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There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull is the world today!' Nowadays he says, 'What a dull newspaper!'  Det fanns en tid när läsaren av en oengagerande tidning skulle säga "Vad tråkig världen är idag". Nuförtiden säger han "Vilken tråkig tidning!" Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-) Newspapers

These authors were born on the 28th of June:
Hasse Alfredson (28 June 1931-)
Eric Ambler (28 June 1909-22 October 1998)
Kathy Bates (28 June 1948-)
Gil Bellows (28 June 1967-)
Paul Broca (28 June 1824-)
Mel Brooks (28 June 1926-)
Alexis Carrel (28 June 1873-5 November 1944)
John Cusack (28 June 1966-)
Bruce Davison (28 June 1946-)
Floyd Dell (28 June 1887-)
John Elway (28 June 1960-)
Jack Gold (28 June 1930-)
Mark Grace (28 June 1964-)
Bette Greene (28 June 1934-)
Peter Hall (28 June 1936-)
Mark Helprin (28 June 1947-)
Jeff Malone (28 June 1961-)
Ashley Montagu (28 June 1905-26 November 1999)
Pat Morita (28 June 1932-)
John Boyle O'Reilly (28 June 1844-10 August 1890)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (28 June 1929-19 May 1994)
Luigi Pirandello (28 June 1867-10 December 1936)
Gilda Radner (28 June 1946-20 May 1989)
Richard Rodgers (28 June 1902-30 December 1979)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712-2 July 1778)
Carl Spaatz (28 June 1891-)
John Wesley (28 June 1703-2 March 1791)
Lord William Whitelaw (28 June 1918-1 July 1999)

These authors died on the 28th of June:
Mortimer Adler (December 28th 1902-28 June 2001)
Vannevar Bush (March 11th 1890-28 June 1974)
Helen Gahagan Douglas (November 25th 1900-28 June 1980)
James Madison (March 16th 1751-28 June 1836)
Maria Mitchell (August 1st 1818-28 June 1889)
John Moffat (May 26th 1841-28 June 1918)
Alfred Noyes (September 16th 1880-28 June 1958)
Rod Serling (December 25th 1924-28 June 1975)
Rod Sterling (December 25th 1924-28 June 1975)

Idag firar vi Leo!

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Enjoy, and have a noise day! / Pex Tufvesson

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