This Day In History
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June 8th, 1979 - The Who released the soundtrack album "The Kids Are Alright."
1987 - New Zealand passed legislation to ban nuclear weapons.
Historical Events on 9th June
68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.1549 - England enforces Act of Supremacy
1752 - French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly India
1930 - Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
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June 9th, 1946 - Mel Ott (with the New York Giants) became the first manager to be ejected from a doubleheader (both games).
Historical Events on 10th June
1190 - Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (now called the Göksu in modern Turkey) while leading an army to Jerusalem.
1624 - Netherlands & France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiègne
1915 - British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
1940 - Italy declares war on France & Britain during WW II
1940 - Norway surrenders to Nazis
1940 - Canada declares war on Italy.
1946 - Italian Republic established
1966 - Janis Joplin's 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF)
1985 - French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, New Zealand
1190 - Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (now called the Göksu in modern Turkey) while leading an army to Jerusalem.
1624 - Netherlands & France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiègne
1915 - British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
1940 - Italy declares war on France & Britain during WW II
1940 - Norway surrenders to Nazis
1940 - Canada declares war on Italy.
1946 - Italian Republic established
1966 - Janis Joplin's 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF)
1985 - French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, New Zealand
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10 June
1776 - The Continental Congress appointed a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.
1776 - The Continental Congress appointed a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.
At the age of 15
Happy birthday to the U.S. Eighth Army, 70 years old today.
Historical Events on 11th June
1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.1429 - Hundred Years' War: The start of the Battle of Jargeau.
1928 - Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released
1942 - German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa
1955 - Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators (race continues)
1963 - US President JFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is "time to act"
1982 - Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film)
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^^^^ So sad ...
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June 11th, 1913 -Vince Lombardi - Football coach- was born.
Happy Birthday Vince.
Happy Birthday Vince.
Peter Dinklage born 6/11/63
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Historical Events on 12th June
1653 - - 13] First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard/ Battle at North Foreland, English fleet beats the Dutch1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte invades Russia
1867 - Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
1908 - Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)
1942 - Hitler orders enslavement of Slavic peoples
Twenty years ago, OJ Simpson didn't murder his wife.
Historical Events on 13th June
1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed in London1917 - World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
1937 - Stalin executes Russian officers Tuchachevski, Jakir, Putna & Uberevitch
1940 - Paris evacuates before German advance
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June 13th, 1958 - Frank Zappa graduated from Antelope Valley High in Lancaster, CA
