On This Day In History
28 June 1926. The German car company, Daimler-Benz (which would become Mercedes-Benz), was formed. It was a merger of two companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler (left) and Karl Benz (right). pic.twitter.com/uBFFjvQtrR
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 28, 2022
28 June 1930. Mick the Miller became the first dog to win the Greyhound Derby for a second time. His record stood for 42 years until Patricia’s Hope matched the double when taking the race in both 1972 and 1973, but Mick the Miller is still regarded as the greatest UK greyhound. pic.twitter.com/iLpev3ZekD
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 28, 2022
28 June 1950. In a huge shock result, the USA team, which included a postman, a mill worker and a funeral director, beat England- who were favourites to win the tournament - 1-0 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in the first round of the FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil. pic.twitter.com/itVdRnsOOi
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 28, 2022
28 June 1960. 45 men were killed in a gas explosion at the Six Bells Colliery, one of the largest in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was one of the last major mining disasters in Wales. The cause of the explosion was a build-up of coal gas ignited by a spark from a falling stone. pic.twitter.com/5HgwhGGdF6
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 28, 2022
28 June 1969. The Stonewall Riots began at the Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, NYC. They were a series of demonstrations by the gay (LGBT), community, triggered by a police raid on gay bars. The riots are now seen as a pivotal moment in the fight for LGBT rights in the USA. pic.twitter.com/SBhTG3GuP0
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 28, 2022
June 29th
1613 Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, burns down during a performance of "Henry VIII"
1900 The Imperial Chinese Court issues what is essentially a declaration of war against foreigners in China blaming them for hostilities and giving license to the Boxers for even greater ferocity
1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes after an 83-day filibuster in the US Senate
1966 Vietnam War: US planes bomb the North Vietnamese capital Hanoi and the port city of Haiphong for the first time
1994 US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees
Did You Know?
World's first female diocesan Anglican bishop, Dr Penny Jamieson, appointed in New Zealand
Today in History in 1990
Would You Believe?
Thomas Beatie, the world's first pregnant man, gives birth to a daughter
Today in History in 2008
This day 33 years ago – 29 June 1985 – the very first rock concert at GAA stadium Croke Park was held, in which U2 performed on their Unforgettable Fire tour.
The opening acts for the concert included R.E.M. and Squeeze.
Tickets cost £12.50 each, and 57,000 people attended. pic.twitter.com/TSQ4J1duDx
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) June 29, 2018
In 1955, Ukrainian ceramicist Oksana Zhnikrup began work at the Experimental Ceramic & Artistic Plant in Kyiv. Here she produced some of her finest work, inspired by ballet & circus themes. One of them was the basis for Jeff Koons’ Seated Ballerina (2017). https://t.co/wie1XXDZCD pic.twitter.com/fXaR5s243c
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) June 29, 2022
On this day in 1958, a bomb exploded outside a Black church in Birmingham. The church pastor, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, was fighting segregation in the area. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/jPOjLMr7H8
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) June 29, 2022
29 June 1871. The Trade Union Act was passed. It gave trade unions legal status for the first time. Under its terms, no trade union could be regarded as criminal because of strikes and trade union funds were now protected. pic.twitter.com/rtRUpQgSnY
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 29, 2022
29 June 1916. British diplomat, Sir Roger Casement, supporter of Irish independence, was sentenced to death for his part in the Irish Easter Rising. Casement had been the British consul in Portuguese East Africa and in 1904 published an influential report on the Congo Free State. pic.twitter.com/ehyMQaIx7t
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 29, 2022
29 June 1927. For the first time in 200 years, a total eclipse of the sun was seen in Britain. Few people were lucky enough to witness the spectacle, but those in Giggleswick in Yorkshire were able to see a perfect, full eclipse, which lasted for less than 30 seconds. pic.twitter.com/AMyJEnYPxa
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 29, 2022
29 June 1940. Acclaimed Swiss born artist, Paul Klee, died (aged 60). He was influenced by Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism and was hugely popular in Weimar Germany, but his work was described as “Degenerate Art” during the Nazi period and banned. pic.twitter.com/70mOuP6tlD
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 29, 2022
29 June 1967. Hollywood star, Jayne Mansfield (aged 34), was killed in a car accident in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Reports that Mansfield was decapitated are untrue, although she did suffer severe head trauma. pic.twitter.com/L8ZC0jxXt9
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 29, 2022
29 June 2003. Hollywood legend, Katharine Hepburn, died (aged 96). She won a record four Best Actress Oscars. She appeared in several films with Spencer Tracey (pictured), with whom she had a long term love affair. pic.twitter.com/ibpESVwR0c
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 29, 2022
June 30th
1520 Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during “La Noche Triste” (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle
1860 Famous debate on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution held at the Oxford University Museum and dominated by arguments between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce
1905 In Russia, the “Potemkin” arrives at Odessa, where sailors take the bodies of dead crewman ashore; sailors join civilians in revolutionary actions of the ‘1905 Revolution'
1908 A giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet flattens 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, in the largest impact event in recorded history
1934 “Night of Long Knives” – Adolf Hitler stages a bloody purge of the Nazi party
1938 Superman 1st appears in DC Comics’ Action Comics Series issue #1
1992 South African ANC President Nelson Mandela meets with UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at Dakar
1997 British lease on the New Territories in Hong Kong, established by the Second Convention of Peking, expires
Did You Know?
The world's first emergency call telephone service is launched in London using the number 999
Today in History in 1937
Would You Believe?
Winton Motor Carriage Company publishes the first known automobile ad in Scientific American using the headline “dispense with a horse.”
Today in History in 1898
This day 100 years ago – 30 June 1922 – centuries' worth of Irish documentation was lost when the Public Record Office in the Four Courts was blown up in a battle between pro- and anti-Treaty forces.
Among the records were wills dating back to 1500 and deeds as far back as 1174. pic.twitter.com/tB1XxmFeC2
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) June 30, 2022
In June 1905, Rona Robinson became the first woman in the UK to gain a 1st-class degree in Chemistry—in Manchester. One of the 1st documented female industrial chemists, she was also a suffragette & a paid member of the Women’s Social and Political Union. https://t.co/wThohnqrVU pic.twitter.com/hmBueNIJFh
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) June 30, 2022