a useless post for Mr. E-Man:
HAPPY BIRFDAY!
Birthdates Which Occur on June 12:
1468 Juan del Encina composer
1519 Cosmos de Medici art patron (Accademia del Disegno)
1526 Marc-Antoine de Muret composer
1599 Jan W van Brederode governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal
1771 Patrick Gass Falling Springs PA, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1795 John Marston Jr Comm (Union Navy), died in 1885
1798 Samuel Cooper Sect of War/General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1819 Charles Kingsley [Parson Lot], Engl vicar/historian (Westward Ho!)
1821 Henry Moses Judah Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1825 John Cook Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1829 Johanna Spyri Switzerland, writer (Heidi)
1840 Jakub Arbes Czech author (Modern¡ Up¡ri)
1842 Rikard Nordraak composer
1851 Oliver Joseph Lodge England, early radio pioneer
1857 Achille Simonetti composer
1874 Willem Louis Frederic Landre composer
1876 Narciso Garay composer
1877 Thomas C Hart US admiral (Asiatic fleet)
1878 James O Curwood US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog)
1881 Juan de Hernandez composer
1885 Werner Erich Josten Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle)
1890 Egon Schiele Austrian painter/graphic artist
1892 John Donald Robb composer
1893 Kommer Klen Dutch actor/radio play director (Paul Vlaanderen)
1897 Alexandre Tansman Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique)
and Anthony Eden Earl of Avon (C), British PM (1955-57)
19-- Al Weiner pirate radio owner (New York Intl)
and Alan Dysert Danville Ill, actor (Sean Cudahy-All My Children)
and Bernie Hamilton LA Calif, actor (Starsky & Hutch, Hammer, Losers)
and Brittany O'Connell XXX actress (Anal Siege)
and David Lain Baker Long Beach Calif, actor (Call to Glory)
and Hank Rose XXX actress
and James Healey actor (Sean Ryan-Dynasty)
and Victor Camara spanish actor^
1900 Amadeo Roldan composer
and Betsy van Es Flemish actress (Sonna)
1902 Hendrik J Elias Flemish historian/mayor of Ghent
1904 Eino Roiha composer
1907 Giorgio Nataletti composer
1908 Max Tailleur adjudant to Prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist
and Otto Skorzeny German/Austrian SS F�hrer (Mussolini/Horthy)
1909 Archie Bleyer Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey)
and Mansel Treharne Thomas composer
1911 Milovan Djilas Yugoslavia, writer/politician (New Class)
1912 Russell "Lucky" Hayden Chico Calif, actor (Judge Roy Bean)
1914 Maurice Ohana British?/French? pianist/composer (La Clestine)
and William Lundigan Syracuse NY, actor (Climax)
1915 David Rockefeller banker/international power broker
1916 Irwin Allen NYC, disaster-movie producer (Towering Inferno)
1917 Priscilla Lane US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)
1919 Uta Hagen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil)/teaches acting
and Vera Hruba Ralston Czech, actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder)
1920 Peter Jones England, actor (From a Bird's Eye View)
1921 Hendrik J Witteveen economist/minister of Finance/ director IMF
and James Houston Toronto, author/filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak)
1922 Leif Thybo composer
1923 Marta Pan Hungarian/French sculptor (Great spiral)
1924 George Herbert Walker Bush (R) 43rd VP (1981-89) 41st Pres (1989-93)
1927 Henry Slesar Brooklyn NY, headwriter (Edge of Night)
1928 Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (Street Where I Live)
1929 Anne Frank Holland, Nazi victim/diarist (Diary of Anne Frank)
1930 Barbara Harris 1st US Episcopal female bishop
and Hans Koetsier Dutch sculptor (KLM-Schiphol)
1932 Jim Nabors Sylacauga Al, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle)
and Mamo Wolde Ethiopia, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1968)
and Rona Jaffe novelist (Mazes & Monsters)
1936 Bill Zeliff (Rep-R-New Hampshire)
1939 Francis X McCloskey (Rep-D-Indiana, 1983- )
and GAI Schut Dutch jurist (information law)
1941 Chick Corea Chelsea Mass, jazz pianist (Delhpi I, Toy Dance)
and Lucille Roybal-Allard (Rep-D-California)
and Roy Harper Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus)
1942 Len Barry rocker (Dovells)
1943 Marv Albert NYC, "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV)
and Reg Presley rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing)
1944 Howard Cowart rocker
and Linda Foster Lancaster England, actress (Doris-Hank)
and Maurice Jackson US singer (Independents-Leaving You)
1945 James Naughton US, actor (Trauma Center) [7/6/46]-
1947 Ronald J Freeman II Elizabeth NJ, 4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1948 Barry Bailey Doraville Ga, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1951 Ben E Carlos [Brad Carlson], rock drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
and Brad Delp guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling)
1952 Dale Krantz singer (Crossings-Collis Band)
and Oliver Knussen Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara)
and Seigfried Brietzke German DR, coxless rower (Oly-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 Grace Jones Kingston Jamacia (she claims but actually 5/19/48)
and Rebecca Holden Austin Tx, actress (April-Knight Rider)
and Rocky Burnette Memphis, rock vocalist (Towing the Line)
1954 Tineke Schouten Dutch TV host
1957 Jim Morris impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush)
and Timothy Busfield East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something)
1959 Jenilee Harrison Glendale Calif, actress (Cindy-3's Company, Dallas)
and Kenneth Herdigein Suriname/Dutch actor (Say A)
1962 Ally Sheedy [Alexandria], NYC, actress (Wargames, Blue City)
and Michael Link Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia)
1965 Cathy Tyson Liverpool England, actress (Serpant & Rainbow)
and Cindy Lee Berryhill US singer/songwriter (Baby)
and Gwen Torrence Atlanta GA, US Olympic runner (Olympic-gold-92)
1971 Florencia Labat Buenos Aires, tennis star
and Iwan Tomasz soccer player (Roda JC)
1972 Nathalie Baudone Rocurt Belgium, tennis star
and Patrick van Diemen soccer player (FC Utrecht/NEC)
1973 Rick Plum soccer player (Roda JC)
1978 Shiloh Strong
1979 Wil Horneff actor
Highlights in History Which Occur June 12:
28 Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome
816 St Leo III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1442 King Alfonso V van Arag¢n occupies Naples
1523 Fries rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested
1534 Turkish adm Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap
& plunder Naples. Barbarossa was trying to kidnap the young countess, who
had to flee from her palace at Fondi -- at the northeastern end of the Kingdom
of Naples -- in her nightie.
1552 Land guardians of Netherlands attacks Verdun
1553 King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles"
1575 Willem of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
1653 -13] Battle at North Foreland: English fleet beats Dutch
1665 English rename New Amsterdam, NY, after Dutch pull out
1667 -13] Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet
1672 French army reach Lobith the Rhine
1673 Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral
1683 Rye House-plot against English king Charles II uncovered
1691 Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII
1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
1714 Prussia & Russia sign secret treaty
1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
1792 George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC
1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins
1819 Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra
1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Mass
and Territory of Iowa organized
1839 1st baseball game played in America
1840 Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands
1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky
1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers
to stop Federates from taking over his state
1864 Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley
and Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle
1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
1880 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve
and John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1,
Cleveland's Forest City 0
1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc)
1892 Neth Society for Currency & Coin collecting forms
1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock
waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)
1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control
1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power
1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
1907 Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to Tigers
1908 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)
1910 PEC soccer team forms in Zwolle
1913 "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
1916 Tennis legend Bill Tilden's 1st appearance at US tennis championship
1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family
1918 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France
1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education
1920 Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
1922 German Reich president Friedrich Ebert visits Munich
and St Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times
and St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended
upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC
1925 William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4"
1926 Brazil leaves League of Nations
1928 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7
1930 Heavyweight Max Schmeling KOs Jack Sharkey in NYC
1933 Financial & Economy World conference opens (66 countries)
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up
into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] & United Air Lines
1935 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay)
1936 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)
and C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa
1937 Ralph Guldahl wins US Open golf tournament
and USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continues
1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
and Byron Nelson wins US Open golf tournament
1942 Anne Frank begins her diary
and Hitler orders importing Slavic slaves
and Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
1943 Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos
1944 1st V-1 rocket assault on London
and British 12th battalion conquers Brville
and Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's HQ in Chteau de Creully
and US troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy
1945 Attack on 7th Marine regiment on Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa
1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Br Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1948 Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
and Eddie Arcaro on Citation wins 80th Belmont Stakes (2:28.2)
Eddie Arcaro becomes 1st jockey to win triple crown twice
1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
1952 420th kitten (record) born to cat named Dusty, Bonham, TX
and USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
1954 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1955 Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network
1957 Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)
1959 SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game
1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins
1961 Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20
1962 Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition govt
and USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m
1963 "Cleopatra" premieres in NYC
1964 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment
1965 Beatles are awarded MBE
and Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00)
and Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
and South Vietnam Gen Nguyen Cla Ky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier
1967 Israel wins 6 day war
and Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
and Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
and USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
and Wash Senators beat Chic White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings
1970 Pitts Pirate Doc Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0
1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch
and Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House
1972 John Lennon's political "Sometime in NYC" released including "Woman
is the [censored] of the World" "Attica State" & "Luck of the Irish"
1973 Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer
1977 Chaka Higuchi wins LPGA
and Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library
1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
and US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
1979 Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185'
and Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Assn meditation in Boston
and Sanista occupies parts of Managua
Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel
and in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
and Larry Holmes beats Lein Spunks for WBC heavyweight boxing crown
and Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti pres election
1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC
and Battle of Mount Longdon Falkland Islands
and Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam
1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA
1986 P W Botha declares South African national emergency
1987 Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-Bdel Bokassa sentenced to death
1988 Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy
1989 Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
1990 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game
and NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
and Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs
and outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
1991 Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation
and Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts
1994 -17] Pope John Paul II visits Spain
and 48th Tony Awards: Angels in America: Perestroika & Passion win
1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146. (New Richmond, Wisconsin)
1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam, India. Shock
waves felt over an area the size of Europe. Negligible death toll.