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June 3
Thirty-five centuries have been scored by Steve Waugh (pictured) during his career in international cricket. Making his Test debut against India in 1985, Waugh's first century came four years later against England. His career best score of 200—his only double century—came against West Indies in April 1995. Waugh is the only player to make scores exceeding 150 in an innings against all Test-playing nations. As of 2013, he is eighth in the list of leading century makers in Test cricket. Although Waugh made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 1985, it was not until 1996 that he scored an ODI century. He went on to score two more centuries till the end of his career. Waugh's highest score of 120 was recorded against South Africa during the 1999 Cricket World Cup. (Full list...)
June 10
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. The award has been given since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards in 2000 to artists, directors and producers of an individual promotional music video released for the first time during the award eligibility year. "No Me Dejes de Querer", performed by Gloria Estefan (pictured) and directed by Emilio Estefan, was the first music video to be awarded. They were followed by Ricky Martin for the video "She Bangs". Shakira's "Suerte" was also awarded, and the recipient of the first Video of the Year award at the MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica. The English-language version of the video received four nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards of 2002. The music video for the bilingual track "Frijolero" by Mexican band Molotov, that employs animation software previously developed by the directors Jason Archer and Paul Beck for the American film Waking Life, received the award in 2003. (Full list...)
June 17
The large number of chronometers carried by HMS Beagle, an Admiralty survey ship, were vital to her three missions, which included charting the coasts of South America and Australia. Chronometers were formerly essential to mariners for the accurate determination of longitude. Beagle's second voyage (1831–36) established a chain of linked reference points of known longitude encircling the globe for the first time. Beagle required large numbers of chronometers so that they could be compared with each other for accuracy and some would inevitably break down on such a long voyage. The expensive chronometers included some by famous makers such as John Arnold who coined this use of the term chronometer, Edward Dent who designed Big Ben, and Thomas Earnshaw who invented the spring detent escapement. Some of these chronometers were still in use on Royal Navy ships in the modern era, and at least one went down with a battleship in the First World War. However, only two have survived to the present time, including one in the British Museum (pictured). (Full list...)
June 24
There are 70 Fellows of the British Film Institute (BFI), a charitable organisation established in 1933. It has awarded fellowships to individuals in "recognition of their outstanding contribution to film or television culture" and is considered the highest accolade presented by the Institute: British actor John Hurt said the award was "the highest honour possible". The first awards were made in 1983, the same year as BFI National Archive's Silver Jubilee and the BFI's fiftieth anniversary. The inaugural ceremony honoured six recipients of the Fellowship: French film director Marcel Carné, British film directors David Lean, Michael Powell, Hungarian screenwriter Emeric Pressburger, Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray and American director and actor Orson Welles. The most recent Fellowships were bestowed in 2012 on British actress Helena Bonham Carter (pictured) and American director Tim Burton. (Full list...)