Today in History

June 4th
1919
US Congress pass Woman's Suffrage Bill-19th Amendment
1998
Terry Nichols sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oaklahoma City bombings
 

June 5th
1851
anti slavery book,"Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe is first released in serial form in the "National Era"
1968
Bobby Kennedy who was running for President was shot 3 times by Palestian,Sirrhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles,Calif. Kennedy died the next day,Sirhan is serving life in prison,was denied parole in 2016
 
June 6th
1933
The 1st drive in theatre opens in Camden,NJ
1944
D Day begins as 156,000 strong Allied Forces lands in Normandy,France during WWII
1991
NBC announces Jay Leno will succeed Johnny Carson as host of 'The Tonight Show
 
1778 - The birth of George Bryan Brummell, commonly known as 'Beau' Brummell. He was an iconic figure in Regency England and is credited with introducing, and establishing as fashion, the modern men's suit, worn with a tie. He claimed he took five hours to dress, and recommended that boots be polished with champagne.

1939 - King George VI became the first British monarch to visit the United States of America.

1977 - More than one million people lined the streets of London to watch the Royal Family on their way to St. Paul's at the start of the Queen's silver jubilee celebrations.
 
1929
Vatican City becomes a soverign state
1937
Time Magazine publishes a rare photo taken of the U.S. Supreme Court in session
1993
ground breaking ceremony held in Cleveland,Ohio for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame
 
8th June

1924 - The last sighting of English climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine; 800 feet from the summit of Mount Everest during the third attempt to become the first men to conquer the world's highest mountain. Their fate was unknown for 75 years, until Mallory's body was discovered in 1999 by an expedition that had set out to search for the climbers' remains. Whether or not Mallory and Irvine reached the summit before they died remains a subject of speculation and continuing research.

1968 - James Earl Ray, wanted for the murder of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, was arrested in London, travelling under an assumed name.

1982 - American President Ronald Reagan became the first American head of state to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
 
10th June

1990 - A British Airways pilot survived after being partly sucked out of the cockpit at 23,000 feet above London.

1977 - An elusive goldfish eating perch with a prodigious appetite was finally netted after two years on the rampage in a Kent pond. The fish, nicknamed Jaws, was caught by two Southern Water Board engineers equipped with a rowing boat, a fishing net and a 240v stun rod. Jaws was accused of eating 3,000 goldfish in a breeding lake near Canterbury.

2013 - A Dornier 17 German World War II bomber was raised from the bottom of the English Channel. The aircraft was shot down off the Kent coast during the Battle of Britain and is believed to be the only intact example of its kind in the world.
 
June 19th
1865
the end of slavery and is celebrated across the U.S.
1875
U.S.Marine Hosptial at Presidio in San Francisco is opened
1934
FCC{Federal Communications Commission} is created
2018
General Electric is dropped from Dow Jones Index.Its the last original member from 1907
 
June 20th
1782
Congress approves of Great Seal of United States of America,bald eagle as its symbol
1840
Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1969
200,000 people attend Newport'69 pop concert in Northridge,Calif. At the time it was the largest concert of its kind. Jimi Hendrix was paid $120,000 to appear
 
June 21st
1805
The Great Stone Face/Old Man in The Mountain profile was discovered in NH.It became no more in 2003 when it crumbled
1879
Frank W.Woolworth opens his 1st successful FW Woolworth Great 5 Cent Store' in Lancaster,PA
1989
U.S. Supreme Court rules its OK to burn the U.S.flag as a political expression
 
June 22nd
1870
U.S. Congress creates the Dept of Justice
1944
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt signs the 'GI Bill of Rights Bill" which provides broad benefits for veterans of war
2011
After 16 yrs on the run,Boston,Mass gangster,Whitey Bugler is arrested outside an apt building in Santa Monica,Calif
 
June 23rd
1868
Christopher Latham Shales patents the 'typewriter'
1972
Hurricane Agnes becomes U.S. costliest natural disaster,effecting 15 states,killing 119 people,$ 3 bill in damages
 
Today in 1497... a ship commissioned by King Henry VII of England and captained by the Venetian John Cabot, arrives at Cape Bonavista on the northern tip of Newfoundland. Cabot and his English crew stay just long enough to fetch some fresh water and claim the land for the Crown.
 
June 25th
1867
1st barbed wire was patented by Lucien Smith of Ohio
1942
General,Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of U.S. Forces in Europe
1978
The 1st use of the 'rainbow flag' symbol of gay pride was made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
2014
U.S. Supreme Court ruled police can't examine digital contents of a cell phone without a court order
 
Pam said:
Today in 1497... a ship commissioned by King Henry VII of England and captained by the Venetian John Cabot, arrives at Cape Bonavista on the northern tip of Newfoundland. Cabot and his English crew stay just long enough to fetch some fresh water and claim the land for the Crown.
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Welcome back, Pam. Missed you. :)
 
25th June

1891 - The first episode of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel involving the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes was printed in the Strand Magazine in London.

1903 - The birth of George Orwell, English novelist of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'.

1969 - Wimbledon saw the longest men’s singles match ever when Charlie Passarell was beaten by Pancho Gonzalez 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9.
 
26th June

1945 - Delegates from nations around the world signed the United Nations Charter, designed to help ensure future world peace. The first meeting of the U.N. General Assembly occurred in London early the following year.

1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, was opened by Queen Elizabeth II and President Eisenhower.

2014 - David Greaves, 43, who took two cash tills and three plasma televisions from The Railway pub in Accrington, Lancashire, lost his stolen goods when two other opportunistic thieves took them as he went back to steal more. :sneaky:
 
1894
German engineer/inventor,Karl Benz receives U.S. patent for gasoline driven auto
1927
The Cyclone roller coaster ride opens on Coney Island
1977
Elvis Presley's final concert took place at Market Square Arena,Indianapolis
2015
Supreme Court rules 5-4,same sex marriage is legal in U.S.
 
June 27th
1778
The Liberty Bell returns home to Philadelphia after the British departureThe famous crack in the bell happened in the 1830's it couldn't be fixed. It has never rung since
1977
U.S.Supreme Court rules 5-4 allowing lawyers to advertise
2003
The FCC creates the'Do Not Call Registry List" to combat unwanted telemarketing calls.On its 1st day,3/4 of a million phone numbers were enrolled
 
28th June

1829 - The first policeman to be murdered in Britain was Constable Joseph Grantham in Somers Town. He went to the aid of a woman involved in a fight between drunken men and when he fell, all three proceeded to kick him to death.

1838 - Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. She was just 19 years old.

1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were killed by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I.
 
1919
The Treaty of Versailles ending WWI and establishing League of Nations is signed in France
1870
U.S. Congress creates federal holidays: New Years,Independence Day,Thanksgiving, Christmas initially for only federal employees
2011
Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st woman to be elected to the IMF,International Monetary Fund
 
29th June

Today in 1613...London's Globe Theatre is destroyed by flames as a cannon is fired to announce the king's entrance in Shakespeare's play, 'Henry VIII'. Apparently no-one was hurt except a man whose burning breeches were put out with a bottle of ale.
 


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