Headline Birthdays for June 22

Giuseppe Mazzini 1805-1872

born in Genoa, Italy; died in Pisa March 10, 1872; liberal patriot, writer, political agitator; 1821 became a revolutionary at age 16 after the failed Piedmont rebellion when he was shocked by the penniless rebels passing through Genoa on their way to exile; inspired by their devotion to their cause, he dressed in black for the rest of his life in mourning for them; 1822-27 studied law but grew bored; 1827 joined the Carbonari, a patriotic secret society, and was arrested and jailed; 1832 fled to Marseilles and founded the secret revolutionary society Young Italy to champion the movement for Italian unity known as the Risorgimento; 1837 exiled to London, where he wrote propaganda for the movement; 1848 returned to Italy during the Lombard Revolt and served as one of three triumvirs in the Roman republic of 1849 before it was overthrown by the French; 1853 organized an unsuccessful uprising in Milan; 1860 supported Garibaldi's expedition to Sicily but, unlike Garibaldi, remained an uncompromising republican; refused to participate in the parliamentary government of the new Kingdom of Italy.

Rider Haggard 1856-1925

born in Bradenham, Norfolk, his father a barrister and country squire, his mother an amateur writer; died in London May 14, 1925; civil servant, author of over 40 books; 1875 failed the army entrance exam and went to Natal as secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer, Governor of Natal; 1877 served on the staff of Theophilus Shepstone, special commissioner to the Transvaal; had an affair with a Zulu woman; 1879 returned to England to marry, and took his wife to Transvaal to run an ostrich farm, but went back to England when the province was ceded to the Dutch; became a barrister of Lincoln's Inn and started writing adventure novels; his first two, Dawn and The Witch's Head were not popular, but in 1885 he published his best selling King Solomon's Mines, about explorer Allan Quatermain who takes Sir Henry Curtis on an expedition deep into Africa to find Sir Henry's brother. They find both the brother and the legendary diamond mines of King Solomon, then make off with some diamonds and return home to split the treasure; sequels include Jess, Alan Quartermaine and She (1887), about an adventurer, Leo Vincey, who goes to Africa to avenge the death of an ancestor, Kallikrates an Egyptian priest slain by an ancient sorceress She-Who-Must-Be Obeyed, queen Ayesha. She saves Leo's life and finds a mysterious bond between him and Kallikrates. Aysha enters the Fire of Life at the heart of an volcano, and emerges from it immeasurably old. She dies and asks Leo to remember her in her eternal youth and beauty.

Billy Wilder 1906-

born Samuel Wilder in Sucha, Poland [then part of Austria]; film director, producer; nicknamed Billy by his mother, who had seen the Buffalo Bill Wild West show as a teenager during a stay in the US; starting writing career as a reporter in Vienna; 1927 left for Berlin at age 21 to work as a script ghostwriter; 1933 fled to France from the Nazis, then came to work in Hollywood, starting off as a screenwriter; found a mentor in director Ernst Lubitsch; 1942 directed his first picture, The Major and the Minor, starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland; other films include Double Indemnity (1944), The Lost Weekend (1945 Academy Award), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Stalag 17 (1953), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Love in the Afternoon (1957), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Some Like it Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960 three Academy Awards), Irma La Douce (1963), The Fortune Cookie (1966), The Front Page (1974) and Buddy Buddy (1981); received eight Best Director nominations, second only to William Wyler who had twelve; also nominated twelve times for Best Screenplay awards, and won three. Quote: "People copy, people steal. Most of the pictures they make nowadays are loaded down with special effects. I couldn't do that. I quit smoking because I couldn't reload my Zippo."

Ann Morrow Lindbergh 1906-

born in Englewood, New Jersey; aviator, author; served as co-pilot and navigator for her husband, Charles Lindbergh; her twenty-month old son was kidnapped and murdered in 1932; best known for North to the Orient (1935), about flying over Canada and Kamchatka to pioneer routes to Asia; and Gift from the Sea (1955), eight autobiographical essays inspired by different kinds of seashells

Kris Kristofferson 1936-

born in Brownsville, Texas; singer, songwriter and actor; best known for songs Me and Bobby McGee, first recorded by Roger Miller, and a million-seller by Janis Joplin in 1971; also Help Me Make It Through the Night, recorded by Sammi Smith; personal singles include The Silver-Tongued Devil and I (1972), For the Good Times, Loving Her was Easier, and Why Me, and the albums The Silver-Tongued Devil and I and Jesus Was a Capricorn; 1985 recorded the Highwayman single and album with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson; films include A Star is Born, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

Meryl Streep 1949-

born in New Jersey; actress; 1977 started her film career as Jane Fonda's society friend in Julia; other films include The Deer Hunter (1978); The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979); Kramer vs. Kramer (Academy Award, 1979); The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981); Sophie's Choice (Academy Award, 1982); Silkwood (1983); Falling in Love (1984); Plenty (1985); Out of Africa (1986); recent films include Postcards From the Edge (1990); The River Wild (1994); Bridges of Madison County County (1995); One True Thing (1998).
[pictures: Madison County, One True Thing with Renee Zellweger.}

Cyndi Lauper 1953-

born Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton in Brooklyn, New York; rock singer; in the mid-s1970s performed as a vocalist with various cover bands in New York; 1977 extensively damaged her vocal cords, leaving her virtually voiceless for a year; 1983 signed with Portrait Records as a solo artist and released the album She's So Unusual, which sold over 4.5 million copies in the US, and won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1984; first female artist to score four Top Five singles from a debut album: Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Time After Time, She Bop and All Through The Night; other singles include True Colors from the album of the same name, released in 1986; othe ralbums are A Night To Remember (1989), Hat Full Of Stars (1991), Twelve Deadly Cyns (1994) and Sisters Of Avalon (1997); has played in Mad About You, and Life with Mikey.

Other Birthdays

1478 06 22 Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)
1611 06 22 Pablo Bruna, composer
1613 06 22 Lambert Pietkin, composer
1674 06 22 Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo
1684 06 22 Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer
1701 06 22 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)
1732 06 22 Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor (Mariens„ule)
1741 06 22 Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer
1742 06 22 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer
1757 06 22 George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from SF to Vancouver I
1763 06 22 Etienne-Nicolas Méhul, French organist/opera composer (Le Jeune Henri)
1796 06 22 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [OS]
1805 06 22 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Il Apostolato Popolare)
1814 06 22 James Henry Lane, MC (Union), died in 1866 [or Jul 28 1833]
1824 06 22 Frederic Louis Ritter, composer
1830 06 22 Theodor Leschetizky, composer
1837 06 22 Paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61)
1840 06 22 Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
1849 06 22 Stephen C Massett opens at courthouse as first pro entertainer
1855 06 22 Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)
1856 06 22 Henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)
1859 06 22 Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music)
1864 06 22 Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician
1869 06 22 Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (AR 1933-39)
1882 06 22 Jan H F Gr”nloh (Nescio), Dutch writer (De Uitvreter, Titiaantjes)
1883 06 22 Jose Rolon, composer
1887 06 22 Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)
1887 06 22 Julian S Huxley, London, biologist/philosopher, Darwin's Bulldog
1891 06 22 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy)
1891 06 22 Harry Seymour, NY, actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot)
1893 06 22 Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet (J„„peili)
1893 06 22 Osvald Chlubna, composer
1896 06 22 Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)
1897 06 22 Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher (Process of Civilization)
1898 06 22 Erich Maria Remarque, novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front)
1898 06 22 R M Remarque, writer
1899 06 22 Dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)
1899 06 22 Michal Kalecki, Polish economist
1900 06 22 Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47)
1901 06 22 Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)
1901 06 22 Naunton Wayne, Wales, actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession)
1902 06 22 Arnold J d'Ailly, dir (Nederlandsche Bank)/mayor (Amsterdam, 1946-56)
1902 06 22 David Burns, actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!)
1903 06 22 Carl Hubbell, pitcher (NY Giants)-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA
1905 06 22 Walter Leigh, composer
1906 06 22 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife
1906 06 22 Billy Wilder, Vienna, dir (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17)
1906 06 22 Richard Fanshawe, England, equestion 3 day event (Olympic-bronze-1936)
1907 06 22 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, aviator/author (Gift from the Sea)
1908 06 22 George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher
1909 06 22 Katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather)
1909 06 22 Mike Todd, [Avrom Goldbogen], US director (80 days)
1910 06 22 Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice)
1911 06 22 Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen)
1911 06 22 Marie Philipsen-Braun, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1928)
1912 06 22 Vit Nejedly, composer
1913 06 22 Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, Poland, lawyer (Solidarity)
1914 06 22 Lilo Hardel, writer
1918 06 22 Richard Eastham, Opelousas LA, actor (Not With My Wife) [or Jan 22]
1920 06 22 Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52)
1920 06 22 Gladys Marea Hartman, athletics Administrator
1920 06 22 Paul Frees, Chicago Ill, animation voice (Bullwinkle)
1921 06 22 Barbara F Vucanovich, (Rep-R-NV, 1983- )
1921 06 22 Gower Champion, choreographer (42nd Street, Showboat)
1921 06 22 Joseph Papp, Bkln, stage producer/director (Pirates of Penzance)
1922 06 22 Bill Blass, Ft Wayne Ind, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)
1923 06 22 Jimmy Cameron, cricketer (brother of John WI batsman 1948-49)
1926 06 22 Ruth Zechlin, composer
1929 06 22 Ralph Waite, White Plains NY, actor (Cool Hand Luke, 5 Easy Piece)
1931 06 22 Henk Vonhoff, Dutch politician (VVD)
1932 06 22 Michael Horvit, composer
1933 06 22 Dianne Feinstein, first female mayor of SF/(Sen-D-Ca)
1934 06 22 Arthur Miller, legal reporter
1935 06 22 V V Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests)
1936 06 22 Kris Kristofferson, Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium)
1936 06 22 Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart)
1938 06 22 Andrew Brown, film Producer
1940 06 22 Abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up)
1941 06 22 Ed Bradley, Phila, CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes)
1941 06 22 Michael Lerner, Brooklyn NY, actor (8 Men Out, Harlem Nights)
1942 06 22 Margreet M H Kamp, Dutch MP (VVD)
1942 06 22 Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11)
1943 06 22 Jimmy Castor, NYC, rocker/sax (Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch)
1944 06 22 Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austria, actor (Mephisto, Out of Africa)
1944 06 22 Michael Obst, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
1944 06 22 Peter Asher, London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
1944 06 22 Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy Boobs Modal)
1945 06 22 Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
1946 06 22 Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Police Academy) [or Jan 22]
1947 06 22 David L Lander, Bkln NY, actor (Squiggy-Laverne & Shirley)
1947 06 22 Don Henley, drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer)
1947 06 22 Murray Webb, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75)
1947 06 22 Octavia E[stelle] Butler, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed)
1948 06 22 Pistol Pete Maravich, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks)
1948 06 22 Nolan Clarke, cricketer (Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart)
1948 06 22 Sue Roberts, LPGA golfer
1948 06 22 Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby PA, singer/guitarist (Hello it's Me)
1949 06 22 Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1949 06 22 Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine)
1949 06 22 Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special)
1949 06 22 Lindsay Wagner, LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
1949 06 22 Meryl Streep, NJ, actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)
1950 06 22 Murphy Cross, Harve de Grace Md, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect)
1954 06 22 Amparo Mu¤oz, Malgra Spain, Miss Universe (1974)
1954 06 22 Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles)
1954 06 22 Charles T Canady, (Rep-R-Florida)
1954 06 22 Chris Lemmon, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Richard-Duet) [or Jan 22]
1954 06 22 Freddie Prinze, NYC, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man)
1955 06 22 LeAnn Cassaday, LPGA golfer
1956 06 22 Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front)
1956 06 22 Green [Gartside], rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood)
1956 06 22 Tim Russ, Wash DC, actor (Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager)
1957 06 22 Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
1957 06 22 John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face)
1957 06 22 Nick Santagata, jockey
1958 06 22 Bruse Campbell, actor (Army of Darkness)
1960 06 22 Colleen Devine, San Gabriel Cal, actress (Irreconcilable Differences)
1960 06 22 Tracy Pollan, NYC, actress (Family Ties)/aka Mrs Michael J Fox
1961 06 22 Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream)
1961 06 22 Jimmy Somerville, Glasgow Soctland, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards)
1962 06 22 Clyde Glide Drexler, NBA Guard (Houston Rockets, Port Trailblazers)
1962 06 22 Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run)
1963 06 22 Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
1963 06 22 Randy Couture, Everett Wash, 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olymp-96)
1964 06 22 Amy Brenneman, New London Ct, actress (Janice-NYPD Blue)
1964 06 22 Greg Anderson, NBA forward/center (San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks)
1964 06 22 Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm)
1964 06 22 Mark Royals, NFL punter (New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions)
1964 06 22 Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
1964 06 22 Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, NAC)
1965 06 22 Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was)
1966 06 22 Camille Benjamin, Cleveland Ohio, tennis star
1966 06 22 Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
1966 06 22 Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler (South African)
1966 06 22 Paul Randolph, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 06 22 Al Carlay, Manila Philippines, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1967 06 22 Eric Green, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens)
1967 06 22 Mark van Hintum, soccer player (Willem II)
1968 06 22 Darrell Armstrong, NBA guard (Orlando Magic)
1968 06 22 Paula Irvine, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lily Blake-Santa Barbara)
1969 06 22 Derek Russell, NFL wide receiver (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 06 22 Anne Annie Summertime Kakela, US rower (Olympics-4th-96)
1970 06 22 David Frisch, NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
1970 06 22 Rastko Cvetkovic, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
1971 06 22 Brant Brown, Porterville CA, infielder (Chic Cubs)
1971 06 22 Laryssa Biesenthal, Walkertown Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1973 06 22 Benjamin Fairbrother, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1973 06 22 Cory Alexander, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1973 06 22 Lacy Goranson, Evanston Ind, actress (Becky-Roseanne)
1974 06 22 Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek Calif, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1974 06 22 Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont (1997)
1981 06 22 Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)

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