Happy Birthday Robin Williams (1951)
Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and…
Swiss TV Goes on the Air (1953)
Schweizer Fernsehen (SF; “Swiss Television”) was the German-language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in Switzerland for German-speaking Switzerland. It had its head…
The First Line of the Paris Metro Opens (1900)
The Paris Métro, short for Métropolitain, is a rapid transit system serving the Paris metropolitan area in France. A symbol of the city, it is known for its density within…
Happy Birthday Vin Diesel (1967)
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer. One of the world’s highest-grossing actors, he is best known for portraying…
NEC is founded (1899)
NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial…
The First Parking Meter is Installed (1933)
An early patent for a parking meter, U.S. patent, was filed by Roger W. Babson, on August 30, 1928. The meter was intended to operate on power from the battery…
The Rosetta Stone is Found (1799)
The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy…
Happy Birthday Harrison Ford (1942)
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, he has starred in many notable films over seven decades, and is one of…
Happy Birthday Linda Park (1978)
Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a South Korean-born American actress. She is best known for playing communications officer Hoshi Sato in the science-fiction series Star Trek: Enterprise. Also…
ViewBug “Momentum 25-Award”
ViewBug honoured me with the “Momentum 25 Award” on 08/07/2025 at 16:05h. They wrote: “Your photo just earned the Momentum25 Award. This award celebrates the photo that sparked your biggest…
Vasco da Gama Sets Sail For India (1497)
Vasco da Gama (1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the first European to reach India by sea. Da Gama’s first voyage (1497–1499) was…
Happy Birthday Tom Kristensen (1967)
Tom Kristensen (born 7 July 1967) is a Danish former racing driver. He holds the record for the most wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with nine, six…
Happy Birthday Sylvester Stallone (1946)
Sylvester Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. In a film career spanning more than fifty years, Stallone has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe…
Dolly the Sheep is Born (1996)
Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003) was a female Finn-Dorset sheep and the first mammal that was cloned from an adult somatic cell. She was cloned by associates…
Happy Birthday Roland Ratzenberger (1960)
Roland Walter Ratzenberger (4 July 1960 – 30 April 1994) was an Austrian racing driver, who competed in Formula One at three Grands Prix in 1994. Born and raised in…
Happy Birthday Richard Lee Petty (1937)
Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed “the King”, is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National…
Happy Birthday Dominic Keating (1961)
Dominic Keating (né Power; born 1 July 1961) is a British television, film and theatre actor best known for his portrayals of Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond’s and…
Happy Birthday Ray Harryhausen (1920)
Raymond Frederick Harryhausen (June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013) was an American British animator and special effects creator who is regarded as one of the most influential figures in…
Mercedes-Benz is founded (1926)
Mercedes-Benz commonly referred to simply as Mercedes and occasionally as Benz, is a German automotive brand that was founded in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz Group, established…
Happy Birthday Nico Rosberg (1985)
Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a German and Finnish former racing driver and entrepreneur, who competed under the German flag in Formula One from 2006 to 2016.…
Photo Digitally Displayed at the Matca Gallery in Hanoi, Vietnam (2025)
26th – 30th of June, 2025 This photo is being digitally displayed in the ‘Creative Composition’ exhibition at the renowned Matca Gallery in Hanoi, Vietnam. It was part of the…
Rainbow Flag Debuts in San Fransisco (1978)
The rainbow flag or pride flag (formerly gay pride flag) is a symbol of LGBTQ pride and LGBTQ social movements. The colours reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community and…
Kenneth Arnold Gives the First Official Report of a UFO over Mt. Rainer Washington (1947)
On June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed that he saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier at speeds that he estimated to…
Scholes Receives the Patent for the Typewriter (1878)
A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced…
Happy Birthday Erin Brockovich (1960)
Erin Brockovich (née Pattee; born June 22, 1960) is an American paralegal, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company…
ViewBug “The Eye Badge” 21/06/2025
ViewBug honored me with “the eye badge” on 21.06.2025 at16:35h. They wrote: “Congratulations Selldon Photography Guess what? You’ve just scored a new badge! “The Eye” celebrates the core of being…
STS-57 Shuttle Endeavour is Launched (1993)
STS-57 was a NASA Space Shuttle-Spacelab mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched June 21, 1993, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission was launched on the summer solstice. During…
Happy Birthday Nicole Kidman (1967)
Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for her work in film and television productions across many genres, she has consistently…
Garfield Comic Strip is Published (1976)
Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976 (later changed to Garfield in 1977), then in nationwide syndication from 1978, it…