On This Day In History
On this day in 1967, a white officer killed Martin Chambers, an unarmed, Black 19-year-old who reportedly had stopped running and had his hands up against a fence when he was shot. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/7NeNJDKNqg
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) June 11, 2022
11 June 1979. Hollywood legend, John Wayne, died (aged 72). He starred in 142 films altogether and in 83 he played a cowboy. He gained just one Oscar as Best Actor playing Marshal Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. pic.twitter.com/fCd2bULbgu
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 11, 2022
11 June 2015. Leading British actor, Ron Moody, died (aged 91). He was best known as Fagin in the Hollywood musical film, Oliver. Moody was the first Jewish actor to portray Fagin, who is portrayed more sympathetically in the film than the Antisemitic stereotype in the novel. pic.twitter.com/OX7scWALjg
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 11, 2022
11 June 1987. Paul Boateng, Bernie Grant and Diana Abbot (pictured left to right with BBC presenter John Craven), were elected as the first black Labour MPs in the UK. Diane Abbot had the additional honour of being the first black woman MP. pic.twitter.com/UzxTn8tCiG
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 11, 2022
11 June 1955. A huge crash occurred at the Le Mans 24 Hour Race. The crash was caused when large fragments of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and the French driver Pierre Bouillin. It was the most catastrophic crash in motorsport history. pic.twitter.com/DXjXsP0LHM
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 11, 2022
11 June 1934. The World Disarmament Conference, in Geneva, ended in failure. Adolf Hitler had refused to allow Germany to participate, arguing the western Allies would never recognise the German right to rearm and offer equal treatment. pic.twitter.com/uX8wBlVLUV
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 11, 2022
11 June 1919. Sir Barton, ridden by Johnny Loftus, became the first horse to win the US flat racing Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes following victories in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. pic.twitter.com/R8IpxsIjwd
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 11, 2022
PHOTO OF THE DAY. England goalkeeper Gordon Banks catches a dog (1965). pic.twitter.com/zvfV4Bmu2w
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 11, 2022
June 12th
1381 Peasants’ Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath
1830 Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch
1931 Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury
1942 Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam
1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
2018 singapore summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump – first time a North Korean leader and an incumbent US President have ever met
Did You Know?
"Toy Story 3", directed by Lee Unkrich, starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, premieres at the Taormina Film Fest in Italy - 1st animated film to earn 1 billion
Today in History in 2010
Would You Believe?
Zimbabwe discards its own currency, offering an exchange of $1 for 35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars
Today in History in 2015
This day 31 years ago – 12 June 1988 – Ireland beat England 1-0 in the Neckarstadion, Stuttgart.
It was the first time the team had reached a major international tournament, the UEFA European Football Championship
The winning goal was scored by Ray Houghton in the sixth minute. pic.twitter.com/m3Zf3TgPKn
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) June 12, 2019
#otd in 1912 Australian writer Daisy Bates advocated a patrol to keep Aboriginal people from moving to white-settled areas. An advisor to the Australian govt, her approach was grimly imperial and colonial; she saw indigenous people as savages. https://t.co/AYcP8dDlOF #grimwomen pic.twitter.com/UJ0PBaEGrg
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) June 12, 2022
On this day in 1945, Niecey Brown, a 74-year-old Black woman, died from injuries after an off-duty white Selma police officer forcibly entered her house and beat her to death with a bottle. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/tYAsIN2Hcm
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) June 12, 2022
12 June 2003. Hollywood legend, Gregory Peck, died (aged 87). He was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. He received five nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won once – for his performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. pic.twitter.com/hpcNoPL6P3
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 12, 2022
12 June 1889. 80 people were killed, a third of them children, when a Sunday school excursion train crashed in Armagh, Ireland (now in Northern Ireland). It was the worst rail disaster in the UK during the 19th century, and remains the worst railway disaster in all of Ireland. pic.twitter.com/iMxNMwGvdH
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 12, 2022
12 June 1849. The ”Inhaler or Lung Protector” mask was patented by Lewis Haslett in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It’s regarded as the first gas mask. pic.twitter.com/Q60z4Nsutx
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 12, 2022
12 June 1817. The earliest form of bicycle, without pedals, known as the “Dandy Horse” was driven in public by its German inventor, Baron Karl von Drais, before a crowd in Mannheim. He completed an 8-9 mile round trip in a quarter of the usual time. pic.twitter.com/TDk3XL3hAU
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 12, 2022
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Anne Frank’s father Otto, revisiting the attic where his family hid from the Gestapo during the Second World War (1960). pic.twitter.com/SXP0hI3sv9
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 12, 2022
June 13th
1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest extant) signed in London
1866 US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights)
1878 Congress of Berlin begins, determines the territories of the states in the Balkan peninsula following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78
1956 The last British troops leave the Suez Canal Zone in Egypt
2000 South Korean President Kim Dae Jung meets leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang
Did You Know?
Longest recorded attack of hiccups begins: Charlie Osborne gets the hiccups and continues for 68 years, dies 11 months after it stops
Today in History in 1922
Would You Believe?
Floods in Tbilisi, Georgia, kill 12 people and free animals from the city's zoo, including bears and hippos, to roam the city
Today in History in 2015