Today in History- June 17

Happy Birthday!
1703 John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church
1882 Igor Stravinsky, composer
1898 M.C. Escher, artist (Hand with Reflecting Sphere, Relativity)
1904 Ralph Bellamy, actor and founder of the Screen Actors Guild (His Girl Friday)
1932 Peter Lupus, actor (Mission: Impossible(TV)
1943 Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1945 Tommy Franks, US Army General
1946 Barry Manilow, singer (Copacabana, Mandy)
1951 Joe Piscopo, actor (Saturday Night Live, Sidekicks, Wise Guys)
1954 Mark Linn-Baker, actor (Comedy Zone, Perfect Strangers)
1957 Stephen Shellen, actor (Gone in Sixty Seconds, La Femme Nikita)
1961 Thomas Haden Church, actor (Wings, Tombstone, George of the Jungle, Sideways)
1963 Greg Kinnear, actor (As Good As It Gets, Sabrina)
1964 Erin Murphy, actress (Tabitha Stephens on Bewitched (TV)
1966 Jason Patric, actor (Rush, The Beast, The Lost Boys)
1975 Joshua Leonard, actor (The Blair Witch Project, Men of Honor)
1980 Venus Williams, tennis player

Deaths:
1957 Dorothy Richardson, author (Pilgrimage)

Events:
1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill.
1972 Watergate arrest made.

History Lesson:
If you have ever seen M.C. Escher's work, you will remember it. He did great 3-D images that is often more than meets the eye.

M.C. Escher