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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021 On This Date 455 – The Vandals, a Germanic Quote of the Day tribe, entered Rome and plundered the city for two weeks. This led to “How can a guy climb trees, the coinage of vandalism, meaning say ‘Me Tarzan, you Jane,’ “senseless destruction.” and make a million?” 1763 – Ojibwe followers of Chief ~ Johnny Weissmuller , Olympic Pontiac captured the British Fort swimmer and star of six 1930s Michilimackinac by diverting the and 1940s Tarzan movies garrison’s attention with a game of lacrosse and then chasing a ball into the fort. Today, the Happy Birthday! grounds in Michigan In 1928, Jane Bell (1910–1998), at are a major component age 18, was the youngest member of the Mackinac State of the “Matchless Six,” Canada’s Historic Parks. first women’s Olympic track team. 1910 – Charles Stewart Rolls, one of She and teammates Myrtle Cook, the founders of Rolls Royce, became Bobbie Rosenfeld, the first man to fly an airplane across and Ethel Smith the English Channel. He died the next won the gold medal month when the plane he was flying in world record time broke apart in mid-air. in the 4x100m relay at the Amsterdam Olympic Games. Overall, the Matchless Six won four Matchless Six medals at the 1928 Olympic Games. The Matchless Six returned to Bell was also a competitive swimmer, ticker-tape parades in Toronto curler, and golfer. She later became a and Montreal. physical education teacher in Toronto.

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Today is Global Running Day. Running is believed to be the world’s oldest

sport. It requires no special equipment, just the patience to allow your body to slowly increase its strength and stamina. You’ll be logging the miles in no time.

Who Am I? Wild Kingdom

I entered show business at the Over the past three years, there have age of five and eventually made a been multiple reported sightings of name for myself on the vaudeville the thylacine, also known as the circuit as a promising young Tasmanian tiger. The comedian. When I became the only problem is that host of Texaco’s Star Theater, my this marsupial, which popularity skyrocketed, and I earned looks like a cross the nickname “Mr. Television.” The between a large cat and fox with show was so popular that restaurants tiger-like stripes on its hindquarters and theaters adjusted their schedules and tail, is thought to have gone so that patrons would not miss the extinct 80 years ago. For many program’s slot on Tuesday nights at Australians, the thylacine is as eight o’clock. My long career alluring as the Loch Ness Monster, spanned the silent film era, radio, and they hope that the species is still

vaudeville, motion pictures, and alive. Could the animals have

television. Who am I? Berle Milton ANSWER: survived all these years? It’s unlikely.

Experts believe that the sightings are probably honest misidentifications.

Buy a Vowel Name Three _ L _ C _ D _ T _ Can you name three world capitals

that begin with the letterNamibia W? Windhoek,

To explain or make clear

Zealand; New Wellington, Poland; Warsaw, ELUCIDATE ANSWER:

Washington, D.C., U.S.; U.S.; D.C., Washington, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

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