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Baloo
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...Happened on the 22nd of June?

I do know that the Nazis began Operation Barbarossa (The invasion of the Soviet Union) on 22 June 1941. That was bad news for both of them, since the Soviets weren't prepared for an invasion yet, and the Nazis were convinced the whole operation would be a cakewalk and really weren't prepared for the stubborn resistance the Soviets put up.

Also, I was born on 22 June 1958.

I won't be able to get here on Sunday for a virtual party, So let's start one now.

The official party game is: Whatever else happened on June 22?

--Baloo

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The_Tom
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Done and done

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"I was surprised by the matter-of-factness of Kafka's narration, and the subtle humor present as a result." (Sizer 2005)

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Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
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Also:

--Search-&-seizure incident between USS Chesapeake & HMS Leopard, 1807
--Schooner USS Rattlesnake captured by HMS Leander, 1814
--Napoleon I abdicates for the second time, 1815
--Last shot of Civil War fired in the Bering Sea by CSS Shenandoah, 1865
--British biologist Julian Huxley born, 1887
--France surrenders again, 1940
--The "GI Bill of Rights" becomes law, 1944
--CPT Robert Baird, USMC, became first nightfighter ace, 1945

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Baloo
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!!!
[Eek!]

Well, that was just too damn easy!
(I forgot about that sort of thing -- I expected everyone to just contribute what they already knew.)

**Turns to The_Tom**

Okay, Smartass! [Razz]
You get to pick the next game.

**Sheesh!**

--Baloo

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Gvsualan
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Here's more.

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Lee
I'm a spy now. Spies are cool.
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On a more celebrity-oriented note. . .

. . . allowing us to see Rob shares his birthday with H. Rider Haggard, Billy Wilder, Kris Kristofferson, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Meryl Streep, Cyndi Lauper and Jimmy Sommerville, and ol' one-armed Alex Krychek!

On the plus side, he doesn't share a birthday with loads of pornstars!

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