152nd day of 2015, 213 remaining
- Sunrise: 5:50am
- Sunset: 8:26pm
- Moonset: 5:21am
- Moonrise: 7:37pm (96% visible)
Tides at the Golden Gate:
- High: 12:32pm/11:25pm
- Low: 5:31am/5:09pm
Of the many monthly celebrations, choose from the following what YOU'D like to celebrate: JUNE IS...
Adopt-A-Cat Month Link
African-American Music Appreciation Month
Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month
Audio Book Appreciation Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Dairy Alternatives Month
Effective Communications Month
Entrepreneurs "Do It Yourself" Marketing Month
Fashion in Colonial Virginia Month
Fireworks Safety Month
Gay & Lesbian Pride Month
Great Outdoors Month
Mens Health Education and Awareness Month
National Accordion Awareness Month
National Camping Month
National Candy Month
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
...to be continued!
Special celebrations & commemorations today include...
Global Day of Parents
Heimlich Maneuver Day
National Go Barefoot Day
National Leave the Office Early Day
National Thank God It's Monday Day
Oscar The Grouch Day
Say Something Nice Day
Stand For Children Day
Arrival of the Swiss at the Port-Noir - Switzerland
Dayak Festival - Malaysia
Independence Day - Samoa
International Children's Day
Jubilee - Peru
Madaraka Day - Kenya
Mother & Child Day - Mongolia
National Tree Planting Day - Cambodia
Presidents Day - Palau
The Festival of Roses - Bulgaria
On this day in...
1533 - Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s new queen, was crowned.
1774 - The British government ordered the Port of Boston closed.
1789 - The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths became law.
1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state of the U.S.
1796 - Tennessee became the 16th state of the U.S.
1861 - The first skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia.
1869 - Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric voting machine.
1877 - U.S. troops were authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.
1915 - Germany conducted the first zeppelin air raid over England.
1916 - The National Defense Act increased the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.
1921 - A race riot erupted in Tulsa, OKlahoma. 85 people were killed.
1935 - The Ingersoll-Waterbury Company reported that it had produced 2.5 million Mickey Mouse watches during its 2-year association with Disney.
1938 - Baseball helmets were worn for the first time.
1939 - The Douglas DC-4 made its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York.
1941 - The German Army completed the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ended.
1942 - The U.S. began sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union.
1943 - During World War II, Germans shot down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London.
1944 - The French resistance was warned by a coded message from the British that the D-Day invasion was imminent.
1944 - Siesta was abolished by the government of Mexico.
1953 - Raymond Burr made his network-TV acting debut. It was in "The Mask of Medusa" on ABC-TV's "Twilight Theater."
1954 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus' security blanket made its debut.
1958 - Charles de Gaulle became the premier of France.
1961 - Radio listeners in New York, California, and Illinois were introduced to FM multiplex stereo broadcasting. A year later the FCC made this a standard.
1963 - Governor George Wallace vowed to defy an injunction that ordered the integration of the University of Alabama.
1970 - Zimbabwe came into existence. It was formerly known as Rhodesia.
1977 - The Soviet Union formally charged Jewish human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason. He was imprisoned until 1986.
1978 - The U.S. reported the finding of wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow.
1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut as the first all-news station.
1989 - Disney World's "Typhoon Lagoon" opened.
1995 - At Disneyland Paris, the attraction "Space Mountain: From The Earth to the Moon" opened.
1998 - In the U.S., the FDA approved a urine-only test for the AIDS virus.
1998 - A $124 million suit was brought against Goodyear Tire & Rubber that alleged discrimination towards black workers.
2008 - The Phoenix Mars Lander became the first NASA spacecraft to scoop Martian soil.
2009 - The first event, a George Strait concert, was held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX.
Today in Texas History
2009 - General Motors filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The filing made GM the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
Birthday celebrants today include (or included)...
Brigham Young 1801
Nelson Riddle 1921
Richard Erdman 1925
Andy Griffith 1926
Norma Jeane Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe) 1926
Pat Corley 1930
Edward Woodard 1930
Pat Boone 1934
Peter Masterson 1934
Morgan Freeman 1937
Cleavon Little 1939
Rene Auberjonois 1940
Fredrica von Stade 1945
Brian Cox 1946
Jonathan Pryce 1947
Ronnie Wood 1947
Tom Sneva 1948
Powers Boothe 1949
Gemma Craven 1950
Graham Russell 1950
Ronnie Dunn 1953
Lisa Hartman Black 1956
Alan Wilder 1959
Simon Gallup 1960
Richard Comeaux 1961
Paul Coffey 1961
Mike Joyce 1963
Jason Donovan 1968
Teri Polo 1969
Derek Lowe 1973
Heidi Klum 1973
Alanis Morissette 1974
Santana Moss 1979
Damien Fahey 1980
Justine Henin 1982
Sarah Anne Wayne Callies 1977
