Today in History for 22nd June 2017:
Historical Events
1910 – 1st airship with passengers sets afloat-Zeppelin Deutscheland
1932 – Congress approves “Lindbergh Act” making kidnapping a federal offense (amended 1934)
1977 – Walt Disney’s “Rescuers” released
1986 – Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1991 – Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines
1994 – Mets reliever John Franco sets lefty save mark at 253
Famous Birthdays
1840 – Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
1876 – Gwen (Gwendolen) John, Haverfordwest, Wales, Welsh painter
1956 – Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
1964 – Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate’s Hymm)
1966 – Camille Benjamin, tennis star, born in Cleveland, Ohio
1974 – Donald Faison, American actor
Famous Deaths
1741 – Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer, dies at 38
1777 – Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71
1967 – Adrian Grigor’yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79
1981 – Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies
1988 – Dennis Day, actor/tenor (Jack Benny Show), dies of ALS at 71
1997 – Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)