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Monday, 22 June 2026

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2 Births
8 Events
10 Total entries

★ Born on this day 2 entries

1906
Billy Wilder
US 120 yrs ago
1936
Kris Kristopherson, song writer, (not a singer).
US Arts & Culture 90 yrs ago

► Events on this day 8 entries

1808
Zebulon Pike reaches his peak.
US 218 yrs ago
1847
The doughnut is invented, police officers everywhere rejoice.
US Science & Technology 179 yrs ago
1849
Stephen C. Massett opens at courthouse as first professional entertainer, using (allegedly) the only piano in California.
US Arts & Culture 177 yrs ago
1940
France falls to Nazi Germany.
FR 86 yrs ago
1957
Kansas City stops using streetcars in its transit system.
US 69 yrs ago
1978
The planet Pluto's partner, Charon, is discovered.
US Science & Technology 48 yrs ago
1979
The day DISCO officially died, (Yeah!)
US 47 yrs ago
1983
First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit, by Space Shuttle.
US Space & Astronomy 43 yrs ago