June 20, 2013
Today is 171st day of the year
195 days remain until the new year
195 days remain until the new year
Births Today
- 1906 - "Catherine Cookson, English novelist"
- 1909 - "Errol Flynn, Australian born Hollywood film actor"
- 1916 - "Johnny Morris, Television presenter of 'Animal Magic'"
- 1941 - "Stephen Frears, English born film director"
- 1950 - "Lionel Richie, American singer"
- 1953 - "Cyndi Lauper, American singer"
events today
- 1895 - The 'Doctor of Science' award was given to a woman for the first time
- 1914 - The German warship Bismark was launched
- 1958 - The London bus strike ended after seven weeks
- 1960 - A woman read the BBC national news for the first time
- 1984 - "A new exam, called GCSE, replaced the existing O levels"
- 1986 - The movement of sheep was banned after they ate grass contaminated by fallout from Chernobyl
- 1990 - "A new currency unit, the Ecu, was proposed by Chancellor John Major"
- 1992 - Czechoslovakia was split into two separate states