Swim a Lap Day

June 24
Yearly Date: Always June 24th

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Quote for the Day

“Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.”

Michael Phelps

Famous People Born in June

June 1, 1801   – Brigham Young, Mormon religious leader

June 1, 1926   – Andy Griffith, actor

June 1, 1926   – Marilyn Monroe, actress

June 1, 1934   – Pat Boone, singer

June 1, 1937   – Morgan Freeman, actor, movie “Driving Miss Daisy”

June 1, 1947   – Ron Wood, musician, member of the “Rolling Stones”

June 1, 1973   – Heidi Klum, German supermodel, actress, fashion designer

June 1, 1974   – Alanis Morisette, singer

June 2, 1731   – Martha Washington, the very first First Lady of the United States

June 2, 1904   – Johnny Weissmuller, Olympic champion swimmer, actor “Tarzan”

June 2, 1930   – Pete Conrad, astronaut

June 2, 1941   – Stacy Keach, actor

June 2, 1948   – Jerry Mathers, actor “Beaver” on “Leave it to Beaver”

June 2, 1955   – Dana Carvey, SNL, “Wayne’s World”

June 2, 1980   – Abby Wambach, soccer player, coach

June 3, 1808   – Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America

June 3, 1865   – King George V, of England

June 3, 1925   – Tony Curtis, actor

June 3, 1926   – Allen Ginsberg, poet

June 3, 1942   – Curtis Mayfield, singer, songwriter

June 3, 1967   – Anderson Cooper, journalist and author

June 4, 1738   – King George III, king of England during the American Revolution

June 4, 1924   – Dennis Weaver, actor

June 4, 1944   – Michelle Phillips, singer, member of the “Mamas and the Papas”

June 4, 1952   – Parker Stevenson, actor

June 4, 1971   – Noah Wyle, actor “Carter” on TV series “ER”

June 4, 1975   – Angelina Jolie, actress

June 5, 1878   – Francisco “Pancho” Villa, Mexican revolutionary

June 5, 1883   – John Maynard Keynes, economist

June 5, 1934   – Bill Moyers, TV journalist

June 5, 1956   – Kenny G, musician

June 6, 1755   – Nathan Hale, Revolutinary War hero and patriot

June 6, 1799  – Alexander Pushkin, poet

June 6, 1892   – Donald F. Duncan Sr, created the Duncan Yo-Yo

June 6, 1935   – The Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader

June 6, 1939   – Marian Wright Edelman, children’s rights activist

June 6, 1956   – Bjorn Borg, tennis champion

June 7, 1848   – Paul Gauguin, painter

June 7, 1917   – Dean Martin, singer, actor, producer

June 7, 1922   – Rocky Graziano, boxing champion

June 7, 1940   – Tom Jones, singer

June 7, 1952   – Liam Neeson, actor

 June 7, 1958   – “Prince”, singer

 June 8, 1867   – Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

 June 8, 1916   – Francis Crick, biologist, biochemist, co-discovered of the structure of DNA

 June 8, 1917   – Byron R. White, Supreme Court justice

 June 8, 1925   – Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States

 June 8, 1929   – Jerry Stiller, comedian, actor

 June 8, 1936   – James Darren, singer, actor

 June 8, 1937   – Joan Rivers, comedian

 June 8, 1940   – Nancy Sinatra, Singer

 June 8, 1944   – Boz Scaggs, rock singer

 June 8, 1957   – Scott Adams, cartoonist, created “Dilbert”

 June 8, 1966   – Julianna Margulies, actress

 June 9, 1781   – George Stephenson, invented the steam locomotive

 June 9, 1893   – Cole Porter, composer, lyricist

 June 9, 1908   – Robert Cummings, actor

 June 9, 1940   – Dick Vitale, sportscaster

 June 9, 1961   – Michael J. Fox, actor, “Back to the Future”

 June 9, 1963   – Johnny Depp, actor, “Pirates of the Caribbean”

June 9, 1981   – Natalie Portman, “Queen Amidala” in “Star Wars”

 June 10, 1901   – Frederick Loewe, composer

 June 10, 1921   – Prince Philip, Britain Prince Consort, Duke of Ellington

 June 10, 1922   – Judy Garland, singer, actress “The Wizard of Oz”

 June 10, 1982   – Tara Lipinski, Olympic champion figure skater

 June 11, 1864   – Richard Strauss, composer, musician, conductor

 June 11, 1880   – Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to Congress

June 11, 1910   – Jacques Cousteau, undersea explorer, writer, filmmaker

 June 11, 1913   – Vince Lombardi, football coach

 June 11, 1935   – Gene Wilder, actor, director

 June 11, 1936   – Chad Everett, actor

June 11, 1956   – Joe Montana, NFL quarterback

 June 12, 1915   – David Rockefeller, banker

 June 12, 1924   – George H. W. Bush, 41st U.S. President (1989-1993)

 June 12, 1928   – Vic Damone, singer

 June 12, 1929   – Anne Frank, Holocaust victim, wrote diary of her experience

 June 12, 1933   – Jim Nabors, actor, singer

 June 12, 1943   – Marv Albert, sportscaster

 June 13, 1893   – Dorothy L. Sayers, mystery writer

June 13, 1943   – Malcolm McDowell, actor

 June 13, 1951   – Richard Thomas, actor

 June 13, 1953   – Tim Allen, comedian, movie and television actor, TV series “Home Improvement”

 June 13, 1986   – Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen twins, actresses

 June 14, 1811   – Harriet Beecher Stowe, author, abolitionist

 June 14, 1864   – Alois Alzheimer, psychiatrist, pathologist

 June 14, 1909   – Burl Ives, singer, actor

 June 14, 1919   – Gene Barry, actor

 June 14, 1946   – Donald Trump, 45th U.S. President, real estate executive, TV personality

 June 14, 1961   – Boy George, singer

 June 14, 1969   – Steffi Graf, tennis champion

 June 15, 1932   – Mario Cuomo, NY governor

 June 15, 1937   – Waylon Jennings, country singer

 June 15, 1954   – Jim Belushi, actor, brother of John Belushi

 June 15, 1958   – Wade Boggs, MLB slugger

June 15, 1963   – Helen Hunt, actress (Los Angeles, CA)

 June 15, 1964   – Courtney Cox, actress “Friends”

 June 15, 1969   – Ice Cube, rapper

 June 15, 1974   – Neil Patrick Harris, actor, singer, director

 June 16, 1829   – Geronimo, Native American Apache leader

June 16, 1890   – Stan Laurel, comedian, “Laurel & Hardy” duo

June 16, 1917   – Katharine Graham, newspaper publisher (New York, NY)

 June 16, 1943   – Joan Van Ark, actress , “Val” on TV series “Knots Landing”

June 16, 1951   – Roberto Duran, boxing champion

 June 17, 1917   – Dean Martin, actor, singer

 June 17, 1943   – Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House

 June 17, 1946   – Barry Manilow, singer and songwriter

 June 17, 1948   – Phylicia Rashad, actress

 June 17, 1951   – Joe Piscopo, comedian , actor, SNL

 June 17, 1965   – Dan Jansen, Olympic champion speed skater

 June 17, 1980   – Venus Williams, tennis player

June 18, 1886   – George Mallory, mountain climber, explorer

 June 18, 1908   – Bud Collyer, Game show host for “To Tell the Truth”

 June 18, 1942   – Roger Ebert, film critic, “Siskel & Ebert”

 June 18, 1942   – Paul McCartney, singer, songwriter, musician, “The Beatles”

 June 18, 1952   – Carol Kane, actress

 June 18, 1976   – Blake Shelton, country singer, Tv personality on “The Voice”.

 June 19, 1623   – Blaise Pascal, philosopher, physicist

 June 19, 1897   – Moe Howard, comedian, actor, “Moe” of the “Three Stooges”

 June 19, 1902   – Guy Lombardo, bandleader

 June 19, 1903   – Lou Gehrig, baseball player

 June 19, 1947   – Salman Rushdie, author “The Satanic Verses”

 June 19, 1954   – Kathleen Turner, actress

 June 19, 1962   – Paula Abdul, dancer, choreographer, “American Idol” judge

 June 19, 1964   – Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister

 June 20, 1909   – Erol Flynn, Actor

 June 20, 1924   – Chet Atkins, guitarist

 June 20, 1924   – Audie Murphy, actor, WWII hero

 June 20, 1931   – Olympia Dukakis, actress

 June 20, 1933   – Danny Aiello, actor

 June 20, 1934   – Martin Landau, actor

 June 20, 1942   – Brian Wilson, singer, songwriter, member of the “Beach Boys”

June 20, 1945   – Anne Murray, singer

 June 20, 1946   – Bob Vila, TV handyman show

June 20, 1950   – Lionel Richie, singer

 June 20, 1952   – John Goodman, actor

 June 20, 1953   – Cyndi Lauper, singer

 June 20, 1967   – Nicole Kidman, actress

 June 21, 1905   – Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, novelist, playwright

 June 21, 1912   – Mary McCarthy, novelist

June 21, 1921   – Jane Russell, actress

 June 21, 1925   – Maureen Stapleton, actress

 June 21, 1947   – Meredith Baxter, actress

 June 21, 1947   – Michael Gross, actor

 June 22, 1903   – John Dillinger, bank robber

 June 22, 1922   – Bill Blass, fashion designer

 June 22, 1929   – Ralph Waite, actor

 June 22, 1936   – Kris Kristofferson, singer, actor

 June 22, 1941   – Ed Bradley, TV journalist

 June 22, 1949   – Meryl Streep, Oscar winning actress

 June 22, 1949   – Lindsay Wagner, actress

 June 23, 1929   – June Carter Cash, country singer

 June 23, 1948   – Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court justice

 June 24, 1895   – Jack Dempsey, boxing champion

 June 24, 1942   – Mick Fleetwood, musician, member of Fleetwood Mac

 June 24, 1942   – Michele Lee, actress

 June 24, 1945   – George Pataki, NY Governor

 June 24, 1946   – Ellison Onizuka, astronaut, died in Challenger Space Shuttle explosion

 June 24, 1967   – Sherry Stringfield, actress

 June 25, 1874   – Rose O’Neill, created Kewpie Dolls

June 25, 1903  – George Orwell, novelist

June 25, 1925   – June Lockhart, actress

June 25, 1930   – Clint Eastwood, actor

June 25, 1945   – Carly Simon, singer

June 25, 1948   – Jimmie Walker, actor, comedian

June 26, 1819   – Abner Doubleday, invented the game of baseball

June 26, 1892   – Pearl S. Buck, novelist

June 26, 1910   – Roy Plunkett, invented Teflon

June 26, 1963   – George Michael, singer

June 26, 1970   – Chris O’Donnell, actor

June 26, 1974   – Derek Jeter, American baseball player

June 27, 1880   – Helen Keller, blind author, lecturer

June 27, 1927   – Bob Keeshan, children’s TV- “Captain Kangaroo”

June 27, 1930   – H. Ross Perot, entrepreneur, presidential candidate

June 27, 1993   – Ar-ana Grande, singer, actress

June 27, 1951   – Julia Duffy, actress

June 28, 1491   – Henry VIII, King of England

June 28, 1712   – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher

June 28, 1902   – Richard Rodgers, music composer, “Rogers and Hammerstein”

June 28, 1926   – Mel Brooks, actor, director

June 28, 1932   – Pat Morita, actor

June 28, 1946   – Bruce Davison, actor

June 28, 1960   – John Elway, NFL quarterback , Denver Broncos

June 28, 1966   – John Cusack, actor

June 28, 1971   – Elon Musk, born in South Africa. Entrepreneur, invnetor, Tesla Motors, Space-X.

June 29, 1858   – George W. Goethals, chief engineer fore the Panama Canal

June 29, 1941   – Stokely Carmichael, militant civil rights activist

June 29, 1944   – Gary Busey, actor

June 29, 1947   – Richard Lewis, comedian, actor

June 29, 1962   – Sharon Lawrence, actress

June 30, 1917   – Susan Hayward, actress

June 30, 1917   – Lena Horne, actress, singer

June 30, 1966   – Mike Tyson, boxing champion

June 30, 1985   – Michael Phelps, American Olympic multiple gold medalist in swimming

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