Born in Indianapolis, Indiana on this day in 1902, bank robber and murderer John Dillinger achieved a well-publicized level of notoriety during the mid-1930's as 'Public Enemy Number One' for his series of brazen criminal escapades. A creature of the popular imagination, he was also instrumental in generating favorable publicity for J. Edgar Hoover's FBI--which eventually succeeded in gunning him down. Dillinger is seen wearing a defiant expression in a portrait. 
 1902 - Richard Rodgers
Academy Award-winning composer: It Might as Well be Spring [1945]; half of Rodgers and (Lorenz) Hart and Rodgers and (Oscar) Hammerstein: The Sound of Music, Love Me Tonight, My Funny Valentine, The Lady is a Tramp, Oklahoma!, State Fair, The King and I, You’ll Never Walk Alone, Carousel, Getting to Know You, Some Enchanted Evening; died Dec 30, 1979, geboren
1902 Pierre Brunet France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32) , geboren
1902 Richard Rodgers Hammels Station NY, composer (Rodgers & Hammerstein) , geboren
Richard Rogers, composer of "South Pacific" & "Oklahoma". , geboren
     Today, this person is/would be 99 years old. , geboren

Attentat von Sarajevo
Der österreichisch-ungarische Thronfolger Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand und seine Frau werden am 28. Juni 1914 in Sarajevo von dem serbischen Studenten und Anhänger der nationalistischen Bewegung Junges Bosnien, Gavrilo Princip, ermordet. Das Attentat führt eine europäische Krise herbei, die im Ersten Weltkrieg gipfelt. 
Die Ermordung des österreichischen Thronfolgerpaares Franz-Ferdinand von Habsburg-Este samt Gemahlin Sophie Gräfin Chotek Herzogin von Hohenburg durch den serbischen Studenten Princip während der politisch unklugen Reise der Attentatsopfer in das habsburgfeindliche Sarajewo wird seitens Österreich politisch derart hochgespielt, dass hieraus der Erste Weltkrieg mit deutscher Initiativbeteiligung entfacht wird. 
1914 - World War I began. Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated while at (what is now known as) Sarajevo, Bosnia. 
1914 - In Sarajevo werden der österreichisch-ungarische Thronfolger Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand und seine Frau von dem serbischen Nationalisten Gavrilo Princip erschossen. Das Attentat löst den Ersten Weltkrieg aus
1914 Birth of Lester Roloff, American evangelist. In his later years he founded the 'City of Refuge,' a work specializing in reforming children who came from broken homes.
1914 Assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, in Sarajevo by a Serbian Nationalist,Gavrilo Princip. This incident precipitated a war with Serbia, eventually starting WW1

1914: Lester Flatt, amerik. Countrymusiker, geboren
Archduke Franz Ferdinand (50), Filmschaffende/R, gestorben
1914 Archduke Ferdinand & wife Sofia of Austria assassinated (starts WW I) , gestorben
 1914 - Lester Flatt
country music entertainer: guitar: group: Flatt and Scruggs: Foggy Mountain Breakdown, The Ballad of Jed Clampett, Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Old Salty Dog Blues; died May 11, 1979, geboren

1919 - Elizabeth ‘Bess’ Wallace became Bess Truman when she married the future U.S. President, Harry S Truman. 
28 1919 1919, June 28th: Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence, Missouri.
28 1919 1919, June 28th: Treaty of Versailles is signed by the European powers, ending World War I. The United States would sign seperate treaties with Germany and Austria.

1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete double-header against Yanks
1919 Harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence
1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed
The Treaty of Versailles, ending World War I, is signed. 

 1946 - Gilda Radner

 1949 - Don Nottingham
football: Miami Dolphins running back: Super Bowl VIII, geboren

 1949 - Clarence Davis
football: Oakland Raiders running back: Super Bowl XI, geboren
1949 Don Baylor Texas, baseball player (1979 AL RBI leader) , geboren

US Chart Toppers
1951
Too Young - Nat King Cole
On Top of Old Smokey - The Weavers (vocal: Terry Gilkyson)
How High the Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
I Want to Be with You Always - Lefty Frizzell
1951 - An old favorite of radio audiences made the switch to TV. Amos ’n’ Andy moved to CBS-TV. Two years later, a protest by the NAACP forced the network to drop the show. 
1951 "Amos 'n' Andy" premiers on CBS TV
The "Amos & Andy" show premiers on CBS television.

Hcohzeit von Joan Micklin Silver , Filmschaffende/R,  und Raphael D. Silver, Filmschaffende/R, 
1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago Ill
1956 Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die

1969, Henry Mancini started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love Theme from Romeo And Juliet'.
 

1969, appearing at the Bath Festival Of Blues, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, Nice, Chicken Shack, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig and Taste. DJ was John Peel, tickets 22 & 6.

1975, Wings went to No.1 on the UK chart with the album 'Venus And Mars', featuring the US No.1 single 'Listen What The Man Said'.

1976 - Detroit Tiger pitcher Mark ‘The Bird’ Fidrych was called “...the most interesting player since Dizzy Dean” on ABC’s nationally televised coverage of a Tigers-Yankees match-up. The 21-year-old rookie sensation led the Tigers past the Yankees and made the All-Star team two weeks after the TV appearance. 

1976 - Women entered the Air Force Academy for the first time on this day. President Gerald R. Ford had actually opened the door by signed legislation [Oct 7, 1975] allowing women to enter the nation’s military academies. The first Air Force Academy class with women graduated in May 1980.

Paul Dessau, Komponist (D), geb. 1894, gestorben
Edgar Hayes (75), Filmschaffende/R, gestorben
Stuart Schulberg (56), Filmschaffende/R, gestorben
Paul Dessau (84), Filmschaffende/R, gestorben
Philippe Cousteau, Filmschaffende/R, gestorben
1979 - Paul Dessau, deutscher Komponist (Oper «Puntila»), geb. 1894 , gestorben

1981 - Jerry Pate won the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic after three years of disappointment on the men’s PGA tour. Pate celebrated with a birdie on the last hole. He was so excited, Pate handed his putter and his sun visor to his caddie and jumped into the lake that bordered the 18th green. 
 

The 59-year-old highway of 2,200 miles of blacktop was decertified as a U.S. highway on this day in 1985. The highway that was a legendary part of Americana saw highway crews removing the classic roadway shield-markers that designated it as the highway west. 

Route 66 started in Chicago, Illinois and continued into Santa Monica, California. Martin Milner and George Maharis took us for many spins on the famous highway through the TV series which aired in the early sixties. To travel from one end of Route 66 to the other, one would go through eight states and three time zones. Today, a very small portion of the highway is still open. In some places, grass and vegetation, as seen from the interstate highway or railroad tracks nearby, have all but obscured the once well-traveled route. Some one-stop, out-of-the-way places such as gas stations and greasy-spoon diners are now nothing more than decaying shells of their once glorious past. 

If you ever plan to motor west, travel my way, take the highway that’s the best. Get your kicks on route 66.

It winds from Chicago to L.A., More then two thousand miles all the way. Get your kicks on route 66.

Now you go through St. Louis, Joplin, Missouri and Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty. Now you’ll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico, Flagstaff, Arizona, don’t forget Winona ... Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino.

Now won’t you get hip to this timely tip. When you make that California trip get your kicks on route 66.

1996, appearing at London's Royal Festival Hall, Burt Bacharach who was joined on stage by long time fan, Noel Gallagher.
 

1996, appearing at The Royal Albert Hall, London, Bert Bacharach. Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher joined him on-stage for a version of This Guy's In Love With You.

1997, Puff Daddy and Faith Evans started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I'll Be Missing You'.