We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:
- Birthdays
- 1819 Walt Whitman was born.
- 1894 Fred Allen was born.
- 1898 Norman Vincent Peale was born.
- 1908 Don Ameche was born.
- 1922 Denholm Elliott was born.
- 1930 Clint Eastwood was born.
- 1938 Peter Yarrow was born.
- 1941 Johnny Paycheck was born.
- 1943 Sharon Gless was born.
- 1943 Joe Namath was born.
- 1950 Gregory Harrison was born.
- 1961 Lea Thompson was born.
- 1965 Brooke Shields was born.
Tomorrow’s notable events
Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 01-06-1000 | Justin, from the Latin, 'just' |
| 01-06-1000 | Justina, from the Latin, 'just' |
| 01-06-1921 | Nelson Riddle was born. |
| 01-06-1926 | Andy Griffith was born. |
| 01-06-1926 | Marilyn Monroe was born. |
| 01-06-1930 | Edward Woodward was born. |
| 01-06-1934 | Pat Boone was born. |
| 01-06-1937 | Morgan Freeman was born. |
| 01-06-1940 | Rene Auberjonois was born. |
| 01-06-1974 | Alanis Morissette was born. |
| 01-06-2000 | Feast Day of Justin, from the Latin, 'just'. Justin was one of the first Christian philosophers. He was born in 100, in Samaria, to a Greek-speaking family. Justin travelled to Alexandria, the great city of learning, where he studied many different philosophies but was eventually baptized a Christian. He wrote many treatises, some of which survive, and travelled to many countries, preaching the Gospel (as a layman), to pagans and Jews. On his second visit to Rome, he was denounced to the authorities and executed. Justina was to prove that rightminded women could be equally brave. She was a beautiful pagan princess who was martyred on her way to join the Bishop of Padua. Legend has it that it was her knees which left two dents in the stones of the bridge there, as she knelt to pray for help during her arrest. |
