Today in History for 23rd June 2017:
Historical Events
1917 – Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game
1939 – France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey
1955 – Walt Disney’s “Lady and the Tramp” released
1967 – Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA)
1970 – Rocker Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession
1980 – South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President’s Council fails
Famous Birthdays
1887 – John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), born in Canton, Ohio
1915 – Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag)
1920 – Paul Des Marais, composer
1950 – Sally Geeson, Sussex England, actress (Bless This House)
1974 – Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
1976 – Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress
Famous Deaths
1806 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (b. 1723)
1817 – Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63
1969 – Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78
1988 – Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 73
1988 – M Gregor-Dellin, writer, dies
2001 – Yvonne Dionne, one of the Canadian Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)