July 9 - Happy Birthday Aunt Melanie!

Happy Birthday Aunt Melanie!

(6/11/11)

Family Birthdays

Aunt Melanie Krewson

This Day In History

1540

King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

1776

George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York City for the first time.

1811

Explorer David Thompson posts a sign at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, US), claiming the land for the United Kingdom.

1877

The inaugural Wimbledon Championships opens.

1922

Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.

1962

Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.

Famous Birthdays

1577

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English-born Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)

1689

Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and dramatist (d. 1773)

1764

Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (d. 1823)

1819

Elias Howe, Jr., American inventor and sewing machine pioneer (d. 1867)

1879

Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (d. 1936)

1911

Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 1968)

1937

David Hockney, English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer

1944

Glen Cook, American science fiction and fantasy author

1945

Dean R. Koontz, American novelist

1956

Tom Hanks, American actor

1957

Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond, English singer-songwriter and musician

1971

Marc Andreessen, American software developer

1995

Georgie Henley, English actress