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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of June 18:

 1681 Feofan Prokopovich theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer
1799 William Lassell discoverer (satellites of Uranus & Neptune)
1812 Ivan Goncharov Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)
1857 Henry Clay Folger Jr US, businessman/Shakespeare fan
1877 James Montgomery Flagg illustrator "I want you" recruiting poster
1886 George Mallory England, mountain climber ("because it is there")
1896 Blanche Sweet Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)
1896 Philip Barry US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story)
19-- Brian Benben Winchester Va, actress (Gangster Chronicles)
19-- Constance McCashin Chic Ill, actress (Laura-Knots Landing)
19-- Hugo Napier actor (As the World Turns)
19-- Miriam Flynn Cleve Ohio, actress (Tim Conway Show, Maggie)
19-- Oz Fox rock guitarist (Stryper-Against the Law)
19-- Robin Christopher (All My Children)
19-- Susan Styles Ventura Calif, actress (Cutter to Houston)
19-- Tom Reilly Fort Riley Ks, actor (CHiPs)
1901 Jeanette MacDonald actress/singer (When I'm Calling You)
1901 Jimmy Dale Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher)
1904 Keye Luke Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)
1904 Manuel Rosenthal Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)
1906 Kay Kyser Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
1907 Benny Payne Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show)
1907 Froelich Rainey Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World)
1908 Bud Collyer NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth)
1910 Avon Long Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)
1910 Dick Foran Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)
1910 E.G. Marshall actor (Defenders, Nixon, Absolute Power)
1910 Ray McKinley Ft Worth Tx, orch leader (Glenn Miller Time)
1912 Henry Brandon Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu)
1913 Sammy Cahn lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)
1913 Sylvia Porter financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)
1917 Richard Boone LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel)
1918 Bob Carroll singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, The Stranger)
1919 Mel Brandt Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill)
1922 Donald L Keene NYC, Japanese translator/critic
1925 Robert Arthur Aberdeen Wash, actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You)
1926 Tom Wicker columnist (NY Times)
1929 Eva Bartok Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)
1933 Jean Wicki Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
1937 Gail Godwin US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)
1937 John D (Jay) Rockefeller IV (Sen-III)
1937 Vitali M Zholobov cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)
1939 Lou Brock one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
1942 Paul McCartney rocker, Beatles, writes silly love songs
1942 Rogert Ebert Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies)
1947 Linda Thorson Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live)
1952 Carol Kane Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi)
1952 Isabella Rossellini actress (Blue Velvet, Tough Guys Don't Dance)
1957 Andrea Evans actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)
1958 Daniels Koran saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1961 Alison Moyet rocker (Yaz, Alf)
1962 Janice Merrill track star (US record long distance holder 1979)
1963 Bruce Smith NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1971 Nathan Morris [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
1974 Bumper Robinson actor (Webster, Night Court)

Deaths which occurred on June 18:

1959 Ethel Barrymore actress, dies at 79
1974 Georgi Zhukov Russian Marshal (WW II), dies at 78
1975 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh
           shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
1982 Curt Jurgens actor, dies of an acute heart attack at 66
1991 Joan Caulfield actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
 1965    ARMOND           ROBERT L.         SAN MATEO             CA       
 1965    GUILLORY         EDWARD J.         DE RIDDER             LA       
 1965    GEHRIG           JAMES M. JR.      WILLIAMSPORT          PA       
 1965    LOWRY            TYRRELL G.        PORTLAND              OR       
 1965    MARSHALL         JAMES A.          NEWARK                NY       
 1965    NEVILLE          WILLIAM E.        EL CAJON              CA       
 1965    ROBERTS          HAROLD J. JR.     PORTLAND              OR       
 1965    WATSON           FRANK P.          OKLAHOMA CITY         OK       
 1967    LEMMONS          WILLIAM E.        POCATELLO             ID       
 1967    MC KITTRICK      JAMES C.          LAURENS               SC       
 1968    RAVENCRAFT       JAMES ALVIN       CLARINGTON            OH     02/69 REMAINS RECOVERED  
 1970    DRAKE            CARL WILSON       ROSEVILLE             OH       
 1970    GREEN            JAMES A.          BOYNTON               OK       
 1970    MC LAMB          HARRY LAWRENCE    LUDOWICI              GA       
 1971    BIDWELL          BARRY A.          GREENSBURG            PA     "CRASH IN WATER, NO RADIO, NO SURV"  
 1971    DE BLASIO        RAYMOND V.        WEST HEMPSTEAD        NY     "CRASH IN WATER, NO RADIO, NO SURV"  
 1971    PAINTER          JOHN R. JR.       VINEYARD HAVEN        MA     "CRASH IN WATER, NO RADIO, NO SURV"  
 1972    AYRES            GERALD F.         NEWCASTLE             DE     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - 9 OTHERS ID'D AS GROUP  
 1972    COLE             RICHARD M. JR.    UNIONDALE             NY     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 AS GROUP  
 1972    DANIELSON        MARK G.           RANGELY               CO     REMAINS ID'D 10/24/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP  
 1972    GILBERT          PAUL F.           PLAINVIEW             TX     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP  
 1972    HARRISON         ROBERT H.         MASSAPEQUA PARK       NY     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP  
 1972    HUNT             LEON A.           PLEASURE RIDGE PK.    KY     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP  
 1972    KILPATRICK       LARRY RONALD      STONE MOUNTAIN        GA     DEAD  
 1972    KLINKE           DONALD H.         WEST SACRAMENTO       CA     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP  
 1972    LEHRKE           STANLEY L.        SAN DIEGO             CA     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP  
 1972    MERCER           JACOB E.          JACKSONVILLE          FL     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP  
 1972    NYHOF            RICHARD E.        FREMONT               CA     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP  
 1972    NEWMAN           LARRY J.          NORTH PLATTE          NE     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP  
 1972    WILSON           ROBERT A.         DETROIT               MI     REMAINS ID'D 10/21/94 - ONE OF 9 IN GROUP

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On this day...

1178 Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno
           5 Canterbury monks report explosion on the moon (only such
           observation known)
1583 Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on
           William Gibbons. The premium was œ383
1778 British Redcoats evacuate Phila
1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Blcher
1821 The opera "Der Freischtz" is produced (Berlin)
1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
1872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
1873 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe
1892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1898 Amusement pier opens, Atlantic City, NJ
1903 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives NY 3-mo later
1915 Jerome Travers becomes the 2nd amateur to win golf's US Open
1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3
1928 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman (passenger) to cross Atlantic by air
1934 US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI
1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations
           would remember that "this was their finest hour"
1942 Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy
1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m
1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason
1947 Cincinatti Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
1948 American Library Association adopts the Library Bill of Rights
1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time
1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
1948 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights
1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
1953 Eugene Stephens gets 3 hits & Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 inning (7th)
1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt
1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada
1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to US
1960 Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
1963 3,000 blacks boycot Boston public school
1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
1976 NBA & ABA agree to merge
1977 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft
           for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
1979 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premiers
1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2891 McGetchin
1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2569 Madeline
1980 Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra
           Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court)
1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman
1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
1984 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541
1986 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
1986 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
1989 Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
1989 Curtis Strange wins his 2nd US golf open
1990 1st ever lose for Cameroon in the World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
1990 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
1991 Pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died
1991 SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays




Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Egypt : Evacuation Day (1956)
US : Father's Day (Remind the guy how much you care) - - - - - ( Sunday )

Religious Observances

RC : Commemoration of SS Mark & Marcellianus, martyrs
RC : Commemoration of St Ephrem, confessor, doctor
Ang : Commem of Bernard Mizeki, catechist, martyr in Rhodesia
RC : Solemnity of Corpus Christi (Body & Blood of Christ)

Religious History

1464 Pius II led a brief 'crusade' into Italy, against the Turks. However, he soon became ill and died, before the rest of his allies arrived. Soon after, the three-centuries-old 'crusades mentality' among European Christians came to an end.
1781 The first Baptist church established in Kentucky was organized at Elizabethtown. (Kentucky was first visited by Baptist missionaries in 1772 when Squire Boone, brother of explorer Daniel Boone, began exploring the eastern Kentucky regions.)
1819 Birth of Samuel Longfellow, an American clergyman who composed the words to the hymn, 'Father, Give Thy Benediction.'
1830 Birth of Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane, an orphaned Scottish poet who penned two of the most haunting hymns in the English language: 'Beneath the Cross of Jesus' and 'The Ninety and Nine.'
1906 Birth of Gordon Lindsay, missions pioneer. In 1948 Lindsay and he wife Freda founded Christ for the Nations, an interdenominational foreign missions support agency.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

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