Today in History

13th June

1625 King Charles I of England married Henrietta Maria of France.

1652 George Fox preached from a wild and remote spot on Firbank Fell, Cumbria to a congregation of about 1,000 for 3 hours. "The meeting proved of first importance in gathering the Society of Friends, known as Quakers."

1665 The Great Plague began to take hold, as the official death toll reached 112. By the end of August 1665 the Plague reached the village of Eyam in Derbyshire. An outbreak of the plague was contained when the villagers decided to isolate themselves from the surrounding communities. Many people in the village died. It is also known that some of the village population were genetically unique and naturally immune to this very deadly disease. There are still descendants of this line in Eyam.

1842 Queen Victoria travelled by train for the first time, from Slough (near Windsor Castle) 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.

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." The Sale of Goods Act 1979 gives consumers legal rights, stipulating goods which are sold must be of satisfactory quality, be fit for purpose and must match the seller's description.
 

June 13th:
1895
Emile Levasser wins the 1st automobile race Paris- Bordeaux- Paris in 48 hrs, 48 min
1922
Charlie Osborne gets the hiccups,it continues for next 68 yrs. He died 11 months after they stopped
1942
U.S Office of Strategic Services{OSS} is formed, lasts 3 yrs. It becomes the basis for modern day Central Intelligence Agency{CIA}
1966
U.S. Supreme Court decison: suspects must be informed of their legal rights
1970
Beatles album' Let It Be' hits #1 on music charts, stays there for 4 wks
1994
a jury in Anchorage, Alaska blames recklessness by Exxon & Capt Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The jury also said victims of oil spill can seek $15 billion in damages
2008
British band' Cold PLay' has its 1st U.S. #1 single' Viva La Vida' it won Grammy for Song of the Year
 
June 13th Birthdays:
1731
Martha Washington- the 1st U.S. First Lady
1910
Mary Wickes- character actress ,The Music Man, Sister Act
1915
Don Budge- U.S men's tennis player, won 6 Grand Slam titles, in 1938 he won all 4 Grand Slam titles {Australian, French, Wimbledon, U.S Open}
1943
Malcolm McDowell- British actor 'Clock Work Orange, O Lucky Man, Some Kind of Beautiful
1951
Richard Thomas- actor best known TV role' John-Boy' in CBS drama' The Waltons'
1986
Mary Kate&Ashley Olsen- twin actresses/fashion designers, their best known TV role' Michelle; on ABC sitcom' Full House'
Deaths:
1977
Matthew Graber- British child actor, best known film role' Michael Banks' in movie' Mary Poppins' 21{pancreatis}
1986
Benny Goodman- big band leader 77
2008
Tim Russert- U.S journalist/host of NBC's news program 'Meet The Press' 58 {heart attack}
2014
Chuck Noll- NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach with Pittsburgh Steelers 82
2021
Ned Beatty- actor Deliverance, Network, Nashville 83
 
On This Day In History, June 14th

2002 A large asteroid just misses the Earth
2002 MN, a 73-meter lump, was three times closer to Earth than the Moon. It was first discovered three days after its closest approach.

1982 The Falklands War ends
After 74 days of fighting, British troops captured the capital, Stanley, prompting the Argentine forces to surrender and return the islands to British control.

1949 Albert II becomes the first monkey in space
The rhesus monkey was one of several animals used for testing purposes before sending humans into space. Albert II survived his ascent to 134 km (83 mi) altitude but died on his return to Earth due to a parachute failure.

1940 German troops occupy Paris
The fall of Paris marked the end of Germany's attacks on the western front. In the Armistice of Compiègne, three-fifths of France was declared occupied.

1919 Alcock and Brown take off for the first non-stop transatlantic flight
The British aviators began their journey in St. John's, Newfoundland, and reached Galway in Ireland less than 16 hours later. One month earlier, Albert Cushing Read flew across the Atlantic, but his flight included a stop in the Azores Islands.

 

Births On This Day, June 14th 🎂

1969 Steffi Graf
German tennis player

1961 Boy George
English singer-songwriter, producer

1950 Rowan Williams
Welsh bishop, poet, theologian, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury

1946 Donald Trump
American businessman, 45th President of the United States

1928 Che Guevara
Argentine/Cuban physician, author, intellectual, diplomat, theorist

Deaths On This Day, June 14th 🪦

1986 Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer

1928 Emmeline Pankhurst
British political activist, suffragette

1920 Max Weber
German economist, sociologist

1886 Alexander Ostrovsky
Russian playwright

1662 Henry Vane the Younger
English/American politician
 
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 a mark of the beginning of the end of serfdom in medieval England. Although the revolt itself was a failure it increased awareness in the upper classes of the need for the reform of feudalism in England and the appalling misery felt by the lower classes as a result of their enforced near-slavery.

1645 The Battle of Naseby (Northamptonshire) was fought. It was the key battle of the first English Civil War. 12,000 Royalist forces of King Charles I were beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.

1789 English Captain William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift from the H.M.S. Bounty, reached the island of Timor (Southeast Asia) after travelling nearly 4,000 miles in a small, open boat. The Bounty had been sailing from Tahiti when crew members mutinied. In 1806 Bligh was appointed Governor of New South Wales in Australia, with orders to clean up the corrupt rum trade of the New South Wales Corps regiment. This led to the Rum Rebellion, during which Bligh was placed under arrest on 26th January 1808.

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.
 
1777
U.S. Continental Congress adopts Stars&Stripes flag designed by Frances Hopkinson. It replaces Grand Union flag
1834
sandpaper is patented by Isaac Fisher,Jr in Springfield, VT
1946
Nat King Cole records 'The Christmas Song' written by Mel Torme&Bob Wells
1962
European Space Research Org is established in Paris. Its name is later changed to European Space Agency
2015
movie 'Jurassic World' which was 20 yr old sequel to Jurassic Park is released starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard. It becomes the 1st film to make $500 mil worldwide on its opening weekend
2022
the last part of the world's largest floating seafood restaurant, The Jumbo Kingdom' leaves Hong Kong after 46yrs 4 days later it sinks near Paracel Islands
 
June 15th:
1804
U.S. Congress ratifies 12th Amendment of Constitution electing President & Vice President
1911
Tabulating Computing Recording Company is founded, name later changed to IBM
1940
German troops occupy Paris as French resistance to German invasion collapses
1959
Ecuador Gov't establishes Galapalgos Islands as their 1st national park,it protects the unique wildlife that lives on the island&ocean. 97 % is uninhabited
1974
Washington Post journalists, Carl Bernstein&Bob Woodward book' All The President's Men' about Pres Nixon &Watergate breakin is published. The movie version is released in '76 starring Dustin Hoffman{Bernstein} Robert Redford{Woodward}
2006
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument is established. It has 582,578 miles, one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world
 
moviequeen1 said:
1940
German troops occupy Paris as French resistance to German invasion collapses
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I've read a number of historical novels and non-fiction accounts about that collapse and the subsequent underground French Resistance, so seeing that date this morning gave me a chill. It was the beginning of a terrible, terrible time for the French.
 
16 June 1976
The first episode of the TV variety show The Jacksons, airs on CBS as a summer replacement series. The program marks the first time the entire cast were siblings or an African-American family.
Michael Jackson was the featured performer, he would later say that he "hated every minute of it" and called the project "a dumb move."
 
16 June 2012
China has launched its latest space mission that would include the country's first woman astronaut.
Liu Yang, a 33 year old military pilot, was a part of the crew aboard the Shenzou-9 capsule that would spend a week at the Tiangong space lab to test systems and conduct experiments.
 
On This Day In History, June 16th

2010 The world's first country-wide total tobacco ban goes into effect
Bhutan banned the cultivation, harvesting, production, and sale of tobacco and tobacco products. It is still legal in the South Asian country to smoke in a private setting, but obtaining tobacco products legally is close to impossible.

1976 South African police kill hundreds of protesting schoolchildren
An estimated 20,000 youth were protesting against the introduction of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in their schools when police officers started firing into the crowd. The “Soweto uprising” is today commemorated on Youth Day each year.

1967 The Monterey Pop Festival opens
The three-day concert event featured historic performances by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Ravi Shankar, and Janis Joplin.

1963 Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
The Soviet cosmonaut completed 48 orbits on board the spaceship “Vostok 6” before returning safely to Earth. The former textile worker was declared “Hero of the Soviet Union” and received the United Nations Gold Medal of Peace.

1960 Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho is premiered
The horror-thriller starring Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles has become one of the classics of the genre. The shower scene is one of the best-known murder scenes in the history of film.
 
Births On This Day, June 16th 🎂

1971 Tupac Shakur
American rapper, producer, actor

1912 Enoch Powell
British politician

1890 Stan Laurel
English actor, comedian

1882 Mohammad Mosaddegh
Iranian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran

1723 Adam Smith
Scottish philosopher, economist

Deaths On This Day, June 16th 🪦

2014 Tony Gwynn
American baseball player, coach

1993 Lindsay Hassett
Australian cricketer

1977 Wernher von Braun
German physicist, engineer

1969 Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
English field marshal, 17th Governor General of Canada

1722 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
English general, politician
 
16th June

1779 Spain declared war on Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar began. In February 1783 the siege was lifted and the French and Spanish troops retired, disheartened and defeated, after three years and seven months' conflict. The final peace treaty left Gibraltar with the British, but the victorious British garrison sustained a loss of 1,231 men, and expended 8,000 barrels of gunpowder.

1880 The distinctive Salvation Army ladies' bonnets were worn for the first time when they marched in procession in London.

1915 The foundation of the Women's Institute, regularly referred to as simply the WI. Its two aims were to revitalise rural communities and to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. It is now the largest women’s voluntary organisation in the UK.

1930 Mixed bathing was permitted for the first time in Hyde Park, London.

2016 Jo Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen, died after being shot and stabbed multiple times in Birstall, West Yorkshire. On 23rd November 2016 local man Thomas Mair was found guilty of murder and other offences connected to the killing. Mair was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order.
 
1903
Pepsi- Cola Company formed by North Carolina, pharmacist, Caleb Bradham
1987
Bernard Getz who shot 4 black youths who tried to rob him on NYC subway ,is acquitted of all charges except for gun possession
2017
Amazon announces its buying Whole Foods for $13. 7 billion
2022
U. S. cosmetics company, Revelon after 90 yrs files for bankruptcy due to supply issues and rising costs
 
17 June 1978
Andy Gibb became the first solo artist in the history of Billboard's Hot 100 to have his first three releases reach number one when "Shadow Dancing" hit the top of the chart.
His first song was - I just want to be your everything - May 1977
His second song was - Love is thicker than water - September 1977
 
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