June 7 - Alphabet

Alphabet

(And a picture of Elanor flying, for Gram & Sir and anyone else who
can't see the video.)

This Day In History

1776

Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and leads to the United States Declaration of Independence.

1800

David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.

1892

Benjamin Harrison becomes the first President of the United States to attend a baseball game.

1906

Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched at the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.

1929

The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.

1955

Lux Radio Theater signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.

1975

Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public.

1995

The long-range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.

Famous Birthdays

1757

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1806)

1761

John Rennie, Scottish engineer (d. 1821)

1778

Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (d. 1840)

1831

Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892)
1848
 Paul Gauguin, French painter (d. 1903)

1868

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and watercolourist (d. 1928)

1894

Alexander de Seversky, Russian-born aviation pioneer (d. 1974)

1909

Virginia Apgar, American physician and developer of the Apgar test (d. 1974)

1910

Bradford Washburn, American explorer (d. 2007)

1917

Dean Martin, American singer and actor (d. 1995)
Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000)

1925

John Biddle, American yachting cinematographer and lecturer (d. 2008)

1940

Tom Jones, Welsh singer

1947

Don Money, American baseball player and manager

1952

Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor

1955

William Forsythe, American actor

1958

Prince, American musician

1972

Karl Urban, New Zealand actor

1975

Allen Iverson, American basketball player

1981

Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player
Larisa Oleynik, American actress