This Week in History June 28 – July 4th Podcast Notes

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This Week in History June 28 July 4th

Podcast Notes

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(Monday) June 28th

Notable Events

1098 Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.

1389 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman

conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).

1776 American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to

General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.

1778 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monmouth fought between the American Continental

Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.

1807 Second British invasion of the Ro de la Plata; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to

recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the fierce resistance of the locals.

1859 First conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.

1894 Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.

1902 The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire

rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.

1914 Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young

Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.

1919 The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Belgium, Britain,

France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and Germany and Austria Hungary on the

other side.

1922 The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.

1950 Seoul is captured by troops from North Korea.

1964 Malcom X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

1969 Stonewall riots begin in New York City.


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1994 Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas attack at Matsumoto, Japan, 7 persons

killed, 660 injured.

1997 Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece from

Holyfield's ear.

2006 The Republic of Montenegro is admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General

Assembly resolution 60/264.

Notable Births

1503 Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)

1577 Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640)

1712 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)

1867 Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)

1891 Carl Panzram, American serial killer (d. 1930)

1926 Mel Brooks, American filmmaker

1937 Tom Magliozzi, American radio personality, cohost of Car Talk

1960 John Elway, American football player

1966 John Cusack, American actor

Notable Deaths

548 Theodora, Byzantine empress

1836 James Madison, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)

2001 Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)

2006 George Unwin, British WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)

2008 Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987)

2009 Billy Mays, American television pitchman most famous for selling OxiClean on commercials (b.

1958)

(Tuesday) June 29th

Notable Events

1194 Sverre is crowned King of Norway.


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1534 Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island.

last battle won by an English King on English soil.

1659 At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians, led by Prince

Trubetskoy.

1786 Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle

in Glengarry County, Ontario.

1880 France annexes Tahiti.

1927 First test of Wallace Turnbull's Controllable pitch propeller.

1956 The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate

Highway System.

1972 The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual

punishment".

1976 The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try

Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.

2007 Two car bombs are found in the heart of London at Picadilly Circus.

Notable Births

1596 Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)

1861 William James Mayo, American physician (d. 1939)

1863 Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player and hall-of-famer (d. 1934)

1868 George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)

1888 Joseph 'Squizzy' Taylor, Australian underworld figure (d. 1927)

1914 Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician (d. 1976)

1952 Joe Johnson, English snooker player

1967 Jeff Burton, American racing driver

Notable Deaths

1315 Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)

1933 Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887)


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1990 Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)

2009 Joe Bowman (marksman), American sharpshooter, Hollywood consultant, famed bootmaker &

master showman (b. 1925)

(Wednesday) June 30th

Notable Events

350 Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the

usurper Magnentius, in Rome.

1688 The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, continuing the struggle for English

independence from Rome which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.

1859 French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.

1864 Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".

1882 Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of President James

Garfield.

1886 The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port

Moody, British Columbia on July 4.

1905 Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", in which he

introduces special relativity.

1934 The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes

place.

1941 World War II: Operation Barbarossa Germany captures Lviv, Ukraine.

1944 World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to

American forces.

1953 The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.

1960 Congo gains independence from Belgium.

1963 Ciaculli massacre: A car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco "Ciaschiteddu", kills

seven police and military officers near Palermo.

1971 The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a

faulty valve.


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1985 Thirty-nine American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner are freed in Beirut after being held

for 17 days.

1986 U.S. Supreme Court rules that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.

1987 The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie.

1997 The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.

2007 A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, in an attempted terrorist attack.

Notable Births

1807 Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d.1887)

1864 Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect, illustrator, archaeologist and psychical researcher

1893 Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d. 1973)

1919 Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)

1944 Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist

1966 Mike Tyson, American boxer

Notable Deaths

350 Nepotianus, Roman usurper

1224 Adolf of Osnabrck, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)

1704 John Quelch, English pirate (b. 1665)

1785 James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b. 1696)

1966 Giuseppe Farina, Italian Formula One champion. First person to win an Formula One

championship (b. 1906)

1993 George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)

2003 Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)

Holidays and observancesIndependence Day, celebrates the independence of Democratic Republic of the Congo from Belgium in

1960.

National Corvette Day, designated to honor the Chevrolet Corvette.

(Thursday) July 1st


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Notable Events

69 Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian

1520 La Noche Triste: Joint Mexican Indian force led by Aztecs under Cuitlhuac defeat Spanish

Conquistadors under Hernn Corts.

1690 Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian calendar.

1770 Lexell's Comet passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history

1863 Keti Koti, Emancipation Day in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.

1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.

1879 Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.

1898 Spanish-American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.

1908 SOS is adopted as the international Distress signal.

1916 World War I: First day on the Somme On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000

soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.

1921 The Communist Party of China is founded.

1960 Independence of Somalia.

1960 Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth

II of the United Kingdom ceases to be the Head of state.

1962 Independence of Rwanda. / 1962 Independence of Burundi.

1963 ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail.

1968 The CIA's Phoenix Program is officially established.

1968 The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-

two countries.

1979 Sony introduces the Walkman.

1981 The Wonderland Murders occurred in the early morning hours, allegedly masterminded by

businessman and drug dealer Eddie Nash.

1990 German re-unification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the

economies of East and West Germany.

1997 The People's Republic of China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156

years of British colonial rule.


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2007 Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. The ban is also put into effect in

Australia.

Notable Births

1676 Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)

1906 Este Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)

1906 Jean Dieudonn, French mathematician (d. 1992)

1926 Robert Fogel, Nobel laureate

1934 Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. 2008)

1941 Myron Scholes, American economist, Nobel laureate

1950 David Duke, American politician, K.K.K. member

1960 Kevin Swords, American rugby player

1961 Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)

1961 Carl Lewis, American athlete

1967 Pamela Anderson, Canadian model

1977 Liv Tyler, American actress

Notable Deaths

552 Totila, king of the Ostrogoths

1681 Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (b. 1629)

1860 Charles Goodyear, American inventor (b. 1800)

1894 Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b. 1819)

1896 Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (b. 1811)

1971 William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)

1983 R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and philosopher (b. 1903)

1995 Wolfman Jack, American radio personality (b. 1938)

1996 Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (b. 1954)

2005 Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)


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Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day: Feast of the Most Precious Blood

Moving Day (Quebec)

July 2nd

963 The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains

outside Cappadocian Caesarea.

1494 The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.

1644 English Civil War: the Battle of Marston Moor.

1698 Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.

1776 The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the

wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.

1777 Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.

1839 Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the

slave ship Amistad.

1863 American Civil War: second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

1890 The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

1900 The first zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

1917 The East St. Louis Riots end.

1937 Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while

attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.

1962 The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.

1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in

public places.

1976 North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

2000 Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of Mxico from an opposition party, the

Partido Accin Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario

Institucional.

2003 Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, insults German MP Martin Schulz by calling him a

"kapo" during a session of the European Parliament.


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Notable Births

419 Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455)

1819 Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900)

1862 William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)

1877 Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)

1893 Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center) (d. 1950)

1904 Ren Lacoste, French tennis player (d. 1996)

1908 Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)

1927 Gene Ray, Founder of the Time Cube website and proponent of Time Cube philosophy

1946 Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel laureate

1947 Larry David, American television producer

1964 Andrea Yates, American murderer

1992 Madison Chock, American ice dancer

Notable Deaths

1566 Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)

1582 Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)

1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)

1778 Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer (b. 1746)

1857 Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818)

1961 Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

1999 Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920)

(Saturday) July 3rd

Notable Events

324 Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.

987 Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France till

the French Revolution in 1792.


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1754 French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.

1775 American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at

Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1819 The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.

1863 U.S. Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.

1884 Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.

1886 Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen the first purpose-built automobile.

1938 President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal

flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.

1962 The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.

1978 Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) signed.

1981 First mention in the New York Times of a disease that would later be called AIDS

1996 Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.

2006 Asteroid 2004 XP14 flies within 432,308 kilometres (268,624 mi) of Earth.

Notable Births

1728 Robert Adam, Scottish architect (d. 1792)

1883 Franz Kafka, Czech-German writer (d. 1924)

1958 Charlie Higson, English author and actor

1976 Bobby Skinstad, Springbok Rugby player

Notable Deaths

1570 Aonio Paleario, Italian humanist

1904 Edouard Beaupr, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)

1965 Trigger, Roy Rogers's horse (b. 1932)

1971 Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943)

2009 John A. Keel, American Fortean, television scriptwriter, author of The Mothman Prophecies (b.

1930)

Holidays and observances


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The start of the Dog Days according to The Old Farmer's Almanac but not according to established

meaning in most European cultures.

(Sunday) July 4th

Notable Events

1054 A supernova is observed by the Chinese, the Arabs and possibly Amerindians near the star Tauri.For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab

Nebula.

1187 The Crusades: Battle of Hattin Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.

1636 City of Providence, Rhode Island forms.

1744 The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iriquois ceded lands between the Allegheny Mountains and

the Ohio River to the British colonies, is signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

1776 American Revolution: the United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the SecondContinental Congress

1802 At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.

1803 The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.

1827 Slavery is abolished in New York State.

1845 Near Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple

living at Walden Pond (see Walden).

1855 In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass,is published.

1862 Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

and its sequels.

1863 American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant

after 47 days of siege. 150 miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of

Helena, Arkansas.

1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published.

1881 In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.

1886 The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.

1946 After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full

independence from the United States.


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1947 The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before British House of Commons, suggesting

bifurcation of British India into two sovereign countries India and Pakistan.

1959 With the admission of Alaska as the 49th U.S. state earlier in the year, the 49-star flag of the

United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1960 Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21,

1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half

months later (see Flag Act).

1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The

act goes into effect the next year.

1969 Two teens (one male, one female) are attacked at Blue Rock Springs in California. They are the

second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. The male survives.

1976 Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and

crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.

1997 NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.

Notable Births

1330 Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)

1816 Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (d. 1899)

1881 Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)

1882 Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (d. 1957)

1902 Meyer Lansky, Russian-born American gangster (d. 1983)

1921 Gerard Debreu, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)

1930 George Steinbrenner, American businessman

1937 Thomas Nagel, American philosopher

1971 Koko, sign-language gorilla

Notable Deaths

1826 John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)

1826 Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)

1831 James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)

1905 lise Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830)


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2003 Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)

2008 Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)

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