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Ansel Elgort

Baby Driver is an action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. First released on June 28, 2017, it tells the story of a young Atlanta-based getaway driver, played by Ansel Elgort (pictured), who is on a quest for freedom from a life of crime with his lover Debora (Lily James). The film also features Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Jamie Foxx and Jon Bernthal in supporting roles. Baby Driver was a project Wright had contemplated for over two decades, and his early directing experience shaped his ambitions for the project. Filming took place over four months, using stunts, choreography and in-camera shooting. Baby Driver was praised by some critics, but the characterization and scriptwriting drew mixed responses. During its initial theatrical run, the film grossed $226 million at the global box office, boosted by word-of-mouth support and fatiguing interest in blockbuster franchises. Wright has completed a script for a possible sequel. (Full article...)

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... that Bobby Diamond turned down the role of second son Robbie on My Three Sons, which ran for twelve seasons, in favor of Westinghouse Playhouse, which lasted only one?
... that Storkyrkan, Stockholm's oldest church, was the first church in Sweden where Mass was celebrated in Swedish?
... that the 1st and 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) lost six colorbearers at the Battle of Champion Hill?
... that a queen of Bohemia died at Leicester House, Westminster, shortly after moving in?
... that Nora Ephron was the first writer to use the word "shit" in Esquire, in her 1972 essay "A Few Words About Breasts"?
... that Lieutenant-General Sir David Lindsay feared being made a scapegoat for the poor state of defences at Plymouth during the Armada of 1779?
... that Luigi Gregori used University of Notre Dame founder Edward Sorin as the model for Christopher Columbus's face in one of his Columbus murals?

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Jordan Henderson

In association football, Liverpool F.C. (captain Jordan Henderson pictured) win the Premier League.
A coalition led by President Aleksandar Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party wins a majority in parliamentary elections boycotted by the main opposition parties.
In horse racing, Tiz the Law wins the Belmont Stakes, which serves as the initial leg of the Triple Crown for the first time.

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June 28: Vidovdan in Serbia

Alto saxophone

1846 – Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the saxophone (example pictured).
1895 – The U.S. Court of Private Land Claims ruled that James Reavis's claim to 18,600 sq mi (48,000 km²) of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico was "wholly fictitious and fraudulent".
1950 – Korean War: South Korean forces began the Bodo League massacre, summarily executing at least 60,000 suspected North Korean sympathizers.
1990 – Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, was found guilty of copyright infringement for using Lotus 1-2-3's look-and-feel interface in its own spreadsheet program.

James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley (d. 1497)
James Madison (d. 1836)
Amira Hass (b. 1956)

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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death. This oil-on-panel portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger c. 1537, depicting the king in a near-frontal pose similar to that used by the artist in a number of other portraits. It is a markedly linear picture without background distractions; Henry gazes into the distance, with his head, hands and general demeanour imbuing his personality with a sense of solidity and strength. The painting is in the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Spain.

In 1536, Henry suffered a leg injury in a jousting accident. The wound festered chronically for the remainder of his life and became ulcerated, thus preventing him from maintaining the level of physical activity he had previously enjoyed. He became grossly obese, and this hastened his early death; the view that he suffered from syphilis has been dismissed by most historians.

Painting credit: Hans Holbein the Younger

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