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Re: What can we celebrate today?

Post by Richard Frost » Fri Jun 19 2020 9:08am

19th June

19 June 1865 - Union general Gordon Granger declares slaves are free in Texas. Now celebrated as Juneteenth, the day is an unofficial holiday in the US which marks the end of slavery.

NATIONAL FLIP FLOP DAY
NATIONAL TAKE BACK THE LUNCH BREAK DAY
NATIONAL GARFIELD THE CAT DAY
NATIONAL MARTINI DAY
NATIONAL WATCH DAY
JUNETEENTH
NATIONAL FREEBSD DAY
WEAR BLUE DAY
1928 Barry Took, English comedy writer (d. 2002)
1929 Thelma Barlow [Pigott], British actress (Mavis on Coronation Street, Dinnerladies), born in Middlesbrough, England
1940 Paul Shane, English comedian and actor, born in Thrybergh, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2013)
1947 Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses), born in Mumbai, India
1964 Boris Johnson, British Conservative politician, (Prime Minister, 2019-present; Mayor of London, 2008-2016), born in NYC, New York
1978 Garfield the Cat, animated character "Big fat hairy deal"

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Re: What can we celebrate today?

Post by kevinchess1 » Fri Jun 19 2020 11:42am

Kathleen Turner's birthday
Used to have a crush on her. :oops:
Didn't we all :thumbup:
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What can we celebrate today?

Post by Richard Frost » Sat Jun 20 2020 9:57am

20th June

World Refugee Day - https://www.un.org/en/observances/refugee-day
NATIONAL VANILLA MILKSHAKE DAY
NATIONAL HIKE WITH A GEEK DAY
NATIONAL ICE CREAM SODA DAY
NATIONAL KOUIGN AMANN DAY - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/nationa ... june-20-2/
SUMMER BEGINS
INTERNATIONAL NYSTAGMUS AWARENESS DAY - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/interna ... y-june-20/

A selection of events in history

1756 Black Hole of Calcutta: 146 British soldiers, Anglo-Indian soldiers and Indian civilians are imprisoned in a small dungeon in Calcutta, India where most die from suffocation and heat exhaustion
1840 Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV. She rules for 63 years till 1901
1943 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded in Chicago
1966 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
1967 Mohammed Ali [Cassius Clay] sentenced to 5 years by jury after 21 minutes of deliberation for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces during the Vietnam War
1968 Austin Currie, then Nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) at Stormont, and other Irish civil rights activists, protest discrimination in the allocation of housing by 'squatting' (illegally occupying) in a house in Caledon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
1975 "Jaws", based on the book by Peter Benchley, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider is released
2018 US President Donald Trump signs Executive Order ending family separation at the border for illegal immigrants
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Re: What can we celebrate today?

Post by kevinchess1 » Sat Jun 20 2020 10:52am

Nicole Kidman's birthday, used to have a crush on her
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Re: What can we celebrate today?

Post by blythburgh » Sat Jun 20 2020 11:08am

It is Summer Solstice not the meterological start of Summer

And yesterday was Juneteenth was "celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States."
Keep smiling because the light at the end of someone's tunnel may be you, Ron Cheneler

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Re: What can we celebrate today?

Post by Richard Frost » Sun Jun 21 2020 9:19am

21st June

Father’s Day - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/fathers ... y-in-june/
National Turkey Lovers' Day
National Day of the Gong - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/ ... ng-june-21
NATIONAL PEACHES ‘N’ CREAM DAY
GO SKATEBOARDING DAY
NATIONAL ARIZONA DAY
NATIONAL DAYLIGHT APPRECIATION DAY
NATIONAL SELFIE DAY
International Day of Yoga
World Hydrography Day
World Music Day

A selection of events from History

1734 In Montreal, New France (Quebec), black slave Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony
1788 US Constitution comes into effect when New Hampshire is the 9th state to ratify it
1868 Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg" premieres in Munich
1879 Frank W. Woolworth opens his 1st successful "F. W. Woolworth Great Five Cent Store" on North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1887 Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria
1913 Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane
1919 The German Navy, feeling betrayed by the terms of the Versailles Treaty, scuttles most of its ships interned at Great Britain's Scapa Flow Naval base in the Orkney Islands
1921 The UK, the Dominions, and India, become the British Commonwealth of Nations
1940 The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia
1948 HMT Empire Windrush with the first 800 emigrants from the West Indies to the UK arrives at Port of Tilbury near London
1966 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", directed by Mike Nichols and based on the 1962 play of the same name, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released (Academy Awards Best Actress 1967)
1975 Elton John, The Eagles and The Beach Boys play Wembley Stadium
1975 Soyuz 19 returns to Earth
1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical "Evita" premieres in London
1978 The British Army shoots dead 3 Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a passing Ulster Volunteer Force member at a postal depot on Ballysillan Road, Belfast; it is claimed that the PIRA volunteers were about to launch a bomb attack
1982 Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away"
1982 John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity
1992 Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan Lamb
2003 "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" the 5th book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published worldwide in English
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Re: What can we celebrate today?

Post by Richard Frost » Mon Jun 22 2020 8:58am

June 22nd

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE ECLAIR DAY
NATIONAL HVAC TECH DAY - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/nationa ... ay-june-22
NATIONAL ONION RINGS DAY

A selection of events from history

1535 Cardinal John Fisher is beheaded on Tower Hill, London, for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England
1847 First ring doughnut supposedly created by Hanson Gregory
1865 1st class cricket debut of Dr W. G. Grace
1934 John Dillinger is informally named America's first Public Enemy Number One
1939 Princess and future Queen Elizabeth meets future husband Prince Philip of Greece (Midshipman Mountbatten, RN)
1942 European broadcast première of Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony in London conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
1943 617 Squadron (Dambusters) attends investiture at Buckingham Palace, Commanding Officer Guy Gibson awarded the Victoria Cross
1946 Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Gandhi calls on the South African government to stop 'hooliganism' by Whites
1961 Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg
1962 1st test flight of a Hovercraft
1969 The Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) stage a protest by blocking the Lecky Road in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland
1970 Irish socialist, republican and Member of Parliament, Bernadette Devlin, loses her appeal against a 6-month prison sentence imposed for taking part in riots in Derry
1981 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
1990 Nelson Mandela addresses the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in New York, saying that nothing has occurred in South Africa to reverse the ANC's position

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Re: What can we celebrate today?

Post by Richard Frost » Tue Jun 23 2020 8:28am

23rd June

United Nations Public Service Day
International Widows’ Day
International Olympic Day
NATIONAL PINK DAY - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/ ... y-june-23/
NATIONAL HYDRATION DAY - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/nationa ... y-june-23/
NATIONAL PECAN SANDIES DAY - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/ ... y-june-23/

A selection of events from history

1775 1st regatta held on River Thames, England
1819 First edition of "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." by Washington Irving released, featuring story "Rip Van Winkle"
1894 The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin
1940 After conquering France, Adolf Hitler visits Paris and views the Eiffel Tower and the grave of Napoleon Bonaparte
1942 World War II: Germany's latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190 is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales
1949 First twelve women graduate from Harvard Medical School
1951 Treacherous British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean flee to USSR
1955 Walt Disney's "Lady & the Tramp" released
1961 The Antarctic Treaty, ensuring that Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes; for international cooperation in scientific research; and does not become the scene or object of international discord, comes into force
1972 US President Nixon & his Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1980 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
1983 Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa meets Pope John Paul II during papal visit to Poland
1989 Movie "Batman" premieres directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson
1990 African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, on a US tour, receives a tumultuous welcome in Boston
1994 South Africa reclaims its seat in United Nations
1996 Archbishop Tutu retires as Archbishop of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in South Africa
2004 Bob Dylan accepts honorary doctorate of music degree from the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university
2012 76 monks are hospitalized in Thailand following an attack by a swarm of bees
2016 Brexit referendum: United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union
2017 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" single organized by Simon Cowell for those affected by Grenfell tower fire reaches No. 1 in UK charts
2018 12 boys and their coach are stranded in Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand by monsoon flooding, prompting an international rescue effort when they are discovered 9 days later

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Re: What can we celebrate today?

Post by Richard Frost » Wed Jun 24 2020 10:34am

24th June

NATIONAL PRALINES DAY
NATIONAL PARCHMENT DAY

Some events from this day in history.

1314 Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England
1441 Eton College founded by Henry VI
1509 Henry VIII is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey
1540 English King Henry VIII commands his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court
1894 Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years
1901 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
1922 Adolf Hitler begins a month long prison sentence for paramilitary operations; he rails against the 'Jewish sell-out' of Germany to the Bolsheviks
1949 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)
1981 "For Your Eyes Only", 12th James Bond, starring Roger Moore and 1st drected by John Glen premieres in London
2012 Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood becomes President of Egypt
2012 Female athletes will be allowed to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics for the first time
2016 British Prime Minister David Cameron resigns after the UK votes to leave the EU
2018 Women drive for the first time in Saudi Arabia after ban is lifted
2019 US President Donald Trump imposes sanctions on Iran, targeted at Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in response to the shooting down of a US drone
2019 El Salvador immigrant father and his 23-month-old daughter drown trying to cross the Rio Grande into the US with their photo causing widespread condemnation

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Re: What can we celebrate today?

Post by Richard Frost » Thu Jun 25 2020 10:24am

25th Jun

Day of the Seafarer
NATIONAL CATFISH DAY
NATIONAL LEON DAY - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/ ... ay-june-25
NATIONAL BOMB POP DAY
NATIONAL HANDSHAKE DAY - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/nationa ... ay-in-june
NATIONAL STRAWBERRY PARFAIT DAY
Today is the global day for celebrating the worldwide famous band The Beatles!

Some events of Interest from history

1483 The House of Lords and Commons declares King Edward V of England as illegitimate based on his parent's alleged bigamous marriage
1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop
1835 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now San Francisco)
1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn: US 7th Cavalry under Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in what has become famously known as "Custer's Last Stand"
1910 Igor Stravinsky's ballet "The Firebird" premieres at the Opéra de Paris, Paris
1941 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802, which forbids racial discrimination in the defense industry
1947 1st version of Anne Frank's diary "Het Achterhuis" published in The Netherlands
1950 North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War
1966 Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
1971 Stevie Wonder releases "Where I'm Coming From"
1975 Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love Babe" is released
1976 The Soweto Uprising in South Africa leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting
1978 First use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
1982 "Blade Runner", directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer, is released
1984 Prince releases his "Purple Rain" album
1996 "Independence Day" directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum premieres in Westwood, California
1997 Christies auctions off Princess Di's clothing for $5.5 million
2018 UK House of Commons votes for a controversial third Heathrow runway

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