-19th-mass-market-paperback-book-day/

Happy International Picnic Day!

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/international-picnic-day

Happy International Sushi Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/international-sushi-day/

Happy Birthday Linda Thorson!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861771/

Happy Birthday Sir Paul!

https://www.paulmccartney.com/

Vortex Hunting!

https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2020/06/12/vortex-hunters-charting-portals-across-the-globe/

Happy National Eat Your Vegetables Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-eat-vegetables-day/

Happy Bunker Hill Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill

Happy Birthday to the Quicksilver Times!

First issue was released on this date in 1969.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_Times#:~:text=Quicksilver%20Times%20was%20an%20antiwar,founding%20group%20of%20antiwar%20activists.

Happy Birthday to Them!

Premiered on this date in 1954.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573/

Happy Anniversary to the Monterey Pop Festival!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival

Happy Birthday Stan Laurel!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491048/

Happy Birthday Unknown Pleasures!

Released on this date in 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Pleasures

Today is the anniversary of the beginning of Arlington Cemetery

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-arlington-national-cemetery-came-to-be-145147007/

Anniversary of the beginning of th Pig War of 1859.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859)

Happy Birthday to The Legend of Hell House!

Premiered on this date in 1973.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070294/

Happy Birthday Harry Nilsson!

https://www.harrynilsson.com/

Happy Birthday Jim Varney!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001815/

Happy Birthday Junior Walker!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Walker

Happy Birthday In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida!

Released on this date in 1968.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army!

Established on this date in 1775, with George Washington as its head.

https://www.army.mil/

Happy World Cucumber Day!

https://www.hendricksgin.com/us/world-cucumber-day/#:~:text=World%20Cucumber%20Day%20is%20the,gourd'%20if%20you%20prefer).

Happy National Strawberry Shortcake Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-strawberry-shortcake-day-june-14/

Happy Pop Goes The Weasel Day!

http://www.farmlib.org/national-pop-goes-the-weasel-day-june-14/#:~:text=June%2014%20is%20set%20aside,back%20to%20the%201700%E2%80%B2s.

Happy National Bourbon Day!

https://asmithbowman.com/

Happy Flag Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day_(United_States)

Trouser Press is now online!!!

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/trouser-press-entire-70s80s-magazine-run-now-available-online-for-free/?trackback=fbshare_mobile&fbclid=IwAR0rdyVX5id4SopZ2YFE0Td9eLR57-g6lNoV0fpSr7IMFMpuu4bdAU_FF6g

An essential resource for music in the 70's and 80's.

Happy Birthday Paul Lynde!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001489/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Basil Rathbone!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Ben Johnson!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424565/

Happy Birthday Mary Wickes!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926897/

Happy World Gin Day!

https://worldginday.com/

Happy National Sewing Machine Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-sewing-machine-day/#:~:text=National%20Sewing%20Machine%20Day%20%E2%80%93%20June%2013%2C%202020

Happy National Weed You Garden Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-weed-your-garden-day-june-13/

Happy National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-kitchen-klutzes-of-america-day-june-13/

Happy World Wide Knit In Public Day!

http://www.wwkipday.com/

Happy Lobster Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/lobster-day/

Happy National Jerky Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-jerky-day-june-12/#:~:text=National%20Jerky%20Day%20on%20June,benefits%20of%20dried%20meat%20snacks.

Happy National Red Rose day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-red-rose-day-june-12/#:~:text=Each%20year%20on%20June%2012th,and%20romance%2C%20the%20red%20rose.

Happy Birthday Reg Presley!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Presley

Today is the anniversary of the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights#:~:text=The%20Virginia%20Declaration%20of%20Rights,or%20abolish%20%22inadequate%22%20government.

Happy International Yarn Bombing Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing

Happy Birthday Ed Bishop!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084042/

Happy National Corn On The Cob Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-corn-on-the-cob-day-june-11/#:~:text=NATIONAL%20CORN%20ON%20THE%20COB%20DAY%20%2D%20June%2011%20%2D%20National%20Day%20Calendar

Happy Birthday Donnie Van Zant!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant

Happy Birthday Frank Beard!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Beard_(musician)

Happy Birthday True Grit!

Premiered on this date in 1969.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3

Happy Birthday to A Day At The Races!

Premiered on this date in 1937.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028772/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Gene Wilder!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/

Happy Birthday Joseph Warren!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Warren

Anniversary of the Liberty affair of 1768

https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-liberty-affair-john-hancock-loses-a-ship-and-starts-a-riot/

HAppy Birthday Howlin' Wolf!

http://www.howlinwolf.com/

Happy Birthday Hattie McDaniel!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567408/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Happy Birthday Tales From The Crytp! (the TV show)

Premiered on this date in 1989.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096708/

Happy National Ice Tea Day!

https://www.uptontea.com/

Happy National Herb & Spice Day!

https://www.penzeys.com/

Human Transparency?

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/06/genetic-manipulation-of-cells-puts-humans-one-step-closer-to-invisibility/

The latest theory regarding the Black Eyed Children phenomena

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/06/a-sinister-new-side-to-the-black-eyed-children/

Today is the anniversary of Bruce Springsteen signing to Columbia Records in 1972

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen

Happy Birthday Johnny Depp!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000136/

Happy Birthday Lin Carter!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Carter

Happy Birthday Jackie Wilson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Wilson

Happy National Best Friends Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-best-friends-day-june-8/

Happy Birthday James Darren!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Darren

Happy Birthday Keenen Ivory Wayans!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005540/

Happy Birthday Nancy Sinatra!

https://www.nancysinatra.com/

Happy VCR Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/vcr-day/

Happy National Chocolate Ice Cream Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-chocolate-ice-cream-day-june-7/

Happy Birthday El Dorado! ((the film))

Premiered on this date in 1967.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061619/

Today is the anniversary of the introduction of the Lee Resolution of 1776

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Resolution

Happy Birthday Tom Jones!

https://www.tomjones.com/

Happy Birhtday Nikki Giovanni!

https://nikki-giovanni.com/

Happy Birthday Prince!

https://www.prince.com/

Happy National Yo-Yo Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-yo-yo-day-june-6/

Al Jaffee Retires!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/06/al-jaffee-mad-magazine-retires/?fbclid=IwAR3YSakQfjW-zvedNKM4Nb3brr_HTKpNLPpFRShbxtJ2gboNsWSuokk7v3s

An amazing career.

Happy Convoy Day!

The events in the song took place on this date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3VN54M1OXA

Happy Birthday Damien Thorne!

According to The Omen, Damien was born on this date.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omen

Happy Birthday Gary U.S. Bonds!

http://www.garyusbonds.com/

Happy Birthday Nathan Hale!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale

Rock Around The Clock hits #1 on this date in 1955

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdufzXvjqw

Happy National Drive In Movie Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-drive-in-movie-day-june-6/

Happy Birthday Danny Strong!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834960/

Happy Birthday Levi Stubbs!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Stubbs

Happy Birthday John Trumbull!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Trumbull

Today is the anniversary of the D-Day Invasion

https://www.army.mil/d-day/

Today is Butterfly Education & Awareness Day

https://afbeducation.org/butterfly-conservation/butterfly-education-and-awareness-day/

Happy National Trails Day!

https://americanhiking.org/national-trails-day/

Antarctic Civilization?

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-antarctica/ancient-pyramids-icy-landscape-was-there-ancient-civilization-antarctica-021093

Anyone familiar with HP Lovecraft's story, At The Mountains Of Madness will be interested in this.

Roy Harryhausen models from the movies now on display

https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/ray-harryhausen/



(Thanks for the link, Evan!)

Groucho Online!

https://grouchomarx.com/

A wonderful resource!

Today is the anniversary fo the signing of the Solemn League & Covenant document of 1774,

https://www.westford.org/westford1775/1774_Covenant.html

Another step towards the Revolution.

Happy Birthday Ellen Foley!

https://www.ellenfoley.com/

Happy Hot Air Balloon Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/hot-air-balloon-day/

Happy National Fish & Chips Day!

https://www.gobrit.com/

Happy National Gingerbread Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-gingerbread-day-june-5/

Happy Dead Duck Day!

http://www.deadduckday.com/

Today is the Festival of Popular Delusions

http://baldheretic.com/2012/06/04/happy-festival-of-popular-delusions-day

Happy National Doughnut Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-doughnut-day-first-friday-in-june/

Happy Strawberry Moon!

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/strawberry.html

Great Moments In Biology

https://soranews24.com/2020/05/29/giant-undersea-bug-in-toba-aquarium-poops-for-first-time-in-two-years/

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Midway in 1942

The battle that decided that Japan would not win WWII.

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway

Happy National Cognac Day!

https://www.eater.com/drinks/2015/11/17/9747068/what-is-cognac

Happy National Cheese Day!

https://www.cheesetique.com/

Happy Birthday Bruce Dern!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001136/

Happy Birthday John Eager Howard!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eager_Howard

150 Days Until Halloween!

Ode To Billy Joe date

June 3rd is the date cited in song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv33eaygVDQ

Happy National Egg Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-egg-day-june-3/

Happy Birthday Leo Gorcey!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0329832/

Happy Birthday Curtis Mayfield!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield

Happy Birthday Josephine Baker!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker

Happy Birthday Ian Hunter!

https://ianhunter.com/main/

Happy Birthday Suzi Quatro!

http://www.suziquatro.com/

Happy Jack Jouett Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Jouett

Skeletons entombed in a ship

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4730

An interesting bit of folklore

Happy Birthday Universal Stuios!

https://www.universalpictures.com/movies
On this day in 1912, Carl Laemmle merges his movie studio, the Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP), with several others, creating Hollywood's first major studio, Universal.

Happy Birthday Wayne Brady!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Brady

Happy Birthday Jewel Staite!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821612/

Happy Birthday Morena Baccarin!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1072555/

Happy Birthday Alessandro di Cagliostro!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Cagliostro

Happy Birthday Martha Washington!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Washington

Happy national Teacher Day!

http://www.nea.org/grants/teacherday.html

Happy Birthday Rene Auberjonois!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041281/

June is National Turkey Lovers Month

http://agnetwest.com/celebrating-national-turkey-lovers-month/

Happy National Olive Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-olive-day/

June is National Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-fresh-fruit-and-vegetables-month-june/

June is National Rose Month

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/rose-month-june/

Happy Birthday Le Petomane!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane

Today is the Global Day of Parents

https://www.un.org/en/events/parentsday/

Happy Birthday Sgt. Pepper!

Released on this date in 1967.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band

June is Fireworks Safety Awareness Month

Because in July we're going to forget all about that stuff.

June is Natilonal Accordion Awareness Month

Oh, we're aware....