Daisies reflected in dew drops
Its Official Summer is here…June 21st marks the beginning of Summer Soltice
Summer Solstice AKA “Midsummer” Litha”. Its also the longest day of the year in which the amount of daylight for the next six months or so, only goes down from here. So break out those swim suits and that cold beverage (if you haven’t already) and enjoy the sunshine because before you know it this season favorite will be over before you can say vacay!
Did you know?
- The sun does not set at the North Pole today.
- There is 24 hours of sunlight.
June is -
Aquarium Month
Fight the Filthy Fly Month
Rose Month
June 21, 2011
Today in History
1994 Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal)
1993 “Camelot” opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 56 performances
1993 STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1990 Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood’s walk of fame
1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn’t pass
1982 John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity
1981 Riots at Casablanca, kills 66-200
1981 Socialists/communists win French parliamentary election
1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rice’s musical “Evita,” premiers in London
1975 “Jaws” by Steven Spielberg opens
1893 1st Ferris wheel premieres at Chicago’s Columbian Exposition
1879 F. W. Woolworth opens 1st store, failed almost immediately
1547 Great fire in Moscow
Famous Birthdays
1982 Prince William of Wales, son of Prince Charles and Lady Diana
1973 Juliette Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Natural Born Killers, Cape Fear
1967 Nicole Kidman, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Dead Calm, Far and Away
1948 Leo Sayers, rocker, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
1947 Meredith Baxter-Birney, California, actress, Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie
1947 Michael Gross, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Family Ties, FBI murders
1731 Martha Washington, American First Lady