Today in History

26th June

1483 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, began to rule England as Richard III having deposed his nephew, Edward V.

1857 The first investiture of the Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria took place in Hyde Park, London. Queen Victoria presented 62 servicemen with Britain's highest military honour.

1945 Delegates from nations around the world signed the United Nations Charter. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of 50 countries; Poland signed on 15 October 1945.

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

1963 'Ich bin ein Berliner' The US President, John F Kennedy, made a ground-breaking speech in Berlin offering American solidarity to the citizens of West Germany.

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. :cool:
 

Pam said:
26th June

1483 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, began to rule England as Richard III having deposed his nephew, Edward V.

1857 The first investiture of the Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria took place in Hyde Park, London. Queen Victoria presented 62 servicemen with Britain's highest military honour.

1945 Delegates from nations around the world signed the United Nations Charter. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of 50 countries; Poland signed on 15 October 1945.

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

1963 'Ich bin ein Berliner' The US President, John F Kennedy, made a ground-breaking speech in Berlin offering American solidarity to the citizens of West Germany.

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. :cool:
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Don't forget that on this day in 1894 Karl Benz patented the motor car.
 
On This Day In History, June 27th

1991 Yugoslav troops invade Slovenia
The attack, which marked the beginning of the Ten-Day War, followed Slovenia's declaration of independence. It was the first of the Yugoslav Wars, a number of ethnic conflicts leading to the break-up of Yugoslavia and resulting in at least 140,000 deaths.

1986 The 1980s U.S. intervention in Nicaragua is declared illegal
The International Court of Justice condemned the U.S. paramilitary campaign to overthrow the left-wing Nicaraguan government. The social democratic Sandinistas had begun to redistribute the country's wealth and improve education.

1972 Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney found Atari, Inc.
The pioneering video game and home computer company produced arcade classics like the two-dimensional tennis simulator Pong. Especially in the 1970s and 1980s, its products had a large impact on the electronic entertainment industry.

1956 The film Moby Dick is premiered
John Huston's adaptation of Herman Melville's homonymous novel, while not having been a great box office success, is today considered an outstanding work, especially for its use of light and color.

1954 The world's first nuclear power plant is activated
The reactor at Obninsk in present-day Russia remained in operation for 48 years. Today, there are some 400 atomic power plants worldwide. The technology remains controversial, especially due to the unsolved long-term storage of the highly dangerous nuclear waste.
 

Births On This Day, June 27th 🎂

1985 Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russian tennis player

1969 Viktor Petrenko
Ukrainian figure skater

1886 Charlie Macartney
Australian cricketer

1869 Emma Goldman
Lithuanian/American activist, writer

1846 Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish politician, founder of the Irish Parliamentary Party

Deaths On This Day, June 27th 🪦

2001 Jack Lemmon
American actor, singer, and director

1999 Georgios Papadopoulos
Greek colonel, politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece

1844 Joseph Smith
American religious leader, founder, and leader of the Latter Day Saint movement

1839 Ranjit Singh
Indian founder of the Sikh Empire

1831 Sophie Germain
French mathematician, physicist, philosopher
 
Furryanimal said:
Feb 26th
John Harvey Kellogg

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Died 14 Dec 1943 at age 91 (born 26 Feb 1852). quotes​

American physician and health-food pioneer whose development of dry breakfast cereals was largely responsible for the creation of the flaked-cereal industry. In 1876, at age 24, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg became the staff physician at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a position he would hold for 62 years. His surgical skill was admired by the Doctors Mayo. A vegetarian, he advocated low calorie diets and developed peanut butter, granola, and toasted flakes. He warned that smoking caused lung cancer decades before this link was studied. Kellogg was an early advocate of exercise. It was his brother, William K. Kellogg who sweetened the flakes with malt, and began commercial production as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company (1906).​
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There is a very quirky movie out called The Road to Wellness, featuring Anthony Hopkins as Prof. Kellog. Very funny and slightly risqué, don’t watch with anyone squeamish on things sexual or bodily functions!
 
27th June

1450 Irish born Jack Cade led a 40,000 strong demonstration march from Kent to London to protest against laws introduced by King Henry VI of England. Cade was later beheaded for treason.

1497 Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank were executed at Tyburn, London. The rebels had marched on London to protest at King Henry VII levying a tax to pay for an invasion of Scotland as they believed that this was a northern affair and had nothing to do with them.

1957 The link between smoking and lung cancer is one of 'direct cause and effect', a special report by the Medical Research Council found. But tobacco firms have rejected the findings saying they are merely a 'matter of opinion'.

1963 The US President John F Kennedy received a rapturous welcome on an emotional visit to his ancestral homeland in County Wexford, Ireland.

2009 The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was inscribed as a World Heritage Site. The aqueduct carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in Wrexham in north east Wales. It is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain.

2012 'The Belfast Handshake'. The final day of the Queen's two-day visit to Northern Ireland was marked by an historic handshake and a huge party. Her Majesty and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness shook hands for the first time.
 
On This Day In History, June 28th

1969 A police raid on a gay tavern sparks a series of violent clashes
The Stonewall Riots in New York City marked the beginning of the gay rights movement in the United States. The Christopher Street Day, a yearly observance for Gay Pride in some European countries, is named after the bar's location.

1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
From Israel's point of view, the annexation effected the reunification of its capital city. However, the international community declared it illegal and views East Jerusalem as Palestinian territory occupied by Israel.

1939 The world's first scheduled transatlantic flight takes off
The Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat was operated by Pan Am. It took about 24 hours to reach Marseille, France. The scheduled service was soon discontinued again because of the outbreak of World War II.

1914 Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are assassinated
Gavrilo Princip's attack effected a crisis among Europe's major powers (July Crisis). This ultimately triggered the First World War, which with over 37 million deaths was one of the bloodiest war of all time. Five years later to the day, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended the war.

1846 The saxophone is patented
Belgian musician Adolphe Sax developed the woodwind instrument typically made of brass, which in recent decades has heavily influenced the sound of the jazz, military band, rock, and pop musical genres.
 

Births On This Day, June 28th 🎂

1940 Muhammad Yunus
Bangladeshi economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1926 Mel Brooks
American actor, director, producer, writer

1712 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss philosopher, polymath

1577 Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish painter

1491 Henry VIII of England

Deaths On This Day, June 28th 🪦

2001 Mortimer J. Adler
American philosopher, author

1981 Terry Fox
Canadian athlete, activist

1975 Rod Serling
American screenwriter, producer, created The Twilight Zone

1962 Mickey Cochrane
American baseball player, manager

1836 James Madison
American politician, 4th President of the United States
 
28th June

1461 Edward IV was crowned King of England. He was the first Yorkist King and the first half of his rule was marred by the violence associated with the Wars of the Roses.

1491 The birth of Henry VIII, King of England and second son of Henry VII.

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 Exactly five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand's death, Germany and the Allied Powers signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially marking the end of World War I. Although the armistice, signed on 11th November 1918, ended the actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty.

1960 45 men were killed at a coal mine in Monmouthshire, Wales. A gas and coal dust explosion occurred at 10.45am killing 45 out of the 48 men who work in that district of the mine.

2004 The United States handed power back to the Iraqi people at a low-key ceremony in Baghdad.
 
1776
final draft of Declaration of Independence is submitted to Continental Congress
1846
saxophone is patented by Antiono- Joseph 'Aldolph' Sax
1919
Treaty of Versailles is signed in France ending WWI, establishing League of Nations
1969
in early morning police raid the gay bar' Stonewall Inn' in Greenwich Village, NYC between 400-1,000 patrons battle police for 3 days. This begins the modern day LGBT rights movement
2000
6yr old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez who fled with his divorced mother on a boat journey from Cuba to Miami is sent back to Cuba after U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear the case. His mother tragically died during the journey, he survived and was placed with his great uncle in Miami.The relatives lost their custody case, Elain was reunited with his father
2021
a prototype flying car 'Air Car' which is capable of flying 600m{1,000km} at a height of 8,200ft{2,500 km} completes a 35 min test flight between 2 airports in Slovakia
 
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.

1871 The Trade Union Act (UK) was passed, giving trade unions legal status for the first time.

1905 The Automobile Association was set up by motorists angered by police harassment and to warn drivers of speed traps.

1916 Sir Roger Casement, a British diplomat turned Irish nationalist, was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death. This verdict stemmed from his efforts to secure German arms and support for the Easter Rising in Ireland.

1927 For the first time in 200 years, a total eclipse of the sun was seen in Britain.

1974 With Argentine President Juan Peron on his deathbed, Isabela Martinez de Peron, his wife and vice president, was sworn in as the leader of the South American country.

1995 The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis successfully docked with the Russian space station Mir, marking the first docking of an American spacecraft with the Russian space station.
 
On This Day In History, June 30th

1972 The first leap second is added to UTC
Leap seconds are added to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) from time to time to account for the Earth's slowing rotation. UTC is the basis for the calculation of local times worldwide.

1971 The crew of Soviet spacecraft “Soyuz 11” dies after the loss of air supply
The cause of the tragedy was a faulty valve. The three cosmonauts had previously achieved the first docking of a spacecraft to a space station in history.

1936 The novel “Gone with the Wind” is published
Margaret Mitchell's story set in the American South during the American Civil War became one of the United States' biggest best-sellers. The 1939 movie version starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable was similarly successful.

1908 The Tunguska event leaves 2000 square km of Siberian forest flattened and scorched
The devastation is believed to have been caused by the explosion of an asteroid or comet. It is the largest impact event in recorded history.

1905, Albert Einstein submitted a paper outlining his theory of special relativity
The text “Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper” comprises the currently accepted theory about the relationship between space and time. The theory of special relativity is the basis for his theory of general relativity, which he published in 1916.
 
Births On This Day, June 30th 🎂

1985 Michael Phelps
American swimmer

1985 Cody Rhodes
American wrestler, actor

1983 Cheryl Cole
English singer-songwriter, dancer, and model

1975 Ralf Schumacher
German race car driver

1966 Mike Tyson
American boxer, actor

Deaths On This Day, June 30th 🪦

2012 Yitzhak Shamir
Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel

2001 Chet Atkins
American musician, songwriter, and producer

1984 Lillian Hellman
American playwright

1974 Vannevar Bush
American engineer

1934 Kurt von Schleicher
German general, politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany
 
30th June

1643 The Battle of Adwalton Moor (West Yorkshire), during the First English Civil War. In the battle, the Royalists loyal to King Charles led by the Earl of Newcastle soundly defeated the Parliamentarians commanded by Lord Fairfax.

1704 John Quelch, an English pirate, was hanged for piracy in Boston. He was the first person to be tried for piracy outside England under Admiralty Law and thus without a jury. 🏴‍☠️

1837 Punishment by pillory was finally abolished in Britain.

1937 The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, was introduced in London. 999 was chosen was because it could be dialled on the old rotary dial telephones by placing a finger against the dial stop and rotating the dial to the full extent three times, even in the dark or in dense smoke. This enabled all users, including the visually impaired, to easily dial the emergency number.

1985 Beirut ordeal ended for US hostages. All 39 Americans being held captive by the Shia Muslim Amal militia in Lebanon were released, after almost three weeks in captivity.

2007 A dark green Jeep Cherokee, laden with propane gas canisters and petrol, was driven into the front of Glasgow Airport's Terminal One building in what was later identified as a terrorist attack.

2012 Rufus, the hawk that patrolled Wimbledon's tennis courts to frighten away pigeons, was stolen from a car parked outside his owner's home. Three days later he was returned, to a national animal charity in London.
 
1859
French acrobat, Charles Blendin becomes 1st person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. He used 3inch hemp cord 1,100ft long,holding a 30ft long balance pole
1893
Excelsior blue-white 995 carat diamond, at the time the world's largest is discovered in Jagersfontain mine in S. Africa
1953
The 1st Chevrolet Corvette is produced cost was $3,498 only 300 were produced the 1st yr
1974
Russian ballet dancer, Mikhail Barshnikov defects to the West while on tour in Canada,26 yrs old. He sought artistic freedom.He joined the American Ballet Theatre as a prinicipal dancer
1993
Walt Disney Company buys Miramax Films from co founders Harvey&Bob Weinstein for $60 mil
2016
The Ikea Museum opens in Almhuit, Sweden in the former 1st Ikea store
 
On This Day In History, July 2nd

2002 American businessman, Steve Fossett completes the first solo around-the-world Balloon Flight
This was Fossett's 6th attempt to circumnavigate the world. It took him 13 days in a balloon called Spirit of Freedom to cover 20,000 miles.

2001 World's First Self-Contained Artificial Heart Transplant
59-year old American Robert L. Tools became the first person to receive the a self-contained artificial heart transplant called the AbioCor at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The AbioCor is an artificial heart that is not connected to wires or an external pump.

1937 American aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan are heard for the last time before disappearing
They were attempting to make the first around-the-world flight in a Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Neither they nor the plane has ever been found and that has led to speculation about what happened to them. An accomplished pilot, Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

1900 The Zeppelin Takes Off for the First Time
The rigid aircraft named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the inventor of the dirigible and founder of the Zeppelin Airship Construction Company, made its first flight over Lake Constance in Germany. Unlike blimps or balloons, Zeppelins are built by stretching material over a rigid framework, usually made of metal. Zeppelins can be steered and they were used by the German Air Force to conduct aerial attacks during the First World War.

1843 Alligator Falls Out of the Sky in Charleston, South Carolina during a thunderstorm.
It is believed that the strange incident happened when a waterspout carried an alligator from a body of water and dropped in on the city.
 
Births On This Day, July 2nd 🎂

1986 Lindsay Lohan
American actress, singer

1925 Patrice Lumumba
Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1925 Medgar Evers
American civil rights activist

1877 Hermann Hesse
German writer, Nobel Prize laureate

1489 Thomas Cranmer
English Archbishop of Canterbury

Deaths On This Day, July 2nd 🪦

1977 Vladimir Nabokov
Russian/American author

1961 Ernest Hemingway
American writer, Nobel Prize laureate

1914 Joseph Chamberlain
British politician

1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss philosopher, polymath

1566 Nostradamus
French astrologer
 

  • 2013 Coup in Egypt​

    Egyptian defense minister Abdul Fatah al-Sisi staged a coup and forced out President Mohamed Morsi, just over a year after he was elected.

  • 1988 Iran Air flight 655 is shot down by a US Navy ship​

    The USS Vincennes mistakenly shot down the airplane en route to Dubai, killing all 290 people aboard. The Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser, incorrectly identified the plane as a military aircraft. In 1996, the United States government made a cash settlement with Iran in order to close the case Iran had brought against the US in the International Court of Justice.

  • 1962 Algeria gains its independence from France​

    Algeria's independence from France, after 132 years of French rule, was finalized after the signing of the Évian Accords in the spa town of Évian-les-Bains. The accords ended a 7-year long voilent war of independence. Independence was finally achieved after the July 1, 1962, referendum favored complete Algerian independence. Ahmed Ben Bella became the first President of the country.

  • 1863 Battle of Gettysburg ends​

    The 3-day long battle during the American Civil War was fought between the Union and Confederacy in-and-around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Thought to be one of the bloodiest battles of the war – around 50,000 soldiers were lost on both sides – the Battle of Gettysburg marked a key turning point in the conflict. The decisive Union victory led to the retreat of Confederate soldiers from the north.

  • 1844 The Great Auks go extinct​

    The last known pair of Great Auks, members of a species of flightless birds, were killed off the coast of Iceland at the request of a collector. It is believed that the extinction of these birds was caused by human activities and hunting due to the high demand for their feathers.
 

Births On This Day, July 3rd 🎂​

  • 1980 Harbhajan Singh​

    Indian cricketer

  • 1971 Julian Assange​

    Australian journalist, publisher, activist, founder of WikiLeaks

  • 1962 Tom Cruise​

    American actor, writer, director, producer

  • 1949 Bo Xilai​

    Chinese politician

  • 1883 Franz Kafka​

    Czech/German writer

Deaths On This Day, July 3rd 🪦​

  • 2012 Andy Griffith​

    American actor, singer, producer, screenwriter

  • 1995 Pancho Gonzales​

    American tennis player

  • 1971 Jim Morrison​

    American singer-songwriter, poet

  • 1935 André Citroën​

    French engineer, businessman, founded Citroën

  • 1904 Theodor Herzl​

    Austrian journalist, author
 
On This Day In History, July 4th

2012 Discovery of Higgs boson particle is announced by scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)
The existence of the elusive elementary particle in physics, was suggested in the 1960s. The Higgs boson, which is named after Nobel laureate, Peter Higgs, was finally detected by scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider.

1966 Freedom of Information Act in the US is signed into law
The 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the law, which allows for the disclosure of government information to the public. It came into effect a year later in 1967.

1946 Philippines gains independence from the United States
The South East Asian country had been ruled for almost 381 years by various colonial powers, starting with the Spanish in the early 16th century.

1865 Alice in Wonderland is published for the first time
The classic fantasy novel was written by author Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. The book recounted the adventures of a curious girl, Alice, who falls into a rabbit hole and meets human-like animals and creatures.

1776 United States Declaration of Independence is adopted in Philadelphia
The statement declared the independence of the 13 British colonies from the British crown. It also announced the creation of a new country called the United States of America. The handwritten declaration was approved by the Second Continental Congress and was signed by 56 delegates on August 2, 1776.
 
Births On This Day, July 4th 🎂

1973 Gackt
Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor

1960 Barry Windham
American wrestler

1952 Álvaro Uribe
Colombian politician, 39th President of Colombia

1930 George Steinbrenner
American businessman

1872 Calvin Coolidge
American politician, 30th President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, July 4th 🪦

2011 Otto von Habsburg
Austrian/German son of Charles I of Austria

2008 Jesse Helms
American politician

1934 Marie Curie
Polish chemist, physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate

1826 Thomas Jefferson
American politician, 3rd President of the United States

1551 Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell
 
1802
The 1st U.S. military academy opens at West Point, NY
1817
chief engineer, James Geddes begins construction on the Erie Canal in Rome, NY.It was one of the 1st great engineering works in North America

1934
physicist/inventor, Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb
1954
9 yrs after WWII ended, Britain ends meat & other foods rationing
1970
disc jockey, Casey Kasem's countdown radio program' America's Top 40 debuts on a Los Angeles radio station
1996
Hot mail, a free internet email service begins
2021
researchers reveal there are 14 living descendents of painter, Leonardo da Vinci. They live in town of Vinci,Italy where he was born. The researchers through multi decade genealogical study traced Leonardo's lineage through his father
 
On This Day In History, July 5th

1996 World's first live cloned mammal is born
Dolly the Sheep, a domestic ship was cloned using cells from an adult sheep by a team led by Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell at the Roslin Institute. While her birth was considered to be a success for cloning science, she did not live very long – scientists had predicted that she would live for about 12 years, but she died just a few months short of her 7th birthday.

1995 Armenian Constitution is adopted
A nation-wide referendum led to the approval and adoption of Armenia's constitution. The country had gained its independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

1975 Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal
The Island country had come under Portuguese colonial control in the late 15th century.

1973 Coup in Rwanda
Then Army Chief of Staff, Juvénal Habyarimana, staged a coup and overthrew the President, Grégoire Kayibanda. Habyarimana then held the post of president for 20 years.

1811 Venezuela declares independence from Spain
Under the leadership of Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela declared its independence from Spain. This started the Venezuelan War of Independence. The country gained independence 10 years later in 1821.
 

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