On this day in movie history - Astronaut (2019):

Astronaut

directed by Shelagh McLeod,

written by Shelagh McLeod, Carolyn Saunders and Maureen Dorey,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2019.
Music by Virginia Kilbertus.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Lyriq Bent, Krista Bridges, Colm Feore, Richie Lawrence, Art Hindle, Graham Greene, Judy Marshak, Jennifer Phipps, Joan Gregson, Karen LeBlanc, Paulino Nunes, Mimi Kuzyk, Mike Taylor, Colin Mochrie, Jeff Douglas, Rhona Shekter, Anthony Bekenn, Maria Ricossa, Jason Burke, Alex Hatz, Peter Valdron, Sandra Beech, Jonathan Walton, Lori Hallier, Ryan LaPlante, Rosemary Dunmore, Chris Gleason, Shelagh McLeod, Joanna O’Malley, Brendan Stevenson, Casie Stewart.

On this day in music history - Jupiters Darling, by Heart (2004):

The album Jupiters Darling,

by Heart,

was released on June 22, 2004.

On this day in music history - Blues Summit, by B.B. King (1993):

The album Blues Summit,

by B.B. King,

was released on June 22, 1993.

On this day in movie history - The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978):

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

directed and written by Fred Schepisi,

was released in Australia on June 22, 1978.
Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally.
Inspired by the true 1900 Jimmy Governor murder case.

Music by Bruce Smeaton.

Cast:

Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor, Steve Dodd, Peter Carroll, Ruth Cracknell, Don Crosby, Elizabeth Alexander, Peter Sumner, Tim Robertson, Ray Meagher, Brian Anderson, Jane Harders, Julie Dawson, Jack Charles, Arthur Dignam, Robyn Nevin, Gregory Apps, Jillian Archer, John Bowman, Bryan Brown, Michael Carman, Bill Charlton, Liddy Clark, Aileen Corpus, Matthew Crosby, Marshall Crosby, Zona Dixon, Ian Gilmour, Ken Grant, Alan Hardy, Lauren Hutton, John Jarratt, Phemise Jonas, James Keneally, Thomas Keneally, Hagar Laikburner, Katie Lilley, Rose Lilley, Terry McDermott, Lorraine Mafi-Williams, Ray Marshall, Zac Martin, Justine Saunders, Alexandra Schepisi, Rob Steele, Richard Ussher, Wesley Williams, Barbara Wyndon, Mervyn Drake, Peter Farmer, Kevin Miles, Karlene Rogerson.

On this day in movie history - Race Street (1948):

Race Street

directed by Edwin L. Marin,

written by Martin Rackin,

was released in the United States on June 22, 1948.
Based on the story Race Street by Maurice Davis,

originally published in Turf and Sport Digest (1945).
Music by Roy Webb.

Cast:

George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell, Frank Faylen, Harry Morgan, Gale Robbins, Cully Richards, Mack Gray, Russell Hicks, Tom Keene, William Forrest, James Nolan, George Turner, Richard Benedict, Dean White, Freddie Steele.

Born on this day – Octavia E. Butler:

Octavia E. Butler

Writer

June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000); A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay (2024); Adulthood Rites (1988); After the Rain (2021); Black Panther: Long Live the King (2018); Bloodchild (1984); Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995); Chrysalis 4 (1979); Clay's Ark (1984); Comic Arts Against Erasure (2022); Crucified Dreams (2011); Dawn (1987); Fledgling (2005); Imago (1989); Invaders! (1993); Kindred (1979 / 2017); Marvel-Verse: Shuri (2022); Mind of My Mind (1977); Nebula Awards 35 (2001); Parable of the Sower (1993 / 2020); Parable of the Talents (1998); Patternmaster (1976); Shuri, Vol. 2 (2019); Shuri: Wakanda Forever (2020); Sisters of the Revolution (2015); Survivor (1978); The Hole (2008); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985); Unexpected Stories (2014); Wakanda Forever (2018); Wild Seed (1980).

Movies and television:

Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Charlie Rose (2000); Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004); Closer to Truth (2000); Kindred (2022); Masters of Fantasy (1998); Science Future Science Fiction (2002); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Self-Potrait (2022); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The Last Angel of History (1996); The Space Race (2023).

Born on this day – Michael Lerner:

Michael Lerner

Actor

June 22, 1941 – April 8, 2023

Born on this day – Ralph Waite:

Ralph Waite

Actor

June 22, 1928 – February 13, 2014

Born on this day – George Englund:

George Englund

Director

Producer

Actor

June 22, 1926 – September 14, 2017

Born on this day – Wanda McKay:

Wanda McKay

Actress

June 22, 1915 – April 11, 1996

Born on this day – Billy Wilder:

Billy Wilder

Director

June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002

Born on this day – Catherine Hessling:

Catherine Hessling

Actress

June 22, 1900 – September 28, 1979

Born on this day – Oskar Fischinger:

Oskar Fischinger

Abstract animator

Director

Painter

June 22, 1900 – January 31, 1967

Born on this day – Dorothy Devore:

Dorothy Devore

Actress

Comedian

June 22, 1899 – September 10, 1976

Credits:

Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 3: Funny Girls (1998); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); Miracle on Main Street (1939); Take the Heir (1930); Auntie's Mistake (1929); Misplaced Husbands (1928); Companionate Service (1928); Rah! Rah! Rah! (1928); Circus Blues (1928); Cutie (1928); The Little Rube (1927); Kilties (1927); Better Days (1927); Up in Arms (1927); Mountains of Manhattan (1927); The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927); The First Night (1927); Money to Burn (1926); No Babies Wanted (1926); Senor Daredevil (1926); The Social Highwayman (1926); The Gilded Highway (1926); The Man Upstairs (1926); The Midnight Flyer (1925); Three Weeks in Paris (1925); His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925); Fighting the Flames (1925); How Baxter Butted In (1925); A Broadway Butterfly (1925); The Prairie Wife (1925); Who Cares (1925); The Narrow Street (1925); The Tomboy (1924); Hold Your Breath (1924); Getting Gertie's Goat (1924); Stay Single (1924); Kidding Katie (1923); When Odds Are Even (1923); Navy Blues (1923); Pick and Shovel (1923); Winter Has Came (1923); Babies Welcome (1923); Hazel from Hollywood (1923); Chop Suey (1922); Let 'Er Run (1922); Mile-a-Minute Mary (1922); Fair Enough (1922); One Stormy Knight (1922); Saving Sister Susie (1921); Paying Patients (1921); Nothing Like It (1921); Sneakers (1921); The Magnificent Brute (1921); Naughty Mary Brown (1921); The Reckless Sex (1921); Man vs. Woman (1921); Mind Your Business (1921); Movie Mad (1921); Call a Cop (1920); Should Husbands Dance (1920); 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920); Seven Bald Pates (1920); Biff Bang Bomb (1920); A Home Made Hero (1920); Her Perfect Husband (1920); Should a Wife Come Back? (1920); Neat But Not Gaudy (1920); All Jazzed Up (1920); No Babies Allowed (1920); Nearly Newlyweds (1920); It Takes a Crook (1920); Should a Husband Tell? (1920); Twas Midnight (1919); Her Bear Escape (1919); A Flirt There Was (1919); Love in a Hurry (1919); Anybody's Widow (1919); A Cheerful Liar (1919); A Full House (1919); All in the Swim (1919); Kiss the Bride (1919); Oh, Susie, Be Careful (1919); Too Many Wives (1919); Lost: A Bridegroom (1919); Marrying Molly (1919); Brides for Two (1919); Oh, What a Night! (1919); Bobby Comes Marching Home (1919); Welcome Home (1919); Four of a Kind (1919); Salvation Sue (1919); The Girl Dodger (1919); You Couldn't Blame Her (1919); Marry My Wife (1919); Good Gracious, Bobby (1919); Sing, Rosa, Sing! (1919); How's Your Husband? (1919); Know Thy Wife (1918); Swat the Flirt (1918); String Beans (1918); Camping Out (1918); Maid Wanted (1918); The Price of a Rotten Time (1918); Frenzied Film (1918); Please Hit Me (1918); The Law of the North (1918); The Extra Bridegroom (1918); The House Cleaning Horrors (1918).

Born on this day – H. Rider Haggard:

H. Rider Haggard

Writer

June 22, 1856 – May 14, 1925

Credits:

Books:

30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die (2019); A Farmer's Year (1899); A Gardener's Year (1905); A Tale of Three Lions (1887); A Winter Pilgrimage (1901); Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls (1985); After the War Settlement and Employment of Ex-service Men (1916); Allan Quatermain (1887); Allan Quatermain and the Ice Gods (1927); Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1999); Allan Quatermain's Wife (1887); Allan's Wife (1887); Allan's Wife, with Hunter Quatermain's Story (1980); Ayesha (1905); Beatrice (1890); Belshazzar (1930); Benita / The Spirit of Bambatse (1906); Black Heart and White Heart (1900); Cetywayo and His White Neighbours (1882); Child of Storm (1913); Cleopatra (1889); Colonel Quaritch, V.C. (1888); Diary of an African Journey (1914); Doctor Therne (1898); Elissa (1900); Fair Margaret (1907); Finished (1917); Heart of the World (1895); Heu Heu (1924); Holy Flower (1915); Jess (1887); Joan Haste (1895); King Solomon's Mines (1885); Love Eternal (1918); Lysbeth (1901); Maiwa's Revenge (1888); Marie (1912); Mary of Marion Isle (1929); Montezuma's Daughter (1893); Moon of Israel (1918); Morning Star (1910); Mr. Meeson's Will (1888); Nada the Lily (1892); Pearl-Maiden (1903); Queen of the Dawn (1925); Queen Sheba's Ring (1910); Red Eve (1911); Regeneration (1910); Rural Denmark and Its Lessons (1911); Rural England (1902); Saga of Eric Brighteyes / Eric Brighteyes (1891); She (1886); She and Allan (1921); Smith and the Pharaohs (1920); Stella Fregelius (1903); Swallow (1898); Tales Before Tolkien (2003); Tales of Allan Quatermain and Others (2002); The Ancient Allan (1920); The Brethren (1904); The Days of My Life (1926); The Ghost Kings (1908); The Ivory Child (1916); The Lady of Blossholme (1909); The Last Boer War (1899); The Mahatma and the Hare (1911); The missionary and the witch-doctor (1920); The People of the Mist (1894); The Private Diaries of Sir H. Rider Haggard, 1914-1925 (1980); The Spring of a Lion (1899); The Virgin of the Sun (1922); The Wanderer's Necklace (1914); The Way of the Spirit (1906); The Witch's Head (1885); The Wizard (1896); The World's Desire (1890); The Yellow God (1908); Treasure of the Lake (1926); When the World Shook (1919); Wisdom's Daughter (1923).

Movies and television:

Allan Quatermain (1919); Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986); Allan Quatermain and the Spear of Destiny (2023); Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008); Cleopatra (1917); Dawn (1917); Haggard's She: The Pillar of Fire (1899); Heart and Soul (1917); High Adventure (2001); Jess (1912 / 1914); King Solomon's Mines (1919 / 1937 / 1950 / 1985 / 1986 / 2004); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Mr. Meeson's Will (1915); O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão (1977); She (1908 / 1911/ 1916 / 1917 / 1925 / 1935 / 1965 / 1984 / 2001); Stella (1921); Swallow (1922); The Grasp of Greed (1916); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); The Moon of Israel (1924); The Mystical Flame (1903); The Stronger Passion (1921); The Vengeance of She (1968); Watusi (1959).

Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories (2001):

The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories

Published 2001.
Edited by Herbert Van Thal.
Mammoth Books.

ISBN-10: 0786708867
ISBN-13: 978-0786708864

Anthology of short stories.

Description:

Murder, suspense, mystery – the biggest and best collection ever.

This huge and unique volume contains four anthologies by Herbert Van Thai featuring 35 of the best detective stories ever told. The stories range and style and setting from the mean streets of Raymond Chandler's New York to the classic English whodunnit by Agatha Christie and offer an unmissable treat for detective fans.

Ann Patchett, on imagination:

Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere.

- Ann Patchett.