On this day ......

[unloadonme]

13 June 1886 – King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria

 

[BillyT]

June 13, 1997 – A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

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[unloadonme]

15 June 1907 – Birth of James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

 

[BillyT]

June 15, 1808 – Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.

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[unloadonme]

16 June 1890 – Birth of Stan Laurel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Laurel

 

[BillyT]

June 16, 1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

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[unloadonme]

17 June 1898 – Death of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Burne-Jones

 

[BillyT]

June 17, 1972 – Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.

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[unloadonme]

18 June 1815 – The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo

 

[BillyT]

June 18, 1429 – French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.

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[BillyT]

June 20, 1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.

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[unloadonme]

23 June 1894 – Birth of King Edward VIII

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII

 

[BillyT]

June 23, 1456 – Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland is born.

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[BillyT]

June 27, 1462 – Louis XII of France was born.

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[unloadonme]

27 June 1743 – In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dettingen

 

[BillyT]

June 28, 1461 – Edward IV is crowned King of England.

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[BillyT]

June 29, 1974 – Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Perón, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.

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[unloadonme]

2 July 1644 – Battle of Marston Moor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor

 

[BillyT]

July 2, 1881 – Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.


Charles J. Guiteau President James Garfield

 

[unloadonme]

2 July 1903 – Birth of Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home