Today in History

1844
Young Christian Men's Association{YMCA} formed by George Williams in London
1932
the first federal tax on gasoline went into effect,a penny per gallon
1983
Betty White becomes 1st woman to win "Outstanding Game Show Host' at Daytime Emmy Award show for her short lived show'Just Men' Jan3-April1'83
 
June 7th

  • 555 Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
  • 1099 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem
  • 1340 Rotterdam Netherlands founded
  • 1413 King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome
  • 1420 Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patriarchate of Aquileia
  • You all remember that last one from school.....
 
1942
Battle of the Midway ends,Admiral Chester Nimitz wins 1st WWII naval defeat of Japan
1975
Sony Betamax video cassette recorder goes on sale to public
1993
The ground breaking ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum was held in Cleveland,Ohio
 
June 8th-this guy is why we are here!
[h=2]Born This Day In History 8th June[/h]Celebrating Birthdays Today
Tim Berners-Lee
Born: June 8th, 1955, London
Known For : Tim Berners-Lee is one of the founders of the World Wide Web. He started its infrastructure while he was at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory, and created the first web client and server in 1990. The Web's HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language) and URL's (Uniform Resource Locator's) have spread from this. He had been a student of physics at Oxford, and build a computer in his spare time. His initial use of the Web was to create an access to the increasingly large amount of data that CERN held, and it was never intended for public release. He worked for a time in England, before returning to CERN and continuing the distribution of information on a global network. In 1991 he created a Web browser and the the Web's ability to communicate through newsgroups. Increasingly popular, the Web had more and more servers available. The need for the public display of information was vital with the overly-numerous queries that were made, and Marcs Andreessen built what became the most common types of browser (such as Internet Explorer). In 2003 Berners-Lee was awarded a knighthood.
 
1824
the washing machine was patent by Noah Cushing in Quebec
1942
Bing Crosby records'White Christmas'
1963
American Heart Assoc become 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes
 
1549
Church of England adopts the Book of Common Prayer
1790
John Barry copyrighted"Philadelphia Spelling Book' which becomes the 1st American book to be copyrighted
1869
Charles E.Hines sells is first root beer in Philadelphia
 
June 10th-has come out a bit faint!


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On this day in 1688 James Edward Stuart, "the Old Pretender", Anglo-Scottish prince, was born.James was the son of King James VII, and father of Charles Edward Stuart, "the Young Pretender", popularly known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie". James made repeated attempts to regain the throne for the Stuarts, failing to land in 1708 and being forced to concede defeat after a few weeks in 1715. In 1745 the Jacobite uprising, led by his son, succeeded in getting as far south as Derby, but its eventual defeat at Culloden signalled the end of Jacobite ambitions.


The 10 June 1719 saw the Battle of Glenshiel, the final act of a minor Jacobite rising. The Jacobite side, under the command of the 10th Earl Marischal, consisted of only 1,000 men. After some hours of engagement with a Hanovarian army under General Wightman, the Jacobite forces disbanded and the revolt was over.


On this day in 1858, Scottish botanist, Robert Brown, died. Brown had sailed on many early missions to Australia, and his work with the flora and fauna of the new continent had made him eminently respected in his field, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society. Brown is also famous for his death, as it led to a free date at the Linnean Society which was filled by Charles Darwin's lecture on the theory of evolution.
 
June 10th
1610
Dutch settlers arrive to colonize Manhattan Island
1847
Chicago Tribune newspaper begins publishing
2003
"Spirit Rover is launched by NASA to explore Mars.It ceased working in 2019 when it became stuck in a sand trap
 
June 11th
June 11th
1955: Le Mans disaster claims 77 lives
Seventy-seven people have been killed and 77 others injured when two cars collided on the race track and crashed into the spectators' stand at Le Mans in north-west France.
The Mercedes-Benz being driven by Pierre Levegh hit the bank by the grandstand and immediately exploded. Parts of the wreckage were blown into the enclosure, killing scores of mostly-French spectators.

The accident happened about two hours after the 24-hour race began at the Le Mans circuit. There was no official announcement of the disaster and the race was allowed to continue.

Pierre Levegh was speeding down the straight in front of the pits when he clipped the Austin-Healey driven by British driver Lance Macklin.

The Mercedes, which was travelling at over 150mph (240khm), flipped over and flew through the air and hit the bank by the spectator enclosure.

Levegh was killed outright. Macklin's car spun wildly before coming to rest in the middle of the track, but he was unhurt.

The race had promised to be one of the fastest and most keenly contested ever held at Le Mans.

The three teams competing were Ferrari, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz. Shortly after the crash the Mercedes manager instructed the two remaining Mercedes to withdraw from the race as a mark of respect to those killed in the disaster.

It was several hours before spectators on the far side of the track knew of the crash. The first sign something was wrong was when the Mercedes team pulled out.

The British consulate in Paris has confirmed there were two British victims among the dead.

Jack Diamond, aged 24, from London and Robert Loxley, of Worcester, who according to French official records was celebrating his 24th birthday.

This is the biggest disaster at a motor racing circuit.

Previously, 13 people were killed and 27 injured at Weyberg in Germany when a German car left the track during a race.













In Context
The number of those who died in the Le Mans tragedy rose to at least 80.
Officials pointed out that security measures at Le Mans went beyond standard requirements.

There was some criticism of the decision to complete the race, but the organisers claimed stopping the race would have alarmed spectators and hampered rescue efforts.

The race was won by the British Jaguar team, drivers Ivor Bueb and Mike Hawthorn who reached a record average speed of 106 miles an hour (170.5 kmh).

The French cabinet concluded race security should be further improved and the distance between the track and spectators increased.

Mercedes-Benz withdrew from all motor racing at the end of the 1955 season and did not return until 1987.

Switzerland banned all racing on motor circuits following the tragedy, a ban that was only lifted in June 2007.
BBC History.
 

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1793
The 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick
1962
brothers,John&Clarence Anglin along fellow inmate,Frank Morris escape from Alcatraz Island Prison,the only 3 to do so
1993
movie'Jurrasic Park' opens and sets weekend boxoffice record of $502 million. The first time I saw the movie,the dinosaurs looked very real to me.The CGI images were incredible
 
June 12th
HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1667 - The first known successful blood transfusion is carried out by Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physician to Louis XIV of France, on a 15-year-old-boy using blood from a sheep.
1683 - Plot to assassinate King Charles II of Britain and his brother James, Duke of York, is uncovered.
1798 - Captain Arthur Phillip names Hawkesbury River in NSW.
1798 - French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte capture island of Malta.
1872 - Royal Mint opens in Melbourne.
1897 - Swiss cutlery maker Carl Elsener patents his penknife, later to become known as the Swiss army knife.
1902 - The enactment of the Commonwealth Franchise Act gives all Australian women aged over 21 the right to vote in national elections and stand for federal parliament.
 
June 13th

Today in 1381...The Savoy Palace, residence of the unpopular John of Gaunt and one of the grandest houses in London, is burnt down and destroyed during the Peasants Revolt.
 
June 13th

1893

[h=2]Dorothy Sayers is born[/h]Mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers, creator of detective Lord Peter Wimsey, is born on this day in Oxford, England. Sayers, whose father was an Oxford teacher and minister, became one of the first women to receive a degree from Oxford.
 
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1777
Leonard Norcross patents submarine diving suit
1971
NYTimes begins publishing excerpts from the Pentagon papers,classified documents on United States long history in Vietnam
 
14 June. 1645 In the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Naseby, Northamptonshire.[/b]
 

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