We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:
- Anniversary
- 2003 Adam Sandler marries Jacqueline Titone
- 2011 Daniel Craig marries Rachel Weisz
- Birthdays
- 1906 Billy Wilder was born.
- 1921 Joseph Papp was born.
- 1936 Kris Kristofferson was born.
- 1941 Ed Bradley was born.
- 1949 Meryl Streep was born.
- 1949 Lindsay Wagner was born.
- 1953 Cyndi Lauper was born.
- 1954 Freddie Prinze was born.
- 1971 Kurt Warner was born.
- 1973 Carson Daly was born.
- 1980 Eric Stretch was born.
Tomorrow’s notable events
Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 23-06-1000 | Audrey, from Old English, 'noble strength' |
| 23-06-1000 | Etheldreda, from Old English, 'noble strength' |
| 23-06-1400 | Johannes Gutenberg was born. |
| 23-06-1894 | Alfred Kinsey was born. |
| 23-06-1912 | Alan Turing was born. |
| 23-06-1927 | Bob Fosse was born. |
| 23-06-1929 | June Carter was born. |
| 23-06-1957 | Frances McDormand was born. |
| 23-06-2000 | Feast Day of Audrey, from Old English, 'noble strength'. The word 'tawdry' developed as a name for the sort of gaudy rubbish sold at the great St Audrey's Fair at Ely, Cambridgeshire, on her feast day, and Shakespeare uses 'Audrey' as the name of his irrepressibly lumpen country wench in As You Like It. The original Audrey, however, was the beautiful and determined princess Etheldreda; she seems to have lived up to her name. She was born in a village outside Newmarket in about 630 and took a vow of celibacy which she upheld, even when - for reasons of state - she was twice married. The Bishop, St Wilfrid, supported her resolution, and she. eventually founded the Abbey of Ely, one of the great double monasteries of the period, in 672. It was famous for its austerity and prayer under her rule, which lasted until 679, when she died of a tumour on her neck. |
