|
|
June 16th History |
|||||||||||||||
Click for the June Date | |||||||||||||||
Father's Day | |||||||||||||||
Flag Day |
June 16th In Pop Culture History |
|||
1816 - Lord Byron read 'Fantasmagoriana' to his four house guests
- Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori,
and inspired his challenge that each guest write a ghost story. 1893 - Cracker Jack, invented by R.W. Rueckheim, was introduced at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago's World Fair. 1903 - The Pepsi-Cola Co. registered the Pepsi-Cola trademark. 1904 - Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the
life of Irish writer James Joyce during which the events of his novel,
Ulysses, takes place. June 16, 1938 (fiction) The planet Krypton blew up, DC Comics 1956 #1 Hit June 16, 1956 - July 27, 1956: Gogi Grant - The
Wayward Wind 1990 #1 Hit June 16, 1990 - June 29, 1990: Roxette - It Must Have Been Love June 16, 2006 - Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior aired on The
Disney Channel |
|||
June 16th Celebrity Birthdays |
Now You Know... |
||
Ultimate Warrior (wrestler) (1962) Yasmine Bleeth (1968) Stan Laurel (1890) Diana DeGarmo (1987) Barbara Stynwyck (1907) Jack Albertson (1907 - 1981) Tupac Shakur (1971 - 1996) Laurie Metcalf (1955) |
Butterflies taste with their feet. | ||
"A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must
be lead." - Stan Laurel |
|||
|
Pop Culture News |
|||
|
|||