Today in History

1692
Bridget Bishop 1st female to be hanged for witchcraft in Salem,Mass
1847
Chicago Tribune newspaper begins publication
1935
Dr Bob Smith and Bill Wilson founded Alcoholics Annoymous one of the best known self help groups
There are branches around the world with estimated membership over 2million
2003
NASA's 'The Spirit Rover' is launched begins exploring on planet,Mars
 

Today in History June 11th

1944 The five Allied landing groups, made up of some 330,000 troops, converge in Normandy.

1959 The "Hovercraft," has its official launch at the Solent on the South Coast of England.

1979 Film star John Wayne, also known as the "Duke," died of cancer.

2001 Timothy McVeigh executed by lethal injection for bombing Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

2009 The World Health Organization declares H1N1 influenza strain, referred to as "swine flu," as a global pandemic.
 
1776
The Continental Congress with members Thomas Jefferson,John Adams,Benjamin Franklin,Robert Livingston,Roger Sherman creates committee to draft a Declaration of Independence
1895
Charles Duryea patents a gas driven automobile
1947
WWII sugar rationing ends in U.S. started on May 28,1942
1962
brothers John&Clarence Agin along with fellow inmate,Frank Morris escape from Alcatraz Prison,only three to do so
2019
NY Times reveals an estimated 500,000 song titles including master recordings of Chuck berry,Ella Fitzgerald,Louis Armstrong were destroyed in 2008 at Universal Studio warehouse backlot fire in Los Angeles
 

This day in History June 12th

1917 Greece King Constantine I
King Constantine I of Greece, abdicates his throne in the face of pressure from Britain and France and internal opponents.

1922 USA Ferris Wheel
An unusual Hurricane and Tornadoes hit the New York Metropolitan Area causing billions of dollars in damage and loss of life. The storm hit suddenly and in Clasons Point a pleasure park near city Island a Ferris wheel with a large number of young riders broke away from it's mountings and crashed to the ground.

1929 Mexico Students
2000 Students on strike take over the main building of the Mexican National University. The students held hostages and put a red flag over the building. They demanded the university rector to resign, but he refused. Eventually the students let the hostages go, but they still kept guard over the building.

1935 USA Ella Fitzgerald
At age 17, Ella Fitzgerald recorded her first songs - "Love and Kisses" and "I'll Chase the Blues Away." They came to be big hits for her.

1942 World War II Coral Sea
The news of A great Naval Battle between Naval forces from the United States and Japan in the Coral Sea between March 19th and May 9th resulted in the loss of the US aircraft carrier Lexington and 2 other US ships and the loss of 15 ships from the Japanese Navy. The naval battle is considered a major win for the US Navy.
 
1665
New Amsterdam became an English colony was renamed New York after English Duke of York
1849
Lewis Haslett in Louisville, Kentucky patents the gas mask
1917
U.S. Secret Service expands its protection of President to include family members
1939
Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown,NY
1987
Pres Ronald Reagan standing in front of the Berlin Wall challenges Russian leader,Mikhail Gorbachev to'tear down this wall'
 
This day in History June 13th

1933 Great Depression Home Owners Refinancing Act passed in Congress.

1944 Germany V1 rockets/Doodlebugs crash on London.

1966 Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered The Supreme Court landmark Miranda vs. Arizona decision, establishing the Miranda rights.

1991 Boris Yeltsin won the first Russian election for Russia's first popularly-elected president.
 
1854
Anthony Faas in Philadelphia patents the 1st U.S. accordion by making improvements to the keyboard,enchancing the sound
1966
U.S. Supreme Court 's Miranda vs Arizona decision.An Arizona resident,Ernesto Miranda was arrested after victim ID him as her assailant.The cops never informed him of this 5th Amendent right against self incrimination or his 6th Amendment right to have atty present.The court established all criminal suspects must be advised of these rights after being arrested&before interrogation which is now standard police procedure
1977
NYTimes begins publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers which were classified documents about history of U.S. in Vietnam
1994
a jury in Alaska blames recklessness by Exxon,Capt Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez spill.It allowed victims of oil spill to seek $ 15 bil in damages
 
13th June

1842 Queen Victoria travelled by train for the first time, from Slough to Paddington, accompanied by Prince Albert. A special coach had been built earlier, but the Queen had been reluctant to try this new form of travel. On her first journey, the engine driver was assisted by the great civil engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

1974 Prince Charles gave his maiden speech in the House of Lords. It was the first such royal speech in 90 years.

1981 17 year old Marcus Sarjeant was arrested for shooting a replica gun at the Queen as she rode past crowds in London during the Trooping of the Colour ceremony. Sarjeant was prosecuted under the Treason Act 1842 and was sentenced to five year's imprisonment.

2013 A man was given a warning after he dialled 999 to complain about a prostitute's looks. A police spokesperson said "The caller claimed that the woman had made out that she was better looking than she actually was and he wished to report her for breaching the Sale of Goods Act."
 
This day in History June 14th

1940 German tanks rolled into Paris and took control of the city.

1942 Anne Frank began her diary after she received it for her 13th birthday.

1954 President Eisenhower signed a bill to add the words "under God" to the United States Pledge of Allegiance.

1954 Atomic Emergency Civil Defense Drill.

1982 The Falkland Islands War ended after 6 weeks when Argentina surrendered to Great Britain.
 
1777
U.S. Contiential Congress adopts Stars&Stripes flag which was designed by Frances Hopkinson
1938
Dorothy Lathrop wins the 1st Caldecott Medal for her illustrations in the children's picture book'Animals in the Bible' written by Helen Dean Fish
1940
Auschwitz Concentration Camp opens in Nazi controlled Poland
2012
the world's 1st stem cell assisted vein transplant done by Swedish doctors on a 10 yr old girl
 
14th June

1381 Richard II met leaders of Wat Tyler's Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London was stormed by rebels who entered without resistance. The revolt later came to be seen as the beginning of the end of serfdom in England.

1789 English Captain William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift from the HMS Bounty, reach the island of Timor after travelling nearly 4,000 miles in a small boat.

1822 Englishman Charles Babbage proposed an automatic, mechanical calculator (he called it a difference engine). He is considered a 'father of the computer' and is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs.

1919 at 14.13 GMT, Captain John Alcock and Lt Arthur Whitten-Brown took off from Newfoundland on the first non-stop transatlantic flight to Galway, Ireland, in a Vickers Vimy.
 
This day in History June 15th

1904 U.S.A. The General Slocum
An excursion steamer The General Slocum, carrying more than 1,300 people from St. Mark's German Lutheran Church for their 17th annual Sunday school picnic burst into flames on New York's East River with the loss of over 1000 lives.

1917 U.S.A. Espionage Act is passed
The Espionage Act is passed by the U.S. Congress, creating harsh penalties for anyone found to be interfering with the United States war efforts through the sharing of information to the country's enemies.

1920 U.S.A. Lynching
A mob of 5,000 people lynched three African-American men in Duluth, Minnesota, who were jailed for the alleged rape of a 17 year old white woman.

1927 U.S.A. Ku Klux Klan
The growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the southern states and the increase in floggings of *****es including women and children by the Klan has many in the north demanding the Klan be disbanded, in the latest incident in Gainsville Georgia a woman and her son were dragged from their bed and taken out of town where they were flogged and told to leave the area or more would follow, when admitted to the hospital 82 lash marks were found on the woman's body.

1935 U.S.A. New Deal Legislation
In a rush to try and get President Roosevelt New Deal Legislation Passed both houses of Congress were called in on a Saturday.
 
15th June

1215 King John agreed to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or Great Charter of English liberties, at Runnymede, near Windsor. The document was the first to be forced onto an English king by a group of his subjects.

1381 Wat Tyler - leader of the Peasants' Revolt, was killed at Smithfield in London. Richard II had agreed to meet the leaders of the revolt and listen to their demands. What was said between Tyler and the king is largely conjecture but by all accounts the unarmed Tyler was suddenly attacked without warning and killed by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir William Walworth and John Cavendish, a member of the king's group.

1860 British nurse, Florence Nightingale, famous for tending British wounded during the Crimean War, opened a school for nurses at St Thomas's hospital in London.
 
1924
Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile
1940
WWII: France surrenders to Nazi Germany as German troops occupy Paris
1974
Simon&Schuster publishing house release Washington Post reporters,Bob Woodward&Carl Bernstien's book'All The President's Men' which details their investigation of Watergate Scandal
1996
legendary jazz singer,Ella Fitzgerald died age 79,over her 6 decades of performing&recording she made an impact on music world.She was the 1st African American woman to win a Grammy,won 12 more during her career
2018
physicist,Stephen Hawking's ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey in London between the remains of Isaac Newton,Charles Darwin
 
This day in History June 16th

1884 First US Roller Coaster
The first American roller coaster (switchback railway) in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York.

1933 U.S.A. First Parts Of New Deal Legislation Signed
The first of the New Deal Initiatives for US recovery (bank, rail, and industry bills and initiating farm aid) are signed into law by President Roosevelt.

1958 Hungary Uprising
The leader of the anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary Imre Nagy against Soviet Rule is hung for treason after The Soviet Union took back control of the country in the preceding November after sending in 200,000 troops and 2,500 tanks to regain control.

1961 France Rudolf Nureyev Defects
Rudolf Nureyev, the world-renowned dancer from the Soviet Union's Kirov Opera Ballet Company, defects during a stopover in Paris.

1965 Vietnam US Troop Increase
A further 21,000 U.S. troops are to be sent to Vietnam as part of the continuing commitment of the United States support, the total of US military personnel exceeded 540,000 by 1969.
 
1893
German-American,F.W. Rueckheim introduces 'Cracker Jack' brand food snack which consists of carmel coated popcorn with peanuts
1903
Pepsi Cola company forms,will become long time rival of Coca- Cola
1933
U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp {FDIC} debuts
1967
50,000 people attend the 1st day of the Monterey International Pop Festival-start of the'Summer of Love'
2017
Amazon announces its buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion
 
This day in History June 17th

1885 U.S.A. Statue of Liberty
The French gift to the United States to mark the Centennial of the American Declaration of Independence From Great Britain "The Statue of Liberty" arrives in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.

1934 Cuba ABC Society Members
Twelve people die and another fifty-one are injured during an attack on a parade. 30,000 ABC society members marched through the streets of Havana and as they reached Prado boulevard the radical guerrillas attacked. The guerrillas carefully planned their attack and opened fire on the paraders. The ABC marchers returned fire but casualties were still inflicted.

1940 France Surrenders To Germany
France surrenders to Germany but many thousands flee to England to continue the fight or join the French Underground Resistance.

1947 U.S.A. Universal Military Training
President Truman declares that universal military training is necessary for the fight against totalitarian nations.

1948 U.S.A. DC-6 Plane Crash
A United Airlines DC-6, flying from San Diego to New York, crashed in Pennsylvania as it attempted an emergency landing.
 
1837
chemist Charles Goodyear receives his 1st rubber patent
1885
The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York harbor as a gift of friendship from France to America It arrived dismantled with 350 individual pieces made out of copper&iron.It was designed by French sculptor,Frederic-Auguste Barthodi who modeled her features after his mother.Today its considered one of the greatest American monuments,stands for international symbol of freedom&democracy
1901
The College Board introduces the 1st standardized test,forerunner of SAT
1971
Carole King's album'Tapestry' goes to #1 in U.S. stays there for 15 weeks
 
This day in History June 18

1948 Columbia Records publicly unveiled its new long-playing phonograph record, the 33 1/3, in New York City.

1976 The Soweto uprising began in South Africa.

1979 President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign the Salt-II agreement.

2000 Tiger Woods wins the 100th US Open at Pebble Beach, California winning by an unheard of 15 strokes.
 
1682
English quaker/philosopher,William Penn founder of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania Colony
1967
the last day of Monterey International Pop Festival in Calif,features the 1st U.S. appearances by Otis Redding,Janis Joplin,Jimi Hendrix
1983
NASA's 7th Shuttle Mission,Challenger 2 launches Sally Ride, 1st U. S. female astronaut into space
 
This day in History June 19th

1905 The world's first nickelodeon opened.

1923 Walls of lava one mile wide descended from Mount Etna towards the town of Lingauglossa in Italy and buried the town.

1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing Prison.

1968 50,000 people participated in "The Poor Peoples March" organized by Martin Luther King Jr.
 
1905
450 people attended the opening day of the world's 1st Nickelodeon in Pittsburgh,PA, in a small storefront with only 96 seats. The name is a combination of the 5 cent admission cost,,Greek word for theatre.It offered live vaudeville acts&short films
1934
The Federal Communications Commission{FCC} was created
1956
The comedy team of Lewis&Martin,Jerry Lewis&Dean Martin break up after 10 years,16 films
1978
cartoonist Jim Davis' "Garfield' 1st appears as a comic strip
2018
The last original member from the 1907 Dow Jones Index, General Electric is dropped
 
This day in History June 20th

1893 A jury in New Bedford, Mass., found Lizzie Borden innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.

1910 The First Father's Day was celebrated for the first time in Spokane, Washington

1963 Hot Line established between US and Soviet Union.

1975 The summer blockbuster movie "Jaws" is released.

1977 Crude oil from North Alaska began flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline to the port of Valdez, Alaska.
 
20th June

1214 The University of Oxford received its charter. Oxford is the second oldest surviving university in the world (Bologna in Italy is the oldest) and the oldest in the English speaking world.

1756 In India, the night of the infamous 'Black Hole of Calcutta' where more than 140 British soldiers and civilians were placed in a small prison cell - 18 feet by 14 feet - by the Nawab of Bengal. The following morning only 23 emerged alive.

1819 The US vessel SS Savannah arrived at Liverpool. She was the first steam propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey was made under sail.

1887 On Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, Buffalo Bill Cody stage a Royal Command performance of his famous Wild West Show, and four European kings boarded the original Deadwood coach driven by Cody.

1949 American tennis player 'Gorgeous' Gussie Moran caused a sensation at Wimbledon Championships by wearing lace trimmed pants under a short skirt. 🎾
 
1782
U. S. Congress offically adopts Great Seal of America which features a bald eagle holding 13 arrows in its left talon,olive branch in its right.The scroll in its mouth reads'E Pluribus Unum' meaning'out of many,one'
1840
Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1949
Pres.Harry Truman signs the CIA{Central Intelligence Agency} Act which allowed the agency to secretly fund intelligence operations
1960
Sheila Scott becomes the 1st British female pilot to complete around the world solo flight
2016
Rome elects its 1st&youngest female mayor,Virginia Raggi,age 37
 

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