- 1910] Dad's day: Father's Day is celebrated for the first time in Spokane (WA) (6/19)...
- 1934] Beware the FCC: Congress establishes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The original duties of the FCC were to: "regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest." Regulating the airwaves came later (6/19)…
- 1947] Bugsy swatted: Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel is rubbed out, gangland style in Beverly Hills (CA) apparently over soaring costs on his pet project -- the Flamingo Resort in Las Vegas (6/20)...
- 1948] Debuted on this date: "The Toast Of The Town", soon to be known as "The Ed Sullivan Show" debuts on CBS-TV (6/20)...1975] "Jaws" premieres and becomes the big summer blockbuster (6/20). Most of the exteriors are shot on Martha's Vineyard where the water was still cold...1985] The summer sleeper is "Cocoon" starring husband and wife team, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy and let's not forget Don Ameche (6/21)...
- 1952] Talkin’ baseball: Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine pitches a 5-0 no-hitter against the Cubs at Ebbets Field (6/19)…1977] Carl Yastrzemski hits a 460-foot home run at Fenway Park that strikes the facade to the right of the retired numbers and is the only home run to reach Fenway’s right field roof facade (6/19)…1979] The reign of 'Billy Martin II' begins in a cycle of 5 trips back as Yankee manager (6/19)…
- 1953] On the hot seat: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed by electric chair at Sing Sing on charges of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to Russia, although their sons have been fighting to free their names for years (6/19)…
- 1963] Hotline 5-5300: The U.S. and Soviet Union sign an agreement to set up a hotline between the two superpowers (6/20)...
- 1964] Oh no: Future Hall of Fame pitcher and U.S. Senator from Kentucky, Jim Bunning, pitches a perfect game against the Mets at Shea Stadium on Father's Day (6/21). His catcher Gus Triandos becomes the first catcher to catch no-hitters in both leagues, having done it previously in the 50s when he caught Hoyt Wilhelm's no-hitter...
- 1986] Celtic tragedy: University of Maryland basketball star, Len Bias, Boston’s 1st pick (and 2nd overall) in the NBA Draft, suffers a fatal cocaine - induced seizure (6/19)…
- 2001] 'Happy Trails': Carroll O'Connor dies from a heart attack brought about by diabetes at 76 (6/21)...2001] Legendary blues singer John Lee Hooker, believed to be 83, dies from natural causes at his home in Los Altos (CA) (6/21)...For more on June 19 -21:
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