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Quote: If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us. - Hermann Hesse

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Judy Garland Dies of Overdose

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Judy Garland Dies of Overdose

June 22, 1969

Famed actress and singer Judy Garland dies due to "an incautious self-overdosage of barbiturates." Her blood contained the equivalent of ten Seconal capsules, however, her autopsy showed no inflammation of the stomach lining and no drug residue in the stomach, which indicated that the drug had been ingested over a long period of time, rather than in a single dose. The official cause of death was ruled an accidental overdose.
She died three months after marrying her fifth husband.

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Studebaker and Packard Merge

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Studebaker and Packard Merge

June 22, 1954

The last two independent U.S. automakers agree to combine forces, forming the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. The Packard models were phased out in 1959 and in 1962 the name reverted to "Studebaker Corporation".

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Hollow Nickel Spy Case

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Hollow Nickel Spy Case

June 22, 1953

Microfilm from a Soviet spy is found hidden in a hollow nickel by a newspaper delivery boy. The coin felt funny to the newspaper boy, so he dropped the nickel on the ground and it fell apart revealing the tiny microfilm. He had been given the nickel earlier as change. Years later, it was determined that the nickel belonged to Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, who was exchanged for captured U.S. U2 pilot Gary Powers.
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Great Circus Train Wreck

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Great Circus Train Wreck

June 22, 1918

A train engineer falls asleep and crashes into the rear of a stopped circus train killing 86 circus personnel in Indiana. The engineer had slept little if at all in the preceding 24 hours. That combined with several heavy meals and kidney pills are thought to have caused him to fall asleep at the controls. He missed at least two automatic signals and warnings posted by a brakeman before plowing into the back of the 26-car circus train, which had made an emergency stop to check a hot box. The engineer and his fireman were criminally charged, but the jury found itself deadlocked, and a mistrial was declared. Prosecutors declined to re-try the case, and charges were dropped.

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Galileo Prosecuted for Teaching Earth Revolves Around Sun

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Galileo Prosecuted for Teaching Earth Revolves Around Sun

June 22, 1633

The astronomer Galileo Galilei is sentenced to prison by the Roman Inquisition for teaching that the Earth revolves around the Sun (heliocentrism). In 1615, The Roman Inquisition had determined that heliocentrism contradicted the Holy Scripture, citing Biblical passages such as:
Psalm 93:1, 96:10, and 1 Chronicles 16:30 - "the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved."
Psalm 104:5 - "the Lord set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved."
Ecclesiastes 1:5 - "And the sun rises and sets and returns to its place."
Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632) supported heliocentrism and appeared to attack Pope Urban VIII. For this indiscretion, Pope Urban VIII had him brought before the Roman Inquisition. Under threat of torture, Galileo recanted. He was sentenced to house arrest for life and publication of any of his works was forbidden.
As late as 1990, the Church still showed support for Galileo's prosecution as evidenced in a speech by Cardinal Ratzinger (who later became Pope Benedict XVI) in which he stated, "Her (the Roman Catholic Church) verdict against Galileo was rational and just, and the revision of this verdict can be justified only on the grounds of what is politically opportune."
However, in 1992, the Catholic Church admitted they were wrong in this decision.

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Go F*** Yourself

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Go F*** Yourself

June 22, 2004

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney gives Sen. Patrick J. Leahy some advice on the Senate floor. Leahy had criticized Cheney about his connections to Halliburton and its sole-source contracts in Iraq.

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Charon

June 22, 1978

The moon Charon of the dwarf planet Pluto is discovered.

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Youngest Player to Win a Wimbledon Match

June 22, 1977

Traci Austin (age 14) beats Elly Vessies-Appel of the Netherlands.

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Watergate

June 22, 1977

John Mitchell begins serving his 30-month sentence for his involvement, making him the first U.S. attorney general to serve time.

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GI Bill

June 22, 1944

The Serviceman's Readjustment Act, known as the GI Bill, is signed providing veterans benefits.

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World War II - France Surrenders

June 22, 1940

France surrenders to Germany and is divided into German and Italian occupation zones.

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Joe Louis

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Joe Louis

June 22, 1937

Joe Louis wins the world heavyweight boxing championship by knocking out James J. Braddock in the 8th round. Louis, known as "The Brown Bomber", remained the champ until his retirement in 1949.

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U.S. Department of Justice

June 22, 1870

U.S. Department of Justice is established. It is headed by the attorney general.

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Arkansas Readmitted

June 22, 1868

Arkansas is readmitted to the Union after the Civil War over U.S. President Andrew Johnson's veto.

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Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

June 22, 1807

The U.S. frigate Chesapeake is fired upon and surrenders to the British ship Leopard about 40 miles east of Chesapeake Bay. This is one of the events leading to the War of 1812.

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Henry Hudson's Crew Mutinies

June 22, 1611

The famed explorer's crew mutinies. He and eight others are put off his ship by Henry Greene during his voyage to find a North-West passage. He was never heard from again.

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Birthdays

Freddie Prinze and on the show Chico and the Man Freddie Prinze and on the show Chico and the Man

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Freddie Prinze (Frederick Karl Pruetzel)

Born June 22, 1954 d. 1977

American actor. Freddie Prinze is best known for his role as Chico in TV's Chico and the Man (1974-78), with his catch phrase, "Looking good!" Early in his career, he roomed with Jay Leno who taught him how to drive.
Prinze suffered from depression and was going through a divorce when he called family and friends to tell them he was going to commit suicide. His business manager came over to help the distraught Prinze, but while he was there Prinze put a gun to his head and shot himself. He was rushed to the hospital, but died the following day. A presumed suicide note was found, stating "I can't go on". His death was initially ruled a suicide. However, in 1983 his mother filed a civil suit and the jury ruled that his death was medication induced and accidental, enabling the family to receive a significant life insurance settlement.
He had 10-month-old son and just months before his death, Prinze had signed a five-year deal with NBC worth $6 million.

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"Pistol" Pete Maravich

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"Pistol" Pete Maravich

Born June 22, 1947 d. 1988

American basketball player, NBA Hall of Famer (1986). He set the record for NCAA career points (3,667).
In high school, he would shoot the ball from his side, as if he were holding a revolver, thus earning the moniker "Pistol" Pete Maravich.

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John Dillinger

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John Dillinger

Born June 22, 1903 d. 1934

American outlaw, bank robber, noted for his daring prison escapes. Although he was supposedly killed outside a Chicago movie house by FBI agents, the autopsy, witnessed by more than 40 doctors, had several notable discrepancies: The wrong eye color, height, weight, and no mention of certain known scars.

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Arthur Wynne

Born June 22, 1871 d. 1945

British-born American puzzle maker. Invented the crossword puzzle (1913). Originally called "Word-Cross Puzzle", but due to a typesetting error it was called a "Cross-Word" and the name stuck. Can You Solve It?

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Cyndi Lauper

Born June 22, 1953

American singer. Music: Time After Time (1983) and Girls Just Want To Have Fun (1983).

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Meryl Streep (Mary Louise Streep)

Born June 22, 1949

American Oscar-winning actress. Film: The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979, Oscar), Sophie's Choice (1982, Oscar), and Postcards From the Edge (1990).

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Lindsay Wagner

Born June 22, 1949

American Emmy-winning actress. TV: The Bionic Woman (1976-78, title role).

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Alan Osmond

Born June 22, 1949

American singer, with The Osmonds. Music: One Bad Apple (1971, #1) and Go Away Little Girl (1971, #1).

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Todd Rundgren

Born June 22, 1948

American singer, producer. Music: Hello It's Me (1972) and Can We Still Be Friends (1978).

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Ed Bradley

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Ed Bradley

Born June 22, 1941 d. 2006

American Emmy-winning news correspondent. He was the first black television correspondent to cover the White House. TV: 60 Minutes.

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Kris Kristofferson (Kris Carson)

Born June 22, 1936

American singer, actor. Music: Me and Bobby McGee. Film: A Star Is Born (1976).

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Ralph Waite

Born June 22, 1928 d. 2014

American actor. TV: The Waltons (patriarch John Walton) and NCIS (father of Leroy Jethro Gibbs).

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Bill Blass

Born June 22, 1922 d. 2002

American fashion designer.

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Joseph Papp

Born June 22, 1921 d. 1991

American Pulitzer-winning Shakespearian theatrical producer, director. Considered one of the most influential producers and directors in American theater. He opened The Public Theater, which was the birthplace of both Hair and A Chorus Line.

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Mike Todd (Avram Goldenbogen)

Born June 22, 1909 d. 1958

American producer. He died in a plane crash, in which his wife, Elizabeth Taylor, would have also been a passenger had she not stayed home with a cold. Film: Oklahoma! (1955) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

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Billy Wilder (Samuel Wilder)

Born June 22, 1906 d. 2002

Austrian-born Oscar-winning author, director. Once directed a cameraman, "Shoot a few scenes out of focus, I want to win the foreign film award." Film: The Lost Weekend (1945, Oscar and U.S. winner of the first Cannes Film Festival), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Stalag 17 (1953), Some Like It Hot (1959), and The Apartment (1960, Oscar).

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Carl Hubbell

Born June 22, 1903 d. 1988

American baseball hall-of-famer. Known as "The Meal Ticket," he won 253 games with the N.Y. Giants and was twice voted the National League's Most Valuable Player (1933, 1936).

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Erich Maria Remarque

Born June 22, 1898 d. 1970

German-born American author. Writings: All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), the first non-American/English book to top the best seller list. His books were among those found objectionable and burned by the Nazis during World War II.

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Hermann Minkowski

Born June 22, 1864 d. 1909

Russian mathematician. In 1907, he laid the mathematical foundation for Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

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Margaret Sidney (Harriet Lothrop)

Born June 22, 1844 d. 1924

American children's author. Writings: Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1881).

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Paul Charles Morphy

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Paul Charles Morphy

Born June 22, 1837 d. 1884

American chess player. He won the first American Masters tournament (1857) and went on to defeat every European master who would play him.

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George Vancouver

Born June 22, 1757 d. 1798

British explorer for whom Vancouver Island is named.

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Deaths

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George Carlin

Died June 22, 2008 b. 1937

American Grammy-winning comedian. He hosted the first episode of Saturday Night Live (1975). Albums: Class Clown (1972, which contained the classic Seven Words You Can Never Say on TelevisionSeven Words You Can Never Say on Television, which he was arrested for performing in Milwaukee).

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We Are Extraterrestrial Waste

Thomas Gold

Died June 22, 2004 b. 1920

Austrian-born astronomer. He established the steady-state theory of the universe (1948), which has since been abandoned by most astronomers. He also proposed a "garbage theory" for the origin of life, in which life on Earth spread from a pile of waste products dumped on Earth long ago by extraterrestrials.
Gold's theory that pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars was initially rejected by the scientific community, but is now widely accepted.

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Ann Landers

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Ann Landers (Esther Pauline Friedman)

Died June 22, 2002 b. 1918

American advice columnist. She is the twin sister of the original "Dear Abby" columnist.

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Judy Garland (Frances Gumm)

Died June 22, 1969 b. 1922

American Oscar-Grammy-winning actress. She performed the song Over the Rainbow, from The Wizard of Oz, over 12,000 times.
The coroner attributed her death to "an incautious self-overdosage of barbiturates". Her blood contained the equivalent of ten Seconal capsules, however, her autopsy showed no inflammation of the stomach lining and no drug residue in the stomach, which indicated that the drug had been ingested over a long period of time, rather than in a single dose. The official cause of death was ruled an accidental overdose.
She died three months after marrying her fifth husband. Film: The Wizard of Oz (1939, Dorothy).

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Dody Goodman (Dolores Goodman)

Died June 22, 2008 b. 1914

American actress. Her distinctive voice was described as sounding "like a Tweetie Pie cartoon bird strangling on peanut butter." TV: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976-77, Mary's mother) and Diff'rent Strokes (1981-84, Aunt Sophia). Film: Grease (1978, Blanche) and Splash (1984, Mrs. Stimler).

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Pat Nixon (Thelma Catherine Ryan)

Died June 22, 1993 b. 1912

American First Lady, wife of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

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Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz)

Died June 22, 1987 b. 1899

American dancer. His career spanned six decades.

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David O. Selznick

Died June 22, 1965 b. 1902

American Oscar-winning producer. Film: King Kong (1933), Gone with the Wind (1939, Oscar), and Rebecca (1940, Oscar).

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Saint John Fisher

Died June 22, 1535 b. circa 1459

English scholar. He was beheaded for opposing the ascension of King Henry VIII to the head of the church in England.

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Innocent V

Died June 22, 1276 b. 1225

religious leader, 185th Pope (Jan. - June 1276). He was the first of the Dominican Order to become Pope.

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