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Gravdigr · 06-21-2016, 11:50 AM

June 21

1734 – In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.

1749 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

1854 – The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.

1877 – The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons.

1898 – The United States captures Guam from Spain.

1900 – Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.

1915 – The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.

1919 – Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.

1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.

* 1964 – Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi.

1966 - Reg Calvert manager of The Fortunes, Screaming Lord Sutch and the owner of offshore pirate radio station Radio City was shot dead by business rival William Oliver Smedley during a confrontation. (Smedley was the owner of pirate station Radio Caroline). Smedley was later cleared of the murder on grounds of self defense.

Jimmy Page made his live debut with The Yardbirds at The Marquee Club in London.

1975 - Elton John, The Beach Boys, Joe Walsh, Rufus, and The Eagles all appeared in front of 120,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, London. Tickets cost £3.50 ($5.95).

Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form his own group, Rainbow.

1982 – John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

2001 – A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.

John Lee Hooker, American blues singer and guitarist died in his sleep, aged 83.

* 2005 – Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been acquitted for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).

2009 – Greenland assumes self-rule.

Births

1639 – Increase Mather; 1850 – Daniel Carter Beard (co-founded the Boy Scouts of America); 1890 – Frank S. Land (founded DeMolay International; 1896 – Charles Momsen (invented the Momsen lung); 1903 – Al Hirschfeld; 1905 – Jean-Paul Sartre; 1921 – Judy Holliday, Jane Russell; 1925 – Maureen Stapleton; 1932 – Lalo Schifrin; 1933 – Bernie Kopell ('Doc' on The Love Boat); 1938 – Don Black (co-wrote theme songs for "Thunderball", "Diamonds Are Forever" and "The Man with the Golden Gun"); 1940 – Mariette Hartley; 1941 – Joe Flaherty; 1944 – Ray Davies; 1947 – Meredith Baxter(mom on "Family Ties"), Michael Gross (dad on "Family Ties")

; 1947 – Joey Molland (Badfinger); 1948 – Don Airey (keyboard); 1950 – Joey Kramer; 1951 – Nils Lofgren; 1953 – Benazir Bhutto; 1957 – Berkeley Breathed; 1959 – Kathy Mattea; 1961 – Kip Winger; 1964 – Doug Savant; 1965 – Lana Wachowski (formerly Larry, ~~bro~~ sis of Lilly (formerly Andy)

; 1966 – Gretchen Carlson, Mancow Muller; 1967 – Jim Breuer; 1967 – Pierre Omidyar (founder eBay), Carrie Preston; 1973 – Juliette Lewis; 1979 – Chris Pratt; 1983 – Edward Snowden; 1985 – Lana Del Rey

Deaths

1527 – Niccolò Machiavelli; 1582 – Oda Nobunaga; 1591 – Aloysius Gonzaga (namesake of Gonzaga University); 1652 – Inigo Jones; 1661 – Andrea Sacchi; 1874 – Anders Jonas Ångström; 1876 – Antonio López de Santa Anna (Remember the Alamo?); 1908 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; 1940 – Smedley Butler (at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history); 1964 – James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner; 1985 – Hector Boyardee (founded Chef Boyardee); 1987 – Earl 'Madman' Muntz; 2001 – John Lee Hooker; 2001 – Carroll O'Connor; 2003 – Jason Moran; 2003 – Leon Uris; 2007 – Bob Evans; 2008 – Scott Kalitta (drag racer, son of drag racer Connie Kalitta, the wreck that killed him resulted in NHRA shortening the track to 1,000 feet); 2012 – Richard Adler; 2014 – Jimmy C. Newman

06-21-2016, 11:50 AM	#131
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	June 21 1734 – In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city. 1749 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded. 1854 – The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands. 1877 – The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons. 1898 – The United States captures Guam from Spain. 1900 – Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi. 1915 – The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks. 1919 – Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I. 1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland. * 1964 – Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi. 1966 - Reg Calvert manager of The Fortunes, Screaming Lord Sutch and the owner of offshore pirate radio station Radio City was shot dead by business rival William Oliver Smedley during a confrontation. (Smedley was the owner of pirate station Radio Caroline). Smedley was later cleared of the murder on grounds of self defense. Jimmy Page made his live debut with The Yardbirds at The Marquee Club in London. 1975 - Elton John, The Beach Boys, Joe Walsh, Rufus, and The Eagles all appeared in front of 120,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, London. Tickets cost £3.50 ($5.95). Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form his own group, Rainbow. 1982 – John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. 2001 – A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen. John Lee Hooker, American blues singer and guitarist died in his sleep, aged 83. * 2005 – Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been acquitted for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004). 2009 – Greenland assumes self-rule. Births 1639 – Increase Mather; 1850 – Daniel Carter Beard (co-founded the Boy Scouts of America); 1890 – Frank S. Land (founded DeMolay International; 1896 – Charles Momsen (invented the Momsen lung); 1903 – Al Hirschfeld; 1905 – Jean-Paul Sartre; 1921 – Judy Holliday, Jane Russell; 1925 – Maureen Stapleton; 1932 – Lalo Schifrin; 1933 – Bernie Kopell ('Doc' on The Love Boat); 1938 – Don Black (co-wrote theme songs for "Thunderball", "Diamonds Are Forever" and "The Man with the Golden Gun"); 1940 – Mariette Hartley; 1941 – Joe Flaherty; 1944 – Ray Davies; 1947 – Meredith Baxter(mom on "Family Ties"), Michael Gross (dad on "Family Ties"); 1947 – Joey Molland (Badfinger); 1948 – Don Airey (keyboard); 1950 – Joey Kramer; 1951 – Nils Lofgren; 1953 – Benazir Bhutto; 1957 – Berkeley Breathed; 1959 – Kathy Mattea; 1961 – Kip Winger; 1964 – Doug Savant; 1965 – Lana Wachowski (formerly Larry, ~~bro~~ sis of Lilly (formerly Andy); 1966 – Gretchen Carlson, Mancow Muller; 1967 – Jim Breuer; 1967 – Pierre Omidyar (founder eBay), Carrie Preston; 1973 – Juliette Lewis; 1979 – Chris Pratt; 1983 – Edward Snowden; 1985 – Lana Del Rey Deaths 1527 – Niccolò Machiavelli; 1582 – Oda Nobunaga; 1591 – Aloysius Gonzaga (namesake of Gonzaga University); 1652 – Inigo Jones; 1661 – Andrea Sacchi; 1874 – Anders Jonas Ångström; 1876 – Antonio López de Santa Anna (Remember the Alamo?); 1908 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; 1940 – Smedley Butler (at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history); 1964 – James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner; 1985 – Hector Boyardee (founded Chef Boyardee); 1987 – Earl 'Madman' Muntz; 2001 – John Lee Hooker; 2001 – Carroll O'Connor; 2003 – Jason Moran; 2003 – Leon Uris; 2007 – Bob Evans; 2008 – Scott Kalitta (drag racer, son of drag racer Connie Kalitta, the wreck that killed him resulted in NHRA shortening the track to 1,000 feet); 2012 – Richard Adler; 2014 – Jimmy C. 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