TODAY IN HISTORY - June 22nd:1893 - Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful," in Colorado
1969 - Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit
1994 - OJ Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1908 - Amy Vanderbilt, New York City, New York, (American authority on etiquette )
1923 - Bob Dole, (American politician)
1932 - Oscar de la Renta, (designer)
1940 - Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, (TV game host-Jeopardy)
1946 - Danny Glover, San Francisco CA, (actor)
1947 - Don Henley, Linden Tx, (drummer/vocalist-Eagles)
1955 - Willem Dafoe, Wisc, (actor)
2013 - Prince George of Cambridge, London, England, son of Prince William of England (3rd in line to the English throne)

1995 - Actor Ewan McGregor (24) weds production designer Eve Mavrakis (29)
1999 - Director Martin Scorsese (56) weds Helen Morris in New York

GOODBYE TO:

1934 - John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33

1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet , dies at 89

2008 - Estelle Getty, American actress, dies at 84

To see more historical events that happened this date, visit: http://www.historyorb.com/day/july/22

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