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#1641 · July 9, 2022, 5:21 pm

Would You Believe?

Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and enters the Queen’s bedroom in Buckingham Palace, London

Today in History in 1982

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#1642 · July 9, 2022, 5:22 pm

This day 100 years ago – 9 July 1921 – a truce was announced in the Irish War of Independence.

It came into force on 11 July.

Soon after, Éamon de Valera travelled to London with Robert Barton, Austin Stack and Arthur Griffith to meet British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. pic.twitter.com/jBWs7fsq7h

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) July 9, 2021

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#1643 · July 9, 2022, 5:23 pm

This day 95 years ago – 9 July 1925 – Oonagh Keogh, aged 22, became the first woman stockbroker in the world when she was admitted to the Dublin Stock Exchange.

In contrast, the first women were admitted to the New York and London Stock Exchanges in 1967 and 1973, respectively. pic.twitter.com/L9aG2hr6ib

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) July 9, 2020

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#1644 · July 9, 2022, 5:23 pm

#OTD in 1979, a bomb destroyed the car of Beate Klarsfeld, who with husband Serge had exposed many former Nazis. The assassination attempt failed; Klarsfeld went on to play a leading role in the conviction of war criminal Klaus Barbie. https://t.co/JnHA21eC4s pic.twitter.com/kR6MUSRMnz

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) July 9, 2022

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#1645 · July 9, 2022, 5:24 pm

On this day in 1954, weeks after Brown v. Board of Education, at Governor Gordon Persons's urging, the Alabama Education Board voted unanimously to continue enforcing segregation. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/HnZwhq9qFV

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) July 9, 2022

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#1646 · July 9, 2022, 5:24 pm

9 July 1441. Flemish painter, Jan van Eyck, died. He was one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. About 20 surviving paintings are confidently attributed to him. pic.twitter.com/xupB8k6XhB

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 9, 2022

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#1647 · July 9, 2022, 5:25 pm

9 July 1762. Catherine the Great came to power in Russia, following a coup d’état that she organised, resulting in the overthrow her husband, Peter III. Under her rule, Russia was recognised as one of the great powers of Europe. pic.twitter.com/oWwVTi0Nvk

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 9, 2022

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#1648 · July 9, 2022, 5:26 pm

9 July 1776. The so-called “Sons of Freedom” a mix of George Washington's soldiers and civilians pulled down a statue of King George III in New York City, after the US Declaration of Independence was read out to a large cheering crowd, and to members of the Continental Army. pic.twitter.com/MTxtADafO0

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 9, 2022

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#1649 · July 9, 2022, 5:26 pm

9 July 1797. Dublin born philosopher, Edmund Burke, died (aged 68). He’s best known for his influential book Reflections on the Revolution in France which predicted it would end in tyranny and disaster. pic.twitter.com/2jS2lqCdF4

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 9, 2022

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#1650 · July 9, 2022, 5:26 pm

9 July 1816. Argentina declared independence from Spain at the Congress of Tucumán. The house where the declaration was adopted has been rebuilt, and is now a museum and a monument called the House of Tucumán. pic.twitter.com/xY6a2S61rS

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 9, 2022

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#1651 · July 9, 2022, 5:27 pm

9 July 1877. The first Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships began. Only men competed in the very first tournament. The winner was Spencer Gore, a former Harrow public schoolboy, before a crowd of 200 people at its original site on Worple Road. pic.twitter.com/hpF6mYY32K

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 9, 2022

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#1652 · July 9, 2022, 5:28 pm

9 July 1922. Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim the 100 metres Freestyle in under 1 minute (58.6). He won 5 Olympic Gold Medals in all. He went on to play Tarzan in a series of Hollywood movies, and he is considered the definitive Tarzan. pic.twitter.com/6yuvyLkBHX

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 9, 2022

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#1653 · July 9, 2022, 5:28 pm

9 July 1955. Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets became the first rock ‘n’ roll single to reach No.1 on the US Billboard chart. It’s credited with bringing rock ‘n’ roll into mainstream culture around the world. pic.twitter.com/Dc7tfkAYtG

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 9, 2022

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#1654 · July 9, 2022, 5:28 pm

9 July 1962. Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans Exhibition was opened to the public at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, USA. It featured paintings of 32 different flavoured Campbell’s soup cans that were photographed, and then traced onto canvas and hand-painted. #AndyWarhol pic.twitter.com/K2SsC70slH

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 9, 2022

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#1655 · July 10, 2022, 5:27 pm

July 10th

1778 American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain

1940 Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces attack shipping convoys in the English Channel

1985 French foreign intelligence agents blow up the Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor, New Zealand to prevent it interfering with French nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Dutch photographer Fernando Pereira is killed.

1991 Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected President of the Russian Federation

2012 The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages

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#1656 · July 10, 2022, 5:29 pm

Did You Know?

Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry, according to legend, to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes

Today in History in 1040

Would You Believe?

World's official highest recorded temperature at Greenland Ranch (now known as Furnace Creek Ranch), Death Valley, California at 134 °F (56.7 °C)

Today in History in 1913

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#1657 · July 10, 2022, 5:34 pm

This day 93 years ago – 10 July 1927 – Kevin O'Higgins was shot dead by anti-Treaty IRA men on his way to Mass in Booterstown.

This led to legislation obliging elected TDs to take their seats in the Dáil or forfeit them, forcing Fianna Fáil to end its policy of abstentionism. pic.twitter.com/ksXczHZqXj

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) July 10, 2020

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#1658 · July 10, 2022, 5:35 pm

Jeanne Lanvin was a pioneer haute couture designer. In the 1920s and 30s her full-skirted 'robes de style' rejected the flapper look. Lanvin was the first to do a menswear made-to-measure collection, and the first designer to launch a perfume. https://t.co/P304Oo2x7w pic.twitter.com/zpn9VOhMof

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) July 10, 2022

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#1659 · July 10, 2022, 5:36 pm

On this day in 1887, a report in Mississippi revealed the horrific conditions of convict leasing—a system for private companies to lease state prisoners and force them to work with no pay. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/UGL3oyC1mM

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) July 10, 2022

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#1660 · July 10, 2022, 5:40 pm

10 July 1962. The Telstar satellite was launched. It was the beginning of satellite relayed TV. It remained active for only 7 months, a much shorter service life than today's artificial satellites. Although it no longer works, it is still in Earth orbit. pic.twitter.com/va9Pyi6OPV

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 10, 2022

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