Born on this day – Glenda Farrell:

Glenda Farrell

Actress

June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971

Born on this day – Gertrude McCoy:

Gertrude McCoy

Actress

June 30, 1890 – July 17, 1967

Born on this day – Rose Tapley:

Rose Tapley

Actress

June 30, 1881 – February 23, 1956

Credits:

A Cure for Pokeritis (1912); A Game of Cards (1913); A Gentleman of Fashion (1913); A Heart of the Forest (1913); A Home Melody (1910); A Juvenile Love Affair (1912); A Marriage of Convenience (1912); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909); A Modern Psyche (1913); A Regiment of Two (1913); A Southern Soldier's Sacrifice (1911); A Story of the Circus (1912); An Easter Lily (1914); An Infernal Tangle (1913); As You Like It (1912); Better Days (1913); Breaking In (1915); Britton of the Seventh (1916); Buddy's Downfall (1914); Buddy's First Call (1914); Bunny for the Cause (1913); Clara Bow in It (1927) (1927); Conscience (1912); Coronets and Hearts (1912); Cupid Versus Money (1914); Dick, the Dead Shot (1913); Every Inch a Man (1912); Eve's Daughter (1914); Fate's Awful Jest (1912); Father and Son: or, the Curse of the Golden Land (1913); Fires of Driftwood (1911); Fogg's Millions (1914); Foraging (1911); Fortunes of a Composer (1912); Fortune's Turn (1913); God's Great Wilderness (1927); Happy-Go-Lucky (1914); He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law (1913); He Never Knew (1914); Hearts Ablaze (1915); Hearts and the Highway (1915); Her Choice (1912); Her Majesty (1922); Heredity (1915); Heroes of the Mutiny (1911); Hesper of the Mountains (1916); His Father's Son (1912); His First Command (1929); His House in Order; or, the Widower's Quest (1913); His Sister's Children (1911); His Tired Uncle (1913); His Wife's Secret (1911); Husks (1916); Ida's Christmas (1912); In the Garden Fair (1912); In the Land of Arcadia (1914); In the Philippines; or, by the Campfire's Flicker (1911); Java Head (1923); Jimmie's Job (1911); Lifting the Ban of Coventry (1915); Love at Gloucester Port (1911); Marrying Sue (1914); Memories That Haunt (1914); Miser Murray's Wedding Present (1914); Mixed Identities (1913); Morganson's Finish (1926); Mr. Bingle's Melodrama (1914); Mr. Horatio Sparkins (1913); Mr. Jack Goes Into Business (1916); Mr. Jack Hires a Stenographer (1916); Mr. Jack, Doctor by Proxy (1916); Mr. Jack's Artistic Sense (1916); Mr. Jack's Hat and the Cat (1916); Mr. Jarr and Circumstantial Evidence (1915); Mr. Jarr and Gertrude's Beaux (1915); Mr. Jarr and Love's Young Dream (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Captive Maiden (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Dachshund (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Ladies' Cup (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Lady Reformer (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Visiting Firemen (1915); Mr. Jarr Brings Home a Turkey (1915); Mr. Jarr Takes a Night Off (1915); Mr. Jarr Visits His Home Town (1915); Mr. Jarr's Big Vacation (1915); Mr. Jarr's Magnetic Friend (1915); Mrs. Jarr and the Beauty Treatment (1915); Mrs. Jarr and the Society Circus (1915); Mrs. Jarr's Auction Bridge (1915); My Official Wife (1914); Nemesis! (1912); Nocturne in E-Flat (1914); On Her Wedding Day (1912); On the Pupil of His Eye (1912); One Can't Always Tell (1913); One Flag at Last (1911); Out of the Past (1927); Paris Bound (1929); Philanthropic Tommy (1915); Resurrection (1931); Rip Van Winkle (1912); Rose of the South (1916); Sam's Sweetheart (1915); Seeing Double (1913); Sex Madness (1934); Shadows of the Past (1914); Shadows of the Past (1919); Song Bird of the North (1913); Song of the Shell (1912); Sonny Jim in Search of a Mother (1914); Sunshine and Shadows (1914); Susie to Susanne (1912); Susie, the Sleuth (1916); The Adventure of the Italian Model (1912); The Adventure of the Thumb Print (1912); The Awakening of Jones (1912); The Barrel Organ (1914); The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918); The Black Sheep (1912); The Black Wall (1912); The Blind Miner (1912); The Butterfly (1914); The Cave Man (1912); The Charlatan (1929); The Chattel (1916); The Christian (1914); The Conquest of Constantia (1915); The Counts (1912); The Dawning (1912); The Delayed Letter (1913); The Diver (1913); The Flower of the Hills (1915); The French Spy (1912); The Freshet (1911); The Gossip (1911); The Heart of Esmeralda (1912); The Heart of the King's Jester (1912); The Higher Mercy (1912); The Hobo's Redemption (1912); The House on the Hill (1914); The Idler (1914); The Illumination (1912); The Jarr Family Discovers Harlem (1915); The Jarrs Visit Arcadia (1915); The Knight Before Christmas (1914); The Lady and the Glove (1913); The Lady of the Lighthouse (1915); The Light That Failed (1912); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Man Who Knew (1914); The Men Haters' Club (1910); The Midget's Romance (1913); The Money Kings (1912); The Moulding (1913); The Next Generation (1913); The Old Doll (1911); The Old Silver Watch (1912); The Pony Express (1925); The Prince of Pilsen (1926); The Red Ink Tragedy (1912); The Redeeming Sin (1925); The Reward of Thrift (1914); The Scarlet Honeymoon (1925); The Secret Seven (1916); The Serpents (1912); The Silver Cigarette Case (1913); The Spirit of Christmas (1913); The Still Voice (1913); The Stronger Sex (1913); The Tables Turned (1913); The Telephone (1910); The Unforgiven (1915); The Unusual Honeymoon (1912); The Victoria Cross (1912); The Way of the Cross (1909); The Wonderful Statue (1913); Thou Shalt Not Covet (1912); Three Black Bags (1913); Tommy's Sister (1912); Under the Make-Up (1913); Underneath the Paint (1914); Vanity Fair (1911); War (1911); When Bobby Forgot (1913); Where the Money Went (1912); Who Killed Joe Merrion? (1915); Wild Pat (1912).

Mary Higgins Clark, on writing:

The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite.

My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.

- Mary Higgins Clark.

On this day in music history - Top 40: Anastacia, by Anastacia (2017):

The album Top 40: Anastacia,

by Anastacia,

was released on June 29, 2017.

On this day in music history - Beautiful Things, by Lee Aaron (2006):

The album Beautiful Things,

by Lee Aaron,

was released on June 29, 2006.

On this day in movie history - War of the Worlds (2005):

War of the Worlds,

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp,

based on the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells,

was released in the United States on June 29, 2005.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:
Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins, Rick Gonzalez, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Lisa Ann Walter, Ann Robinson, Gene Barry, David Alan Basche, Roz Abrams, Michael Brownlee, Camillia Monet, Marlon Young, John Eddins, Peter Gerety, David Harbour, Miguel Antonio Ferrer, January LaVoy, Stephen Gevedon, Julie White, Marianne Ebert, Rafael Sardina, Amy Ryan, Erika LaVonn, Christopher Evan Welch, John Michael Bolger, Zoe Quist, Ana Maria Quintana, Lorelei Llee, Mark Manley, John Scurti, Becky Ann Baker, Mariann Mayberry, Jerry Walsh, Tommy Guiffre, Daniel Franzese, Ed Schiff, Ellen Barry, Amy Hohn, Dan Ziskie, David Conley, Daniel Eric Gold, Booker T. Washington, Eric Zuckerman, Daniel A. Jacobs, Asha R. Nanavati, Joaquin Perez-Campbell, Dendrie Taylor, James DuMont, Ben Ciaramello, Ricky Luna, Columbus Short, Kent Faulcon, Kevin Collins, Terry Thomas, Clay Bringhurst, Jorge-Luis Pallo, Suanne Spoke, Kirsten Nelson, Melody Garrett, Lauri Johnson, Takayo Fischer, Shanna Collins, Elizabeth Jayne Hong, Art Chudabala, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Dempsey Pappion, Chris Todd, Johnny Kastl, Juan Carlos Hernández, Bruce W. Derdoski Jr., John N. Morales.