What Happened on June 24, 2005

Historical Events

Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The White Stripes, and Coldplay headline; other performers include The Kaiser Chiefs, Taj Mahal, Brian Wilson, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, and Primal Scream

Famous Weddings

English "Real Madrid" football striker Michael Owen (25) weds English High school sweetheart Louise Bonsall at Carden Park Hotel in Chester, England

Famous Deaths

Hakham Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)
Paul Winchell (Wilchinsky), American ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff), inventor (mechanical artificial human heart,1963), voice actor (Winnie the Pooh - "Tigger"; Dick Dastardly; The Banana Splits -"Fleegle"), and acupuncturist, dies at 82

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