Almanac June 22 :: Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953 in Queens, New York) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.

Lauper has released over 40 singles, and as of 2011 had sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and 1 million DVDs and 20 million singles, which makes her one of the best selling artists of all time.

Throughout her career, Lauper has won numerous awards, including Grammy, Emmy, MTV VMA, Billboard, and AMA. In 1999, Lauper ranked #58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll by VH1.

Events

• 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
• 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending the Third Macedonian War.
• 1593 – Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
• 1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe.
• 1774 – The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• 1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• 1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
• 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
• 1825 – The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
• 1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
• 1893 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
• 1897 – British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• 1898 – Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
• 1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted.
• 1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
• 1911 – George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1918 – The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
• 1922 – Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
• 1940 – France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.
• 1941 – Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
• 1941 – The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
• 1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
• 1944 – Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
• 1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• 1957 – The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
• 1962 – An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing 113.
• 1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire, triggering a crack-down on pollution in the river.
• 1976 – The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
• 1978 – Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy.
• 1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
• 1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
• 2002 – An earthquake measuring 6.5 M_w strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slowness of the victims receiving aid and supplies.
• 2003 – The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska
• 2009 – Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing nine and injuring over 80.
• 2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.

Births

• 1680 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
• 1684 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian baroque composer (d. 1762)
• 1704 – John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
• 1713 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
• 1738 – Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
• 1757 – George Vancouver, British explorer (d. 1798)
• 1763 – Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French composer (d. 1817)
• 1767 – Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)
• 1805 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (d. 1872)
• 1837 – Paul Morphy, American chess master (d. 1884)
• 1845 – Tom Dula, American folk character (d. 1868)
• 1856 – H. Rider Haggard, English writer (d. 1925)
• 1861 – Maximilian von Spee, Denmark-born German admiral (d. 1914)
• 1864 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
• 1871 – William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist (d. 1962)
• 1884 – James Rector, American sprinter (d. 1949)
• 1885 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
• 1887 – Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)
• 1888 – Harold Burton, American jurist (d. 1964)
• 1892 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
• 1896 – Leonard W. Murray, Canadian Admiral and Commander-in-Chief during the Battle of the Atlantic (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
• 1897 – Norbert Elias, German sociologist (d. 1990)
• 1898 – Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (d. 1970)
• 1899 – Michal Kalecki, Polish economist (d. 1970)
• 1902 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
• 1903 – John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
• 1903 – Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer, wife of Charles Lindbergh (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American film director (d. 2002)
• 1909 – Mike Todd, American film producer (d. 1958)
• 1909 – Maurice Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
• 1910 – John Hunt, Indian-born British mountaineer (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
• 1910 – Konrad Zuse, German engineer (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
• 1919 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Paul Frees, American voice actor (d. 1986)
• 1920 – Jovito Salonga, Filipino politician
• 1921 – Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
• 1922 – Bill Blass, American fashion designer (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Mona Lisa, Filipino actress
• 1922 – Géza Vermes, Hungarian author and religious scholar
• 1927 – Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Yuri Artyukhin, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer
• 1932 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
• 1932 – June Salter, Australian actress (d. 2001)
• 1932 – Prunella Scales, English actress
• 1933 – Dianne Feinstein, American politician
• 1933 – Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
• 1934 – James Bjorken, American theoretical physicist
• 1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer and actor
• 1936 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
• 1939 – Don Matthews, American football coach
• 1940 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker and poet
• 1940 – Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
• 1941 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
• 1941 – Michael Lerner, American actor
• 1941 – Terttu Savola, Finnish politician
• 1943 – Judith Barker, English actress
• 1943 – Eumir Deodato, Brazilian jazz musician and record producer
• 1943 – Brit Hume, American news anchor
• 1944 – Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)
• 1944 – Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor
• 1945 – Rainer Brüderle, German politician
• 1946 – Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
• 1947 – Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
• 1947 – Howard Kaylan, American singer (The Turtles, Flo & Eddie)
• 1947 – David Lander, American actor and baseball scout
• 1947 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
• 1947 – Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician
• 1948 – Steve Eastin, American actor
• 1948 – Todd Rundgren, American songwriter and record producer
• 1949 – Alan Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
• 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress
• 1949 – Lindsay Wagner, American actress
• 1949 – Elizabeth Warren, American attorney and law professor
• 1950 – Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
• 1952 – Graham Greene, Canadian actor
• 1953 – Wim Eijk, Dutch Roman Catholic Archbishop
• 1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer
• 1953 – Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
• 1954 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
• 1955 – Green Gartside, Welsh singer and songwriter (Scritti Politti)
• 1956 – Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
• 1956 – Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani statesman
• 1956 – Tim Russ, American actor
• 1956 – Manuel Saval, Mexican actor (d. 2009)
• 1956 – Markus Schatte, German football coach
• 1957 – Kevin Bond, Former English footballer, current manager
• 1957 – Danny Baker, English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter
• 1957 – Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist (INXS)
• 1958 – Bruce Campbell, American actor
• 1959 – Wayne Federman, American comedian
• 1959 – Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
• 1959 – Ed Viesturs, American mountaineer
• 1959 – Mike O'Meara, American radio personality
• 1960 – Erin Brockovich, American environmentalist
• 1960 – Tracy Pollan, American actress
• 1961 – Stephen Batchelor, British field-hockey player
• 1961 – Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer (Bronski Beat, Communards)
• 1962 – Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
• 1962 – Clyde Drexler, American basketball player
• 1962 – Bobby Gillespie, Scottish vocalist and drummer (Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain)
• 1962 – Gerald Hillringhaus, German footballer
• 1963 – Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist
• 1963 – Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
• 1963 – John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1964 – Amy Brenneman, American actress
• 1964 – Dan Brown, American writer
• 1965 – Lubomír Moravcík, Slovak footballer
• 1965 – Uwe Boll, German film director
• 1966 – Schooly D, American rapper
• 1966 – Michael Park, English rally driver (d. 2005)
• 1966 – Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
• 1968 – Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player
• 1970 – Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician and businessman
• 1970 – Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
• 1971 – Kambri Crews, American writer
• 1971 – Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
• 1971 – Kurt Warner, American football player
• 1972 – David Rees, American cartoonist
• 1973 – Carson Daly, American television personality
• 1974 – Donald Faison, American actor
• 1974 – Vijay, Indian actor
• 1975 – Müslüm Can, Turkish footballer
• 1975 – Kenshin Kawakami, Japanese baseball player
• 1975 – Andreas Klöden, German cyclist
• 1975 – Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
• 1976 – Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
• 1978 – Champ Bailey, American football player
• 1978 – Tim Driesen, Belgian actor, singer and songwriter
• 1978 – Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
• 1978 – Dan Wheldon, British race car driver (d. 2011)
• 1979 – Joey Cheek, American speed skater
• 1979 – Xenofon Gittas, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
• 1979 – Leire Martínez, Basque singer and songwriter (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
• 1979 – Thomas Voeckler, French cyclist
• 1981 – Sione Lauaki, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Chris Urbanowicz, British guitarist (Editors)
• 1982 – Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
• 1982 – Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
• 1984 – Giorgos Apostolidis, Greek basketball player
• 1984 – Dustin Johnson, American golfer
• 1984 – Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer
• 1984 – Rubén Iván Martínez, Spanish footballer
• 1984 – Janko Tipsarevic, Serbian tennis player
• 1985 – Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
• 1985 – Scott MacIntyre, American singer
• 1985 – Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Cameroonian-Greek basketball player
• 1986 – Ramin Ott, American Samoan footballer
• 1987 – Joe Dempsie, English actor
• 1987 – Danny Green, American basketball player
• 1987 – Cory Gunz, American rapper
• 1987 – Lee Min Ho, Korean actor
• 1987 – Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-born Australian soccer player
• 1988 – Portia Doubleday, American actress
• 1988 – Omri Casspi, Israeli pro basketball player
• 1989 – Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer
• 1989 – Jung Yong Hwa, Korean actor and singer
• 1990 – Kei Inoo, Japanese actor and singer
• 1993 – Caydee Denney, American figure skater
• 1993 – Ingmar Lazar, French classical pianist

Deaths

• 1276 – Pope Innocent V (b. c. 1225)
• 1429 – Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
• 1535 – John Fisher, English Bishop of Rochester (executed) (b. 1469)
• 1632 – James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
• 1634 – Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
• 1699 – Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)
• 1714 – Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)
• 1868 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
• 1872 – Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentine general (b. 1792)
• 1874 – Howard Staunton, English chess master (b. 1810)
• 1892 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
• 1894 – Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
• 1905 – Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1913 – Stefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (b. 1875)
• 1925 – Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849)
• 1928 – A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
• 1931 – Armand Fallières, French politician, President of France (b. 1841)
• 1933 – Henry Birkin, British racing driver (b. 1896)
• 1935 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)
• 1936 – Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher (b. 1882)
• 1938 – C.J. Dennis, Australian writer and poet (b. 1876)
• 1942 – August Froehlich, German Roman Catholic priest, member of the resistance against Nazism and martyr (b.1891)
• 1945 – Isamu Cho, Japanese general at Okinawa, by seppuku (b. 1895)
• 1945 – Mitsuru Ushijima, Japanese general (died at Okinawa by seppuku) (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895)
• 1961 – Maria of Yugoslavia, Romanian-born Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
• 1963 – Maria Tanase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)
• 1964 – Havank, Dutch writer (b. 1904)
• 1965 – David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902)
• 1969 – Judy Garland, American singer and actress (b. 1922)
• 1970 – Dang Thuy Tram, Vietnamese civilian doctor (b. 1942)
• 1974 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
• 1977 – Jacqueline Audry, French film director (b. 1908)
• 1977 – Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
• 1979 – Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1980 – Dimitrios Partsalidis, Greek politician (b. 1905)
• 1984 – Joseph Losey, American theater and film director (b. 1909)
• 1987 – Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (b. 1899)
• 1988 – Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 – Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
• 1990 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Chuck Mitchell, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1993 – Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
• 1995 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 1995 – Al Hansen, American artist (b. 1927)
• 1997 – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
• 1997 – Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)
• 1997 – Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
• 2002 – Ann Landers, American columnist (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)
• 2004 – Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator (b. 1970)
• 2007 – Nancy Benoit ("Woman", "Fallen Angel"), American professional wrestling valet (b. 1964)
• 2007 – Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
• 2008 – George Carlin, American author, comedian (b. 1937)
• 2008 – Dody Goodman, American comedienne (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Jane McGrath, British-born Australian cancer support campaigner (b. 1966)
• 2011 – Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances

• Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Aaron of Aleth
  • Alban
  • Eusebius of Samosata (Orthodox Church)
  • John Fisher (Catholic Church)
  • Bl. Pope Innocent V
  • Nicetas of Remesiana
  • Paulinus of Nola
  • Thomas More (Catholic Church)
  • June 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
• Teachers' Day (El Salvador)