Lauren Elise Frischling was born at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Vermont on June 17, 2000 at 8:46 p.m. EDT. She was born at 6 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 20 inches long.
According to the National Weather Service, it was a clear night with a full moon. Visibility was 10 miles at it was a warm 71.6 degrees with a light wind at 6.9 miles per hour. She couldn't ask for a more perfect end-of-spring evening to be born.
At the top of the news when she was born, firefighters made progress by cutting off two wildfires burning
in the foothills of the Rockies in Bailey, Colorado. Icelandic boat captain Gunnar Marel Eggertsson set sail from Reykjavik, Iceland in an attempt to recreate the voyage of Leif Erikkson's millenium-old journey to North America. Tiger Woods made history with a six-stroke lead after 36 holes at the U.S. Open in Pebble Beach. And Mark McGwire hit his 24th home run of the season, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3.
Her name is a variant of Laura, an English name meaning "The laurel shrub." Its original Latin form is Laurentium. The name is symbolic of honor and victory. Film director Howard Hawks popularized this form of the name by suggesting it as a stage name for the actress born Betty Jean Perske, thereafter known to the world as Lauren Bacall.
Welcome Lauren to the world at lauren@frischling.com!
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| 1702 | | John Wesley, Religious Leader | |
| 1832 | | William Crookes, Chemist/Physicist | |
| 1882 | | Igor Stravinsky, Composer | |
| 1898 | | M.C. Escher, Artist | |
| 1904 | | Ralph Bellamy, Actor | |
| 1917 | | Dean Martin, Comedian/Singer/Actor | |
| 1917 | | John Hersey, Author | |
| 1943 | | Newt Gingrich, Former Speak of the House; R-Ga. | |
| 1945 | | Art Bell, Radio Personality | |
| 1946 | | Barry Manilow, Singer/Songwriter | |
| 1951 | | Joe Piscopo, Actor, Comedian | |
| 1965 | | Dan Jansen, Olympic Gold Medalist | |
| 1980 | | Venus Williams, Tennis Player | |
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| 1579 | | Sir Francis Drake lands just north of San Francisco and claims California for England. | |
| 1775 | | Americans fight the British in the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
| 1972 | | Five men caught breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. | |
| 1994 | | O.J. Simpson surrenders outside his Rockingham estate after a dramatic, low-speed chase through Los Angeles. | |
