June 13
1373 – Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest international agreement in the world which is still in force.
1525 – Ex-Catholic priest Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
1611 – Astronomer Johannes Fabricius published Narratio de maculis in sole observatis et apparente earum cum sole conversione (Narration on Spots Observed on …
June 12
1790 – A ‘Red Globe’ was being reported by many people, flying over France.
1849 – A gas mask “inhaler or lung protector” was patented (#X006529) by Lewis Phectic Haslett of Louisville, Ky.
1899 (Tornado) New Richmond, Wisconsin
1906 – Sound movies were patented (#823,022) by John Ballance.
1913 – John Randolph Bray exhibited the first animated cartoon, a movie called The Artist’s Dream (aka The Dachsund) in which a dog ate …
June 11
323 BC – Alexander the Great died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon.
1509 – Henry VIII of England married Catherine of Aragon.
1742 – Benjamin Franklin invented the Franklin stove. He chose not to patent it.
1793 – Robert Heterick was issued the patent (#X000063) for a stove design of cast iron
1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurred in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
1895 …
June 10 in Pop Culture History
1692 – Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries.”
1809 – The first steamboat to navigate the open seas, the Phoenix paddle wheel steamboat took 13 days to sail from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place. Oxford won.
1854 – …
June 9 in Pop Culture History
1650 – The Harvard Corporation, one of the two administrative boards of Harvard, was established. It was the first legal corporation in the Americas.
1856 – 500 Mormons left Iowa City, Iowa, and headed west for Salt Lake City.
1902 – Horn & Hardart opened first restaurant with vending machine service at the Automat Restaurant at 818 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1934 – Donald Duck debuted in The …
June 8 in Pop Culture History
632 – Muhammad, the Islamic prophet, died in Medina.
793 – The Viking Age began when Vikings destroyed the Abbey on Lindisfarne, on an island off the northeastern coast of Northumberland, England on this day.
1637 – René Descartes published Discourse on Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences.
1783 (Volcano Eruption) Laki, Iceland, killed over 9,000 over a period of months, and …
June 7 in Pop Culture History
1692 (Earthquake) Port Royal, Jamaica, over 1,000 people were killed.
1753 – The British Museum was founded, starting the the collections of Sir Hans Sloane.
1755 (Earthquake) Tabriz, Iran
1893 – Mohandas Gandhi committed his first act of civil disobedience.
1914 – The Alliance was the first vessel to pass through the Panama Canal.
1954 – Rutgers Institute of Microbiology opened, it was the second dedicated microbiology laboratory in …
June 6 in Pop Culture History
1844 – The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London.
1882 (Cyclone) More than 100,000 people in Bombay, India were killed.
1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroyed 25 blocks of downtown Seattle.
1912 (Volcano Eruption) Novarupta
1933 – America’s first drive-in opened near Camden, New Jersey, opened today. The first feature was a 1932 film, Wives Beware, and admission was 25 cents per car and …
June 5 in Pop Culture History
1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (or Life Among the Lowly) began a ten-month run in the National Era, an abolitionist newspaper.
1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express left Paris.
1933 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the United States off of the “Gold Standard”, a result of the Great Depression. President Nixon, in 1971, completed the transition when he announced …
June 4 in Pop Culture History
1784 – Elisabeth Thible was the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon, flying for about 45 minutes.
1812 – Following Louisiana’s admittance as a US state, the Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory.
1876 – The Transcontinental Express arrived in San Francisco, California, in only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
1895 – Joseph Lee was issued a patent (#540,553) …
June 3 in Pop Culture History
1621 – The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherland (now eastern US) and the Caribbean.
1888 – The poem Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner.
1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States was completed, 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
1948 – The …
June 2 in Pop Culture History
455 – The Sack of Rome: Vandals entered Rome, and plundered the city for several weeks.
1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ended as Crusader forces take the city. The crusades were a result of Muslim conquests of the Christian holy lands.
1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus began touring the United States.
1858 – The Donati Comet was first seen and named after …
