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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...)

Siad Barre

• ... that a 1978 coup d'état attempt sought to remove Somali president Siad Barre (pictured), who himself had come to power in a coup a decade earlier?
• ... 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?

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.

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.