Out and About June 2022 -issue198
Welcome to the June 2022 edition Out and About Magazine Costa Blanca the weather is now in the 30's and summer is here! Enjoy reading our articles and finding out more about what is going on in Costa Blanca. You can find the handy A5 printed version of Out and About magazine, at local bars, cafes, shops, and restaurants which you can keep with you when you out for a walk or sitting on the beach.
Welcome to the June 2022 edition Out and About Magazine Costa Blanca the weather is now in the 30's and summer is here! Enjoy reading our articles and finding out more about what is going on in Costa Blanca. You can find the handy A5 printed version of Out and About magazine, at local bars, cafes, shops, and restaurants which you can keep with you when you out for a walk or sitting on the beach.
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22 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
MEMORY LANE<br />
Birthday - Founder of Utah <strong>and</strong><br />
patriarch of the Mormon church<br />
Brigham Young (1801-1877) was<br />
born in Whittingham, Vermont.<br />
Called the “American Moses,”<br />
he led thous<strong>and</strong>s of religious<br />
followers across the wilderness to<br />
settle over 300 towns in the West,<br />
including Salt Lake City, Utah.<br />
Birthday - Marilyn Monroe<br />
(1926-1962) would have been<br />
96 years of age, was born in<br />
Los Angeles (as Norma Jean<br />
Mortensen). Following an unstable<br />
childhood spent in foster homes<br />
<strong>and</strong> orphanages, she l<strong>and</strong>ed a<br />
job as a photographer’s model<br />
which led to a movie career. She<br />
later married baseball legend Joe<br />
DiMaggio. Beneath her glamorous<br />
movie star looks she was fragile<br />
<strong>and</strong> insecure <strong>and</strong> eventually<br />
succumbed to the pressures of<br />
Hollywood life. She died in Los<br />
Angeles from an overdose of<br />
sleeping pills on August 5, 1962.<br />
Best known for Gentlemen Prefer<br />
Blondes (1953), The Seven Year<br />
Itch (1955), Bus Stop (1956), Some<br />
Like It Hot (1959), <strong>and</strong> The Misfits<br />
(1961).<br />
<strong>June</strong> 3, 1937 - The Duke of Windsor<br />
married Wallis Warfield Simpson<br />
in Monts, France. As King Edward<br />
VIII, he had abdicated the British<br />
throne in December of 1936 amid<br />
tremendous controversy to marry<br />
Simpson, an American who had<br />
been divorced. Following the<br />
wedding, the couple lived in<br />
France <strong>and</strong> had minimal contact<br />
with the British Royal family.<br />
The Duke died in Paris on May<br />
28, 1972, <strong>and</strong> was buried near<br />
Windsor Castle in Engl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 6, 1944 - D-Day, the largest<br />
amphibious l<strong>and</strong>ing in history,<br />
began in the early-morning<br />
hours as Allied forces l<strong>and</strong>ed in<br />
Norm<strong>and</strong>y on the northern coast<br />
of France. Operation Overlord<br />
took months of planning <strong>and</strong><br />
involved 1,527,000 soldiers in 47<br />
Allied divisions along with 4,400<br />
ships <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>ing craft, <strong>and</strong> 11,000<br />
aircraft. The Germans had about<br />
60 divisions spread along France<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Low Countries. American<br />
forces l<strong>and</strong>ed on two western<br />
beaches, Utah <strong>and</strong> Omaha, while<br />
British <strong>and</strong> Canadian troops<br />
l<strong>and</strong>ed farther east on Gold, Juno<br />
<strong>and</strong> Sword beaches. By the end<br />
of the day 150,000 Allied soldiers<br />
<strong>and</strong> their accompanying vehicles<br />
had l<strong>and</strong>ed with 15,000 killed <strong>and</strong><br />
wounded.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 9 Birthday - Composer<br />
<strong>and</strong> lyricist Cole Porter (1893-<br />
1964) was born in Peru, Indiana.<br />
He published his first song The<br />
Bobolink Waltz at the age of<br />
ten. His Broadway career was<br />
launched in 1928 when five of his<br />
songs were used in the musical<br />
play Let’s Do It. Among his many<br />
contributions to the Broadway<br />
stage; Fifty Million Frenchmen,<br />
The Gay Divorcee, Anything<br />
Goes, Leave It to Me, Du Barry<br />
Was a Lady, Something for the<br />
Boys, Kiss Me Kate, Can Can <strong>and</strong><br />
Silk Stockings.rown Colony until<br />
July 1, 1997, when its sovereignty<br />
reverted to the People’s Republic<br />
of China.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 10 Birthday - Judy Garl<strong>and</strong><br />
(1922-1969) was born in Gr<strong>and</strong><br />
Rapids, Minnesota (as Frances<br />
Gumm). She is best remembered<br />
for her portrayal of Dorothy Gale<br />
in The Wizard of Oz (1939) <strong>and</strong><br />
other films including Meet Me in<br />
St. Louis (1944) <strong>and</strong> Easter Parade<br />
(1948). She became one of the most<br />
popular concert performers of the<br />
1950s <strong>and</strong> ‘60s <strong>and</strong> broke boxoffice<br />
records in New York City<br />
<strong>and</strong> London. She was found dead<br />
of an overdose of sleeping pills in<br />
London on <strong>June</strong> 22, 1969.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 14 Birthday - German<br />
psychiatrist <strong>and</strong> pathologist Alois<br />
Alzheimer (1864-1915) was born<br />
in Markbreit am Mainz, Germany.<br />
In 1907, he published an article<br />
first describing ‘Alzheimers,’ a<br />
degenerative disease, usually<br />
beginning at age 40-60, affecting<br />
nerve cells of the brain <strong>and</strong> leading<br />
to severe memory impairment<br />
<strong>and</strong> progressive loss of mental<br />
faculties.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 16 Birthday - Film comedian<br />
Stan Laurel (1890-1965) was born<br />
in Ulverston, Engl<strong>and</strong>. He teamed<br />
up with Oliver Hardy as Laurel<br />
& Hardy delighting audiences for<br />
more than 30 years.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 18, 1983 - Dr. Sally Ride, a<br />
32-year-old physicist <strong>and</strong> pilot,<br />
became the first American woman<br />
in space, beginning a six-day<br />
mission aboard the space shuttle<br />
Challenger, launched from Cape<br />
Canaveral, Florida.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 29. Birthday - Social worker<br />
Julia Lathrop (1858-1932) was born<br />
in Rockford, Illinois. She fought<br />
to establish child labour laws <strong>and</strong><br />
was instrumental in establishing<br />
the first juvenile court in the U.S.<br />
In 1912, President Taft named<br />
her to head the newly created<br />
Children’s Bureau. In 1925, she<br />
became a member of the Child<br />
Welfare Committee of the League<br />
of Nations.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 30, 1997 - In Hong Kong, the<br />
flag of the British Crown Colony<br />
was officially lowered at midnight<br />
<strong>and</strong> replaced by a new flag<br />
representing China’s sovereignty<br />
<strong>and</strong> the official transfer of power.