On This Day In History
Ellen Ann Wilmott was a leading Victorian gardener, plant hunter and botanical photographer. Allegedly she sabotaged others' potentially prize-winning gardens by scattering weeds around them. https://t.co/mXklkqUGFg pic.twitter.com/ml1sK2IHDx
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) June 21, 2022
On this day in 1940, a white mob in Alabama lynched a young Black man named Jesse Thornton for failing to call a white officer "Mr." No one was ever prosecuted for his murder. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/aClmiFz37G
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) June 21, 2022
21 June 1937. The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships were televised by the BBC for the first time. Few people saw them, as only 10,000 people owned a TV set at the time. pic.twitter.com/LbJQQOXt90
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 21, 2022
21 June 1948. The first stored computer programme was run on the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), known as “Baby” at the University of Manchester. It was built by Frederic Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Tootill. pic.twitter.com/rf7fxkYAlY
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 21, 2022
21 June 1964. Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, were murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA, by members of the Ku Klux Klan, in what became known as the “Mississippi Burning murders”. pic.twitter.com/Nekf0Q1oGL
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 21, 2022
21 June 1969. Tennis legend, Maureen Connolly, died (aged 34). She won 9 Grand Slam singles titles and was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year. Her tennis career ended in 1954 after a horse riding accident when she was aged just 19. pic.twitter.com/Mx36DMwHl4
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 21, 2022
21 June 1970. Brazil beat Italy 4-1 in the FIFA World Cup Final in Mexico City. It was Brazil’s 3rd victory, and they were allowed to keep the coveted Jules Rimet Trophy for good. The 1970 Brazil team is ranked among the greatest international teams of all time. pic.twitter.com/rPs1t5oYBY
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 21, 2022
21 June 2001. Blues legend, John Lee Hooker, died. It’s thought he was 88, but the exact date of his birth is unclear. He developed his own driving-rhythm boogie blues guitar style. He was ranked 35th in Rolling Stone Magazine’s 2015 list of 100 greatest guitarists. pic.twitter.com/yomxwZcBks
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 21, 2022
June 22nd
1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant his Copernican views that the Earth orbits the Sun by the Pope (Vatican only admits it was wrong on Oct 31, 1992!)
1675 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
1772 Somerset v Stewart court case finds slavery unsupported by English common law, encouraging the abolitionist movement
1848 Beginning of the June Days uprising in Paris by French workers
1865 The CSS Shenandoah fires the last shot of the American Civil War in the Bering Strait to indicate surrender
Did You Know?
John Dillinger is informally named America's first Public Enemy Number One
Today in History in 1934
Would You Believe?
First ring doughnut supposedly created by Hanson Gregory
Today in History in 1847
This day 152 years ago – 22 June 1866 – Archbishop Cullen of Dublin became the very first Irish cardinal.
Born Paul Cullen in Narraghmore, Co. Kildare, he is said to have started the practice of Irish priests wearing Roman collars and being referred to as 'Father', not 'Mister'. pic.twitter.com/YlKnjz4npI
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) June 22, 2018
In #InsectWeek, here is 'Madame Dragonfly', Cynthia Longfield, entomologist and explorer. The first woman in London's @BritEncSoc, in 1937 she published 'Dragonflies of the British Isles'. She described several new species: three are named in her honour. https://t.co/v4hPE9oAlW pic.twitter.com/36OaD0Hm8I
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) June 22, 2022
On this day in 1908, a white mob lynched nine Black men in Sabine County, Texas, and terrorized the entire Black community. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/gjfm21E5j4
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) June 22, 2022
22 June 1815. After his defeat at the Battle or Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as French Emperor for the last time. He was subsequently exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena where he died in 1821. pic.twitter.com/qOT20zBAsz
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 22, 2022
22 June 1967. The drug possession trial of Rolling Stone members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards began in London. Seven days later, the judge sentenced Jagger to 3 months and Richards to one year in jail. In August 1967, these sentences were quashed by the court of appeal. pic.twitter.com/NOQDJtnSYb
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 22, 2022
22 June 1969. Hollywood legend, Judy Garland (aged 47), was found dead in the bathroom of a rented house in Cadogan Lane, Belgravia, London. Her best loved role was as Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz. Her daughter is the popular singer Liza Minnelli. pic.twitter.com/TIJPoh2pTP
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 22, 2022
22 April 1969. Briton Robin Knox-Johnston completed the first non-stop solo voyage around the world, during The Times Golden Globe Race. He set off from Falmouth on 14 June 1968 aboard his yacht, Suhaili, and arrived back in Falmouth after 312 days at sea. pic.twitter.com/VhBoboFvGr
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 22, 2022
22 June 1971. Classic album, Blue by Joni Mitchell was released in the USA. It explores various facets of personal relationships and is regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2020, it rated 3rd on the Rolling Stone’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. pic.twitter.com/SrFwNqxZUW
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 22, 2022
That night Peter Cook wrote a satirical version of the Judge's summing-up. Delivered the following day at the Secret Policeman's Ball. The show had been floundering until then, a blend of old material with nothing new. Cook transformed it in a day.https://t.co/bZv2NfPfmG
— Simon Worrall 💉💉 💉OBS (@sworrall) June 22, 2022
22 June 1981. Mark David Chapman decided to plead guilty to the murder of John Lennon on 8 December 1980. It came as a surprise, as in the months following Lennon’s murder, Chapman’s lawyers had put forward a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. pic.twitter.com/ZFSqA6qyQo
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 22, 2022