Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for June 11: International Motorsports Hall-of-Famer Jackie Stewart is 85. Funk drummer Bernard (Pretty) Purdie is 85. Singer Joey Dee of Joey Dee and the Starliters is 84. Actress Adrienne Barbeau ("Maude") is 79.

Today in History for June 11: On this date: In 1509, England's King Henry VIII married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. In 1638, the first earthquake recorded in Canada was felt in Quebec. In 1770, Capt.

Today in Music History for June 11: In 1864, German composer Richard Strauss was born. Strauss completed the development of the 19th-century symphonic poem and was a leading composer of romantic opera in the early 20th century.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 10: Actress Alexandra Stewart ("Under the Cherry Moon") is 85. Actor Jurgen Prochnow is 83. Singer Shirley Alston Reeves of The Shirelles is 83. Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning is 82.

Today in History for June 10: On this date: In 1650, the Jesuits closed their mission in Huronia, now Midland, Ont., which had been established in 1623.

Today in Music History for June 10: In 1865, Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan and Isolde" premiered in Munich, Germany.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 9: Media analyst Marvin Kalb is 94. Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 85. Author Letty Cottin Pogrebin is 86. Guitarist Mick Box of Uriah Heep is 77. Film composer James Newton Howard is 73.

Today in History for June 9: On this date: In 68 AD, the brutal and paranoid Roman emperor Nero committed suicide at age 31.

Today in Music History for June 9: In 1892, songwriter and composer Cole Porter was born in Peru, Ind.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 8: Actress Millicent Martin is 90. Actor James Darren is 88. Singer Nancy Sinatra is 84. Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 82. Singer Boz Scaggs is 80. Author Sara Paretsky is 77.