Today in History

This day in History June 21st

1877 U.S.A. Molly Maguires
Ten members of the Irish Miners Group The "Molly Maguires" were hanged for murder, the hangings bought about an end to the group as members now feared for their lives and loved ones' lives.

1916 Mexico Pancho Villa
A U.S. military expedition against Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa brings the United States and Mexico closer to war when Mexican government troops attack U.S. Brigadier General John J. Pershing's force at Carrizal, Mexico.

1945 US troops take Okinawa
Following a long and bloody battle that started on April 1st and lasting nearly 3 months, US troops take control of the Japanese island of Okinawa.

1942 Libya General Erwin Rommel
General Erwin Rommel takes control of the British Allied garrison at Tobruk, Libya, taking more than 30,000 prisoners.

1963 France NATO Withdraw
The French navy is withdrawn from the North Atlantic fleet of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

1963 Vatican Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI crowned the 262nd head of the Roman Catholic Church.
 

1607
The 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America was established in Jamestown
1805
The Great Stone Face Profile aka'Old Man in the Mountain "was discovered in the White Mountains in New Hampshire,.It came tumbling down on May 5th,2003
1879
Frank W. Woolworth opens his 1st successful 'Great 5 Cent Store' in Lancaster,PA
2020
a new archelogical discovery announced near Stonehedge of a large circle of shafts,surrounding a village 2500 BC.Its the largest prehistoric structure in Britain
 
This day in History June 22nd

1937 Joe Louis won the world heavyweight boxing title and defeated Jim Braddock in an eighth-round knockout.

1941 Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia.

1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights.

1970 President Nixon signed a bill to lower the voting age to 18 for all federal, state, and local elections.
 

22nd June

1535 Cardinal John Fisher was beheaded on Tower Hill, London, for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England.

1611 Henry Hudson, English navigator, was cast adrift with some of his crew after a mutiny in the bay that now bears his name. It was the last time they were seen alive.

1802 Britain's Health and Morals of Apprentices Act limited cildren to a maximum twelve hour working day whilst under nines were banned from the mills.

1911 The Coronation of George V and Mary of Tech, the queen consort. 👑
 
1932
U. S. Congress approves of 'Linbergh Act' which makes kidnapping a federal offense
1955
Walt Disney's animated movie,'Lady&The Tramp' is released.Its the 1st animated movie to be filmed in Cinemascope wide screen.The critics didn't think it was good,it made $6.5 million 1st weekend,has become a beloved film over the yrs
1984
Richard Branson's 'Virgin Atlantic Airways starts operations.Its 1st flight was from Gatwick to Newwark NJ
2008
comic writer/comedian,George Carlin dies of heart failure at 71.His 1st solo TV appearance was in 1962 on 'The Tonight Show' starring Johnny Carson,back then he was a clean cut comic.In '70 ,he reinvented himself to be a sharp social critic/commentator,appealed to younger,hipper audience often using profanity.His famous routine'7 Words You Cant Say on TV" was banned by the FCC
In'75,he debuted as host of Saturday Night Live,2 yrs later he starred in the 1st of 14 comedy specials on HBO,continued to perform his specials/live comedy shows until his death
 
This day in History June 23rd

1931 Wiley Post and his navigator, Harold Gatty, took off for a record-breaking round-the-world flight in a single-engine airplane.

1989 The movie Batman opened in theaters, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson.

1999 Landmark Tobacco Settlement agreed.

2000 Fire at the Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel in Childers, Queensland, Australia left 15 backpackers dead.
 
23rd June

1757 British troops, commanded by Robert Clive, won the Battle of Plassey in Bengal, laying the foundations of the British Empire in India.

1940 The BBC's Music While You Work programme was first broadcast on radio to brighten up the lives of munitions workers doing boring factory jobs.

1951 Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean, missing diplomats, fled to the USSR as Russian spies before the British authorities had the opportunity to arrest them for spying. They 'surfaced' in Moscow in 1956.

2016 The EU Referendum. The UK voted to leave the European Union.
 
1868
Christopher Latham Sholes patents the typewriter
1894
The International Olympic Committee {IOC} is founded in Sorbone,France
1972
Title IX of the 1972 Federal Education Amendments was made into landmark law,.It was historic because the law now says any school that receives federal funded money must provide fair&equal treatment of the sexes in all areas including training programs&athletics.It starts in elementary through college. Before Title IX,female athletes had few opportunities
2018
12 boys&their soccer coach who had been exploring a cave in Thailand not realizing about the monsoon flooding were trapped there for 9 days. An international team of divers found them,took another 8 days to rescue them all
 
This day in History June 24th

1901 France Pablo Picasso
The first major exhibition of Pablo Picasso's artwork opens at a gallery on Paris' rue Lafitte, a street known for its prestigious art galleries.

1941 Italy Freezes US Assets
Following the American decisions to freeze all Axis Assets, closing Italian Consulates, and forbidding Italians from leaving the United States, the Italian Government has put similar restrictions in place for Americans in Italy also closing consulates and freezing US assets.

1948 Germany Soviet Blockade West Berlin
Soviets blockade West Berlin when they block off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin. This prompts the United States and Great Britain to organize the massive Berlin airlift.

1957 U.S.A. Obscenity Ruling
The United States Supreme Court ruled that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees free speech and freedom of the press.

1969 U.S.A. Master Charge Card
More merchants are accepting the new Master Charge Card.
 
1853
Pres. Franklin Pierce signs Gadsden Purchase buying 29,670 sq miles from Mexico for $10 mil.The area today is Southern Arizona,New Mexico
1902
U.S. businessman,George Dayton founder of Goodfellow Dry Goods Store in Minneapolis.The store's name is known today as Target
1993
Yale computer scientist,Dr David Gelernter was seriously injured when he received a package that exploded after he opened it.He lost sight in one eye,hearing in one ear,part of his right hand. The package was sent by Ted Kaczynski 'the Unabomber',who was arrested by authorities in 1996
2016
British Prime minister,David Cameron resigns after U.K. votes to leave the European Union
 
This day in History June 25th

1876 Custer's Last Stand during the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

1943 Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower took command as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.

1950 North Korea attacked South Korea starting the Korean War.

1967 The Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love" in front of an international television audience.
 
1867
1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B. Smith in Ohio
1876
Battle of Little Big Horn: Sioux Indian chiefs,Crazy Horse&Sitting Bull defeated U.S. Army 7th troops under Lt George Armstrong Custer in bloody battle near Montana's Little Bighorn River. They had been resisting U.S. gov'ts efforts to confine their people to the reservations.Custer&all 210 soldiers were killed,its famously known as'Custer's Last Stand'
1950
The Korean War starts when North Korea invade South Korea
1978
The 1st use of 'rainbow' flag, symbol of'Gay Pride' made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
2014
U.S. Supreme Court rules police can't examine the digital contents of a cell phone without a court order
 
This day in History June 26th

1906 The first French Grand Prix, the first race of its kind to be held anywhere, was staged in Le Mans.

1945 50 nations signed the United Nations Charter, establishing the world body as a means of helping to stop another World War.

1948 United States began a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of West Berlin.

1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway had its official opening.

1963 President John F. Kennedy made a famous speech in front of the Berlin Wall when he declared to the crowd, “Ich bin ein Berliner.”

2009 Michael Jackson (the King of Pop) died.
 
1498
the toothbrush is invented in China using boar bristles
1934
Pres Franklin Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act which establishes Credit Unions
1974
The 1st Universal Product Code aka' Bar Code' was scanned on a multi pack of Juicy Fruit Gum at a Ohio grocery store.The code was invented by IBM engineer,George Laurer.It orignally was circles but too many printing presses smeared the ink.It was later changed to vertical bar-shaped lines which printed perfectly
1997
"Harry Potter and The Philosopher Stone" by author JK Rowling,the 1st book in the best selling series about a boy wizard is published. There would be 6 more books all made into successful movies
 
I always like this thread, it is fun to look for things I can relate to a bit, like:
moviequeen1 said:
The 1st Universal Product Code aka' Bar Code' was scanned on a multi pack of Juicy Fruit Gum at a Ohio grocery store.The code was invented by IBM engineer,George Laurer.It orignally was circles but too many printing presses smeared the ink.It was later changed to vertical bar-shaped lines which printed perfectly
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This is true, it was invented in the late 40s, but not turned into something practical until the early 70s. That was done by Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio. And that first Juicy Fruit scan was done at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, using the Battelle technology. I know this because I worked for Battelle for 10 years. Nothing to do with the barcode thing, but Battelle was quite proud of it and let everyone who would listen know.
Tish said:
1916 Mexico Pancho Villa
A U.S. military expedition against Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa brings the United States and Mexico closer to war when Mexican government troops attack U.S. Brigadier General John J. Pershing's force at Carrizal, Mexico.
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Back in the 70s I visited Pancho Villa's home in Chihuahua Mexico. His widow was still living at the time and I got to meet her, she was quite old. I think the tours of the home were her income. The thing I most remember was seeing the car he was in when assassinated, it was impressively bullet ridden; even 50 years after the event you could still see dried blood. He was an impressive, if violent, guy his "invasion" of New Mexico was one of the few foreign incursions on US territory, since the British in the war of 1812 anyway.

Thanks for these posts!
 
Alligatorob said:
I always like this thread, it is fun to look for things I can relate to a bit, like:

This is true, it was invented in the late 40s, but not turned into something practical until the early 70s. That was done by Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio. And that first Juicy Fruit scan was done at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, using the Battelle technology. I know this because I worked for Battelle for 10 years. Nothing to do with the barcode thing, but Battelle was quite proud of it and let everyone who would listen know.

Back in the 70s I visited Pancho Villa's home in Chihuahua Mexico. His widow was still living at the time and I got to meet her, she was quite old. I think the tours of the home were her income. The thing I most remember was seeing the car he was in when assassinated, it was impressively bullet ridden; even 50 years after the event you could still see dried blood. He was an impressive, if violent, guy his "invasion" of New Mexico was one of the few foreign incursions on US territory, since the British in the war of 1812 anyway.

Thanks for these posts!
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Hi Alligatorob,thanks for your comments.I created this thread 3 yrs ago, feel free to post here anytime without pictures .Another poster started a different history thread with pictures this yr Sue
 
This day in History June 27th

1929 U.S.A. New Immigration Laws
New Immigration laws come into place next week with an increased number of immigrants from England and Ireland but a decrease from many other countries in Latin America and Mexico where many of the quotas are already used up for the year.

1940 World War II Enigma Machine
Germany started using their most sophisticated coding machine, Enigma, to transmit information, and a team in England headed by some of the best mathematical brains set about breaking the code, and by the time of the German invasion of Poland the code was broken and all messages that the Germans still believed were secure were decoded by the allies.

1944 Cherbourg Liberated By Allies
Allied forces liberate Cherbourg was the first step to liberating France and the beginning of the end of World War II.

1957 Nigeria Promised Independence
Nigeria is the largest colony in the commonwealth that does not have independence and the British Government has promised independence after free elections have been held in Nigeria.

1957 Great Britain Smoking and Lung Cancer Linked
A report by the British Medical Research Council has found there is a direct link between smoking and lung cancer, and the British government will launch an educational campaign to raise awareness on the dangers of smoking. Tobacco firms who sell cigarettes have rejected the findings saying they are merely a 'matter of opinion'.
 
1898
Canadian/American Joshua Slocum becomes the 1st person to sail around the world in a 37 foot fishing boat he had rebuilt called'Spray'.It took him 3 yrs to complete after leaving Boston,Mass returning to Newport,Rhode Island
1929
The 1st color TV demostration was performed by Bell Laboratories in NYC
1977
U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision allowed lawyers to advertise
1985
'Route 66"an iconic cross-country road one of the original highways in the U.S. highway system is decertified after 59 yrs.It started in Chicago,Illinois ended in Santa Monica,Calif,measuring 2,200 miles thru 8 states.All the signs were taken down after it was decertified
 
This day in History June 28th

1837 Queen Victoria Coronation
Queen Victoria moves to Buckingham Palace, and the coronation takes place at Westminster Abbey

1919: Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles with the Allies, officially ending World War I

1940 England Free French Forces
Following the German occupation of France General Charles De Gaulle, set up headquarters in England for free French Forces and is recognized as the Leader.

1952 South Africa Nelson Mandela Jailed
Police struck at the heart of the resistance to segregation by throwing top jailing the leaders of the movement for crossing forbidden race barriers the leaders included Nelson Mandela.

1958 Algeria Political Prisoners Released
With tensions increasing in Algeria and the call by Muslim nationalists for independence. General Charles de Gaulle has announced the release of 30 Algerian political prisoners prior to local elections in Algeria, and a referendum of all French citizens on changes to the constitution which may well include additional independence for Algeria.
 
1776
the final draft of Declaration of Independence was submitted to Contential Congress
1846
the saxaphone was patented by Antoine-Joseph'Adolfe' Sax
1904
the largest martitime loss of life since the Titantic happened with SS Norge which ran aground&sunk off Rockall,North Atlantic.All 635 aboard lost their lives
1935
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox,Kentucky
2018
a power company uncovers a Neolithic wooden trackway 2,300 yrs old in Suffolk,England.Its one of the largest archelogical digs in Europe at 16,000 sq meters
 
28th June

1829 The first policeman to be murders in Britain was Constable Joseph Grantham. 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.

1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinanad 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.

1950 A novice US team beat the highly fancied English players 1-0 in the first round of the World Cup in Brazil.

2004 The US handed sovereignty back to Iraq in a low key ceremoney in Baghdad.
 
This day in History June 29th

1925 Santa Barbara Earthquake
The picturesque Santa Barbara was rocked by an earthquake causing heavy loss of life when the dam burst and water mains burst to cause some of the areas of the city to be flattened. The quake was felt as far away as San Francisco and Los Angeles with many millions of dollars worth of damage across California, The earthquake was also felt in other states including Montana with more damage.

1936 U.S.A. Public Works Program
3 million job programs launched as part of the relief and public works program the WPA average wage has been set at $25.00 per month, this was a major part of the bills passed in the 1930s to help the country during the Great Depression.

1936 U.S.A. Drought Midwest
Following the severe drought in the Midwest with a continuing lack of rain in the corn belt, many fear soaring food prices.

1941 Germany Invades Russia
German divisions make major advances on Leningrad, Moscow, and Kiev due to the surprise attack and the use of the Luftwaffe.

1943 U.S.A. Manhattan Project
Following problems between Manhattan Project physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves, the military leader in charge of the project. President Roosevelt sent a letter to Oppenheimer congratulating him on the progress of the project and asking for his understanding of the conditions he and his fellow scientists were working under due to the strict security required on a project of this importance and magnitude.
 
29th June

1613 The original Globe Theatre in London burned down after a cannon was fired during a performance of a Shakespearean play and set fire to the straw roof. The theatre was totally destroyed, but rose again in June 1614, this time with a tiled roof. That theatre closed in 1642 and a modern reconstruction of the Globe opened in 1997.

1905 The Automobile Association (initially called Motorists' Mutual Association) was set up by motorists angered by police harrassment and to warn drivers of speed traps.They organised teams of cyclists who, through a combination of signals and salutes, assisted drivers to stay safe on the roads and avoid punitive penalties.

1966 Barclays Bank introduced the Barclaycard - the UK's first credit card.

2001 The Government announced that a memorial fountain in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, was to be built in London's Hyde Park.
 
1936
George M. Cohan becomes the 1st artist to be presented with the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal by Pres.Franklin Roosevelt for raising war morale
1943
Germany begins withdrawing UBoats from the North Atlantic in anticipation of Allied invasion of Europe
1972
U. S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision rules the death penalty is cruel&unusual
2009
financier,Bernie Madoff is sentenced to 150 yrs in a maxium U.S. prison for conducting a massive Ponzi scheme. He died in April 2021
 
This day in History June 30th

1900 U.S.A. New Jersey Ships Fire
A major fire broke out on a Pier in New Jersey (Pier 3 in Hoboken) engulfing 4 German ships that were docked and spreading to over 27 ships before the fire was bought under control.

1931 U.S.A. Al Capone
Al Capone's attorney has asked for and been granted a one-month period for Al Capone to put his business affairs in order and spend time with his family prior to sentencing for tax evasion and jail time.

1934 Germany Party Purge
Adolf Hitler orders a purge of his own political party, assassinating hundreds of Nazis whom he believed had the potential to become political enemies in the future later known as the Night of the Long Knives.

1936 U.S.A. Gone With The Wind
The book Gone with the Wind is Published. In 1939 Gone With The Wind was made into the Oscar-Winning Film.

1937 Hitler Tells American Businessmen No War
Adolf Hitler meets a number of American Businessmen in Berlin and tells them there will be no war Germany can not afford a war and does not a war, most believe his sincere style.
 

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