June 22 birthdays

1903 JOHN DILLINGER American bank robber

Dillinger was leader of the Dillinger Gang, which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations. He was imprisoned several times and escaped twice. Dillinger was shot and killed by agents in 1934.

1918 CICELY SAUNDERS English nurse

Saunders is noted for her work in terminal care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasising the importance of palliative care. Sauders opposed the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia.

1949 MERYL STREEP American actor

Streep has received a record 21 Academy Award nominations and a record 32 Golden Globe Award nominations. She has won three Oscars, for her performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1980), Sophie’s

Choice (1983) and The Iron Lady (2012).

1953 CYNDI LAUPER American singer

Lauper’s debut album, She’s So Unusual, was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100. She has sold more than 50 million records worldwide in a career spanning four decades.

1953 BRUCE MCAVANEY

Australian broadcaster

Mcavaney has presented high profile events including the AFL Grand Final, Melbourne Cup, Australian

Open, Test cricket and Winter and Summer Olympics. He covered every Summer Olympics from Moscow in 1980 to Tokyo in 2020.

1960 ERIN BROCKOVICH

American legal clerk

Despite her lack of education in the law, Brockovich was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company involving groundwater contamination. Her story was told in the Oscar-winning

2000 film Erin Brockovich.

Cyndi Lauper.

1994 MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE

Australian cricketer

Labuschangne became the first cricketer to become a concussion substitute in a Test match, replacing Steve Smith against England in 2019. He went on to score 59 runs.