June 22nd

June 22 is the 174th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 182 days remaining until the end of time.

1342 Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reckoning)

1808 Zebulon Pike reaches his peak, but it’s all downhill from there

 

1847 Doughnut is created as proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy

1903 Hammond (Indiana) Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68 clowns in Ivanhoe, Illinois

1944 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.

1963 Little Stevie Wonder, age 13, releases "Fingertips"

1970 President Nixon signs 26th amendment to lower age for voting and appearances in porn to 18.

1979 Little Richard quits rock and roll for religious pursuit. Pr-r-r-aise Jesus!

 

2009 Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of Kodachrome color film, concluding the company's 74-year run as a photography icon.

1922 Bill Blass, gay US fashion designer 

1928 Ralph Waite, US actor 

1936 Kris Kristofferson, US Rhodes Scholar/musician/actor 

1958 Jacques Bonnaffe, French actor  

1968 Kevin Aviance [Eric Snead], gay US entertainer 

1970 Michael Trucco, US actor 

1972 Benz Antoine, Canadian actor 

1973 Giorgio Pasotti, Italian actor 

1977 Denis Moschitto, German actor 

1979 Jai Rodriguez, gay US actor/musician/Queer Eye culture guide  

1984 Thor Knai, Norse model/actor 

1984 Janko Tipsarevic, Serbian pro tennis player/underwear model 

1985 Douglas Smith, Canadian actor 

1989 Djibril Camara, French rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1969 Judy Garland is swept up over the rainbow. She is 47 years old. As Ray Bolger put it, "She just plain wore out."

1993 Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States, is dicked one last time.

2002 Ann Landers [Eppie Lederer], American advice columnist, can’t ask Dear Abby.

2008 [Dolores] Dody Goodman, US comedienne/actress (Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Grease), finds her own private resort

 

2008 George Carlin, US comic genius, can’t take his stuff with him