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Gravdigr · 06-20-2016, 10:58 AM

June20

Today is the Summer Solstice, in the Northern Hemisphere, and, Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.

1248 – The University of Oxford receives its Royal charter.

1631 – The sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.

1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.

1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.

1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.

1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.

1863 – West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.

1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother.

1948 – Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut.

1963 – The so-called "red telephone" link is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1969 - David Bowie records 'Space Oddity' at Trident Studios London. The track went on to become a UK No.1 when re-released in 1975.

1972 – Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.

1975 – The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".

1979 – ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.

1982 – The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.

1990 – The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.

1991 – The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.

2001 – Andrea Yates, in an attempt to save her young children from Satan, drowns all five of them in a bathtub in Houston, Texas.

2003 – The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.

2004 - Organizers at a Paul McCartney show in Petersburg, Russia, hired three jets to spray dry ice into the clouds so it wouldn't rain during the concert. The gig was McCartney's 3,000th concert appearance. He had performed 2,535 gigs with the Quarrymen and The Beatles, 140 gigs with Wings and 325 solo shows.

Births

1905 – Lillian Hellman; 1907 – Jimmy Driftwood; 1909 – Errol Flynn; 1924 – Chet Atkins; 1925 – Audie Murphy; 1928 – Martin Landau; 1933 – Danny Aiello; 1935 – Len Dawson; 1937 – Jerry Keller; 1940 – John Mahoney ("Frasier"'s father); 1941 – Stephen Frears; 1942 – Brian Wilson; 1945 – Anne Murray; 1946 – Bob Vila; 1949 – Alan Longmuir (Bay City Rollers), Lionel Richie; 1950 – Nouri al-Maliki; 1952 – John Goodman, Larry Riley; 1954 – Michael Anthony (bassist Van Halen); 1957 – Koko B. Ware; 1958 – Ron Hornaday, Jr. (race car driver); 1960 – John Taylor; 1967 – Nicole Kidman; 1967 – Dan Tyminski (singer of "Man Of Constant Sorrow"; 1968 – Robert Rodriguez; 1971 – Josh Lucas, Twiggy Ramirez (bassist 'Marilyn Manson'); 1978 – Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson; 1983 – Darren Sproles

Deaths

1875 - Joe Meek; 1945 – Bruno Frank; 1947 – Bugsy Siegel; 1972 – Howard Johnson; 2012 – LeRoy Neiman

06-20-2016, 10:58 AM	#129
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	June20 Today is the Summer Solstice, in the Northern Hemisphere, and, Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. 1248 – The University of Oxford receives its Royal charter. 1631 – The sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates. 1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. 1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail. 1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne. 1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph. 1863 – West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother. 1948 – Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut. 1963 – The so-called "red telephone" link is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis. 1969 - David Bowie records 'Space Oddity' at Trident Studios London. The track went on to become a UK No.1 when re-released in 1975. 1972 – Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex. 1975 – The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters". 1979 – ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime. 1982 – The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War. 1990 – The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000. 1991 – The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin. 2001 – Andrea Yates, in an attempt to save her young children from Satan, drowns all five of them in a bathtub in Houston, Texas. 2003 – The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida. 2004 - Organizers at a Paul McCartney show in Petersburg, Russia, hired three jets to spray dry ice into the clouds so it wouldn't rain during the concert. The gig was McCartney's 3,000th concert appearance. He had performed 2,535 gigs with the Quarrymen and The Beatles, 140 gigs with Wings and 325 solo shows. Births 1905 – Lillian Hellman; 1907 – Jimmy Driftwood; 1909 – Errol Flynn; 1924 – Chet Atkins; 1925 – Audie Murphy; 1928 – Martin Landau; 1933 – Danny Aiello; 1935 – Len Dawson; 1937 – Jerry Keller; 1940 – John Mahoney ("Frasier"'s father); 1941 – Stephen Frears; 1942 – Brian Wilson; 1945 – Anne Murray; 1946 – Bob Vila; 1949 – Alan Longmuir (Bay City Rollers), Lionel Richie; 1950 – Nouri al-Maliki; 1952 – John Goodman, Larry Riley; 1954 – Michael Anthony (bassist Van Halen); 1957 – Koko B. Ware; 1958 – Ron Hornaday, Jr. (race car driver); 1960 – John Taylor; 1967 – Nicole Kidman; 1967 – Dan Tyminski (singer of "Man Of Constant Sorrow"; 1968 – Robert Rodriguez; 1971 – Josh Lucas, Twiggy Ramirez (bassist 'Marilyn Manson'); 1978 – Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson; 1983 – Darren Sproles Deaths 1875 - Joe Meek; 1945 – Bruno Frank; 1947 – Bugsy Siegel; 1972 – Howard Johnson; 2012 – LeRoy Neiman __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.