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Today in history: June 22, 2005
1757: Birth of George Vancouver, explorer who carried out surveys of North America and after whom Vancouver Island and Vancouver, British Columbia are named.
• 1757: Birth of George Vancouver, explorer who carried out surveys of North America and after whom Vancouver Island and Vancouver, British Columbia are named.
• 1814: The first match at the new Lord’s cricket ground was played between the MCC and Hertfordshire.
• 1934: Ferdinand Porsche contracted with the Automobile Manufacturers Association of Germany (RDA) to build three prototype “people’s cars” over a 10-month period. The contract was a direct result of Hitler’s personal request to Porsche, and the result, of course, was the Volkswagen.
• 1937: Joe Louis won the world heavyweight boxing title in Chicago when he defeated American Jim Braddock in an eighth-round knockout. During his subsequent reign, the longest in the history of the heavyweight division, Louis successfully defended his title 25 times, scoring 21 knockouts.
• 1941: Three million German troops invaded Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history under Operation Barbarossa.
• 1966: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was released. The film, based on a play by Edward Albee and starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, was the first movie to contain certain four-letter words and adult content but still receive the Production Code Seal of Approval.
• 1969: Actress and singer Judy Garland died of an overdose of sleeping pills. Garland began performing as a child and became one of America’s most loved stars when she played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
