On This Day In History
18 June 1928. US pilot, Amelia Earhart, landed at Burry Port, near Llanelli, Wales, to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She was a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz, who was assisted by Lou Gordon, the mechanic. pic.twitter.com/WHa6BkgR1H
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 18, 2022
Bio of the Day: Jeanne Mance was born in France and was a pupil of the Ursulines. In 1640, a cousin spoke to her of New France. She first arrived at Quebec in 1641 and founded the Hôtel-Dieu of Montreal in 1642.
She died #OTD 1673.https://t.co/fvYCpCMun5 📷 @_BAnQ pic.twitter.com/BFee5CvhKu— Dictionary of Canadian Biography (@dcb_dbc) June 18, 2021
PHOTO OF THE DAY. John Lennon (right) and Paul McCartney composing, I Saw Her Standing There, in Paul's Council house at 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool (1962). Photo by @_MikeMcCartney_ pic.twitter.com/NiOxfANgBm
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 18, 2022
Belated happy birthday Forrest and a happy 80th birthday to Paul McCartney!🎂🍾🥂
Quote from Barney Rubble on June 18, 2022, 8:19 pmBelated happy birthday Forrest and a happy 80th birthday to Paul McCartney!
Sure I remember when he was only a lad. Boy done well for himself 🤗
Quote from Lois Hi on June 17, 2022, 10:36 pmHappy Birthday Forrest! Keep bestowing your preciousness
I'm like a fox on the run, Lois, bestowing preciousness everywhere I go 🤣🤣🤣
Quote from Charlie Charles IV on June 17, 2022, 10:34 pm
Ah, Charlie, birthdays are only really special when Clare is doin her thang 🤗🤭😉
June 19th
1306 The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Robert the Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven
1829 Robert Peel introduces the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 into Parliament to establish a unified police force for London, world's 1st modern police force
1862 Slavery outlawed in US territories
1865 Union General Gordon Granger declares slaves are free in Texas, now the date the end of slavery is celebrated across the US as Juneteenth
1944 World War II: First day of the 2 day Battle of the Philippine Sea, US naval forces defeat Japanese fleet
1991 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
Did You Know?
First officially recognised baseball game (played by Cartwright Rules) – NY Nines 23 defeat Knickerbockers 1 at Hoboken, New Jersey
Today in History in 1846
This day 51 years ago - 19 June 1969 - French President Charles de Gaulle hosted a reception in Áras an Uachtaráin for members of the McCartan family from Co Down.
De Gaulle was a descendent of Anthony McCartan, who left Ireland for France in 1691 (the Flight of the Wild Geese). pic.twitter.com/qODsXURuqr
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) June 19, 2020
Luiza Mahin was involved in many of the slave revolts and uprisings in Bahia, Brazil during the 1st half of the 19th century. She was a key player and strategist in the Malê Revolt, distributing messages in Arabic. She had at least one son—Luiz Gama, Bahian poet & abolitionist. pic.twitter.com/399HNL6wyK
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) June 19, 2022
On this day in 1865, after white Southerners had extended the enslavement of countless Black people by concealing the Civil War’s end for months, Union troops arrived in Texas. #Juneteenth https://t.co/AlNI2YW18w
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) June 19, 2022
19 June 1862. The US Congress passed legislation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, prohibiting slavery in federal territories. This action effectively nullified the 1857 Dred Scott ruling, which held that African Americans could not be citizens and were better off as slaves. pic.twitter.com/y2cdv67J1D
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 19, 2022
19 June 1910. The first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington, USA. It was first proposed by Sonora Dodd a resident of Spokane in 1909. Celebrations in UK were inspired by the American custom. In both countries, Father’s Day falls on 3rd Sunday in June. pic.twitter.com/9punxDKeP9
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 19, 2022
19 June 1933. The French government granted Soviet communist exile, Leon Trotsky, political asylum. He was a key figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917, but after the rise of Stalin, he was removed from his party positions and expelled from the country in 1929. pic.twitter.com/IN2pSGxUIe
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 19, 2022
19 June 1937. Scottish born novelist, James Matthew (“J.M.”) Barrie, died (aged 77). He was the creator of the fictional ageless boy Peter Pan and a girl named Wendy, who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. pic.twitter.com/trOax82Y3O
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 19, 2022
19 June 1964. The last episode of the first series of CBS-TV show, The Twilight Zone, was broadcast. Each episode was a stand-alone story, often based on science fiction and ending with a moral. The first series of 156 episodes began on 2 October 1959. pic.twitter.com/BXEKOcSiIu
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 19, 2022
19 June 1964. The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 was finally approved by the US Senate. It prohibited the unequal application of voter registration requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. pic.twitter.com/RbO7v8Bvjp
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 19, 2022