Born June 12, 1920: MAD Magazine cartoonist Dave Berg (1920-2002) and Peter Jones (1920-2000)

Bonus: a recording of Peter Jones intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1B9Y6qzHy4&list=PLIp8e66RJrrJ97Xr1lcxXbEYs7G_MpVVk

Born June 12, 1985: Dave Franco and Kendra Wilkinson

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Born June 12, 1930: International Master Donald Byrne (1930-1976) and actor/singer Jim Nabors (1930-2017)

This Day in Science Fiction: Happy 38th birthday, Abbey Lee!

And H.G. Wells shows his bigoted side once again as he dismisses the chances for Russian improvement.

http://thisdayinscifi.blogspot.com/2015/06/12-june-2015.html

Born June 12, 1959: Musician John Linnell of They Might Be Giants and actor Scott Thompson of The Kids in the Hall

#NowPlaying The Beach Boys > Pet Sounds > God Only Knows (Mono) https://music.apple.com/us/album/pet-sounds/1440841241?uo=4

#NowPlaying The Beach Boys > Pet Sounds > Wouldn't It Be Nice https://music.apple.com/us/album/pet-sounds/1440841241?uo=4

Born June 11, 1937: Actor Chad Everett (1937-2012) and Robin Warren (1937-2024) [2005 Nobel Prize in Medicine]

Born June 11, 1910: Composer Carmine Coppola (1910-1991) and undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997)

I wish they all could be....

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/brian-wilson-beach-boys-co-165447807.html

ADDED: I was lucky enough to chat with him for awhile at a deli a few years back. He'd go there every single day. What a sweetie he was.👇🏼

Noooooo! 😭 #RIP Brian Wilson, singer-songwriter who created the Beach Boys, dies at 82 https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/11/beach-boys-founder-brian-wilson-dead/

Some of my favorite Brian Wilson songs.

Surfer Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlcr04CB4jM

Good Vibrations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g3oX7R5yHc

God Only Knows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u90beUXTKwo

California Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR2lvcdKSdU

Fun, Fun, Fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_o-N0fhZ0

Help Me Rhonda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaHAf0fFp6A

Don't Worry Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Riqmsn4qGU

RIP Brian Wilson, dead at 82. His songwriting was the driving force behind The Beach Boys, and Pet Sounds was the impetus for The Beatles to step up their game on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/arts/music/brian-wilson-dead.html

Born June 11, 1913: Two time Super Bowl champion coach Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) and opera singer Risë Stevens (1913-2013)

This Day in Science Fiction: Happy heavenly birthday, Gene Wilder! (1933-2016)

Joseph Kennedy, ambassador to Great Britain in November 1940 predicted "Democracy is finished in England."

Joe was a jerk, and dead wrong.

And brief obits for Ron Moody (1924-2015) and Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015).

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Born June 10, 1961: Singers/songwriters Kim Deal and Maxi Priest

Born June 10, 1941: Singer Shirley Owens of the Shirelles and actor Jürgen Prochnow

Bonus: The Shirelles singing Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkT1ZvXrIh4

This Day in Science Fiction: Happy heavenly birthday, Barry Morse! (1918-2008)

And George Sutherland in his 1901 book Twentieth Century Inventions predicts more public utilities.

Full points for this.

http://thisdayinscifi.blogspot.com/2015/06/10-june-2015.html