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Let me apologize for not sending a newsletter last week. In my excitement about a weekend in Chicago, I totally forgot to send it out. So, this week’s is a bit long, but it should cover everything!

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Zany July Holidays
July is hot, and to prove it, July is National Ice Cream Month. Some other monthly honors for July are National Blueberry Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, and National Hot Dog Month! But, whatever you do, do NOT get married in July! July is known as an Unlucky Month for Weddings!

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art23286.asp

The Tunguska Event (June 30, 1908)
At approximately 7:15am on June 30, 1908, a large explosion devastated vegetation in a 2,150 square kilometer area of the Tunguska River Basin. The blast was estimated to be between 10 and 15 megatons, yet no crater has been found. What caused this blast? What does the evidence say...

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art23284.asp

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…and… BIRTHDAYS!

JUNE 22
*John Dillinger (1903)
*Kris Kristofferson (1936)
*Bruce Campbell (1958)
*Carson Daly (1973)
JUNE 23
*Alfred Kinsey (1894)
*Stuart Sutcliffe (1940)
*Joss Whedon (1964)
*Selma Blair (1972)
JUNE 24
*Ambrose Bierce (1842)
*Roy O. Disney (1893)
*Jack Dempsey (1895)
*Mick Fleetwood (1947)
JUNE 25
*George Orwell (1903)
*Carly Simon (1945)
*George Michael (1963)
*Pooja Umashankar (1981)
JUNE 26
*Lord Kelvin (1824)
*Pearl S. Buck (1892)
*Terri Nunn (1963)
*Mark Jindrak (1977)
JUNE 27
*Emma Goldman (1869)
*Helen Keller (1880)
*Frank Mills (1942)
*Vera Wang (1949)
JUNE 28
*John Wesley (1709)
*Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
*Richard Rogers (1902)
*Mel Brooks (1926)
JUNE 29
*William Mayo (1861)
*Nelson Eddy (1901)
*Gary Busey (1944)
*Pedro Guerrero (1956)
JUNE 30
*Lena Horne (1917)
*Sterling Marlin (1957)
*Mike Tyson (1966)
*Andy Knowles (1982)
JULY 1
*William Strunk, Jr. (1859)
*Estée Lauder (1906)
*Sydney Pollack (1934)
*Diana, Princess of Whales (1961)
JULY 2
*Thurgood Marshall (1908)
*Dave Thomas (1932)
*Richard Petty (1937)
*Michelle Branch (1982)
JULY 3
*Edward Brandt (1933)
*Dave Barry (1947)
*Tom Cruise (1962)
*Teemu Selänne (1970)
JULY 4
*Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
*Calvin Coolidge (1872)
*Tommy Körberg (1948)
*Koko (1971)
JULY 5
*Thomas Hooker (1586)
*Mary Walcott (1675)
*P.T. Barnum (1810)
*Huey Lewis (1950)


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