By Cynthia Charlene Greason
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
June Lockhart (born June 25, 1925) is an American retired actress, beginning a film career in the 1930s and 1940s in such films as A Christmas Carol and Meet Me in St. Louis. She primarily acted in 1950s and 1960s television, and with performances on stage and in film. On two television series, Lassie and Lost in Space, she played mother roles. She also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968–70). She is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner. With a career spanning nearly 90 years, she is one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Lockhart has had a lifelong fascination with American presidential candidates and the media’s coverage of them. Her reporter friend Merriman Smith arranged for her to travel with both major-party candidates in the 1956 presidential election, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. She again traveled with both campaigns in the 1960 election. In 1957, she obtained a lifetime White House press pass and attended many presidential briefings until 2004.
Despite the fact that she is a child of the Greatest Generation, Lockhart embraced rock music and she spontaneously listened to music which was produced by emerging rock bands. In numerous interviews, her Lost in Space co-star Bill Mumy stated that she took him and Angela Cartwright to concerts at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood. She was a noted David Bowie fan, and frequently kept a picture of him in her wallet.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
What causes the greenish gray color around the yolks of hard-boiled eggs?
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Myrmecophobia
Puzzle of the Day
An adjective and a vegetable.(Use these clues to find the two words that, when combined, form the name of a flower.)
Born
- Eric Arthur Blair (better known by the pen-name George Orwell) –
- Joe O’Brien (harness racing driver) –
- June Lockhart (actress) –
- James Meredith (political activist) –
- Carly Simon (musician ) –
- George Michael (singer, songwriter) –
- Angela Kinsey (actress) –
- Linda Cardellini (actress) –
Died
- Stanford White (Famous architect; killed by Henry K. Thaw on the roof of Madison Square Garden) –
- Warren Burger (U.S. Supreme Court chief justice) –
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau (oceanographer) –
- John Fiedler (actor; best known for providing the voice of Piglet in Winnie the Pooh cartoons) –
- Farrah Fawcett (actress) –
- Michael Jackson (musician) –
- Patrick Macnee (actor) –
Events
- Five English monks saw flaming torch spew fire, hot coals, and sparks on Moon–
- Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop introduced the fork to American dining–
- Virginia ratified the Constitution and was admitted as the 10th state–
- Sitting Bull defeated General George Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which became known as Custer’s Last Stand.–
- A 19-year-old cellist in the orchestra of the Rio de Janeiro Opera House in Brazil picked up the baton and conducted the orchestra in a performance of Aida when the regular conductor failed to make an appearance. The cellist name: Arturo Toscanini. (His success prompted him to abandon his cello for a conductor’s career)–
- 4-day dedication ceremony for Mackinac Bridge began, Michigan–
- Kim Campbell was chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and became the first female Prime Minister of Canada–
- Final episode of Another World aired–
- An alligator attacked a golfer who was retrieving a ball from a pond, Venice, Florida–
Weather
- Hailstones shaped like Saturn fell in Guildford, England–
- It was 86 degrees F in Anchorage, Alaska–
- Virginian Roy C. Sullivan was struck by lightning for the seventh time.–
- 121 degrees F, Willow Beach, Arizona–
- On June 25 and 26, a late snow fell in Newfoundland and Labrador.–
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