Today In History: June 22

Events
1377- Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England
1740- King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press
1772- Slavery outlawed in England
1812- Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia
1847- Doughnut created
1851- Fire destroys part of San Francisco
1870- Congress creates Department of Justice
1911- King George V of England crowned
1939- Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip
1940- France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms
1969- Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance
1981- Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
1990- Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit
1992- 2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg IDed as Czar Nicholas II & wife
2009- 2009 Washington Metro subway crash: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing 9 and injuring over 80.

Birthdays
1906- Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator
1922- Bill Blass, fashion designer
1933- Dianne Feinstein, 1st female mayor of San Francisco
1936- Kris Kristofferson, singer/actor
1949- Meryl Streep, New Jersey, actress
1953- Cyndi Lauper, singer
1960- Erin Brockovich, legal clerk & enviromental activist
1964- Dan Brown, author

Deaths
1969- Judy Garland, actress
1987- Fred Astaire, actor & dancer
1993- Pat Nixon, former First Lady

Have a lovely night.
Hugs & Best Wishes,
Lizzy

Today In History: June 21

Events

1547- Great fire in Moscow

1607- First Protestant Episcopal parish in America estabilished in Jamestown

1633- Galileo Galilei is forced by the Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views

1791- Fleeing French King Louis XVI & family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne (picture above)

1879- F. W. Woolworth opens his first store, which failed almost immediately

1893- First Ferris Wheel premieres at Chicago's Columbian Exposition

1933- 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans

1942- Winston Churchill arrives in Washington DC to meet President Roosevelt

1945- US forces defeat the Japanese at Okinawa during WWII

1956- Anti-protons detected in atmosphere

1956- German DR frees almost 19,000 prisoners

1975- "Jaws", directed by Steven Spielberg opens

1982- John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity

1985- American, Brazilian & West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr Josef Mengele

1990- 7.7 Earthquake with 100s of after shocks hits Iran; about 50,000 die

1990- NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham

2001- Total solar eclipse in Madagascar-Atl Ocean (4m56s)

2006- Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix & Hydra

Birthdays

1732- Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer

1732- Martha Washington, wife of George Washington, 1st First Lady

1851- Daniel Carter Beard, organized first Boy Scout troop

1921- Fran Scott, pianist on Lawrence Welk Show

1922- Judy Holliday, actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib)

1933- Bernie Kopell, actor (The Love Boat, Get Smart)

1948- Ian McEwan, writer (Atonement, Solar)

1953- Benazir Bhutto, first female leader of a Muslim nation (Pakistan)

1973- Juliette Lewis, actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Whip It!)

1982- Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

Deaths

1527- Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author,

1876- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo)

1893- Leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University

2007- Bob Evans, American restaurateur

Have a lovely day! Hope you learned something.

Hugs & Best Wishes,

Lizzy

(Info from History Orb, photo from here)

Today In History: June 20

Events
1214- The University of Oxford recieves its charter.
1782- Congress approves Great Seal of USA & the Bald Eagle as its symbol
1837- At 18, Queen Victoria ascends British throne; rules for 63 years(picture above)
1895- First female PhD earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin, in Science)
1901- Charlotte Manye is the firstAfrican graduate of a US college
1939- Test flight of first rocket plane using liquid propellants
1944- Nazis begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz
1963- The Beatles form "Beatles Ltd." to handle their income
1988- "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera
1994- OJ Simpson arraigned on murders of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman

Birthdays
1733- Betty Washington, sister of George Washington
1866- Lord George ESMH Carnarvon, England, egyptologist (Tutankhamun)
1915- Terence Young, director (Dr No, Thunderball)
1950- Lionel Richie, singer
1953- Cyndi Lauper, singer
1967- Nicole Kidman, actress

Deaths
1837- William IV, King of England, dies

(info from History Orb, image from The Daily Mail)

Hope you learned something.
Hugs & Best Wishes,
Lizzy