Today in History

JUNE 9th: 1958 - "UK Gatwick Airport Opens"

After 2 years work the new Gatwick Airports which is London's second airport opens after major re-development.
The work has included adding a railway station. Gatwick Airport is now one of the world's top 10 busiest international airports.
Opened by Queen Elizabeth II, it became the first airport in the world to combine air, road and train travel in one close-knit single unit.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 1958: Queen opens revamped Gatwick

 

JUNE 9th: 1934 - "Donald Duck"
Donald Duck makes his first film appearance, in The Wise Little Hen, a short by Walt Disney.

The Wise Little Hen is a 1934 Walt Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon, based on the fairy tale The Little Red Hen. The cartoon features the debut of Donald Duck, dancing to the Sailor's Hornpipe. Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by faking stomach aches until Mrs. Hen teaches them the value of labor.

 

JUNE 9th: 2012 - "Maria Sharapova Wins French Open

Twenty-five year old tennis player Maria Sharapova beat Sara Errani in the final of the French Open to win the title.
This win for Sharapova made her only the tenth woman to have completed a career Grand Slam.
Maria Sharapova - Wikipedia

 

JUNE 9th: 1998- "The Ronnettes sue Spector"

It was on June 9, 1998 that the Ronettes finally started the long and hard path to legal success.
In that day began their lawsuit vs. legendary producer Phil Spector.
In front of a judge in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York the Ronettes, whose Spector-helmed recorded such classics as “Be My Baby” and “Walking in the Rain”, asserted they had not received any payment for their work since the ’60s.
Judge Paula Omansky ruled that Phil Spector used the Ronettes’ music in ways not authorized by his contract with the group, including licensing it for use on television, in movies and on compilation albums.
The verdict said that Phil Spector had to pay $2.6 million in back royalties and interest to the former members of the Ronettes, including lead singer and Spector’s ex-wife Ronnie Spector.

 

JUNE 9th: 1998- "Fight of the Mancunians"
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Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall were involved in a brawl at The Metropolitan Hotel, London.

 

JUNE 9th: 2013 "Naked Cyclists Ride Through Mexico City"
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Nude bicyclists rode through the streets of Mexico City to mark the World Naked Bike Ride.
The ride was organized to raise awareness about cycling as exercise and a way to decrease the use of fossil fuels. It was also seen as a way to emphasize the importance of drivers being careful and mindful around cyclists.
Naked cyclists bring Mexico City streets to standstill - BBC News

 

JUNE 9th: 2002 "Catholic Church Accused Of Covering Up Abuse"
Pressure mounts on the Catholic church over allegations that Church Leaders have been covering up abuse by it's priests including many who have been found guilty of sexually abusing children remain in jobs within the US Roman Catholic Church.
To help with the poor publicity this has generated for the Church leaders have suggested that Pope John Paul II be asked to defrock any priest who commits any future sexual abuse of a minor, as well as any priest who has abused more than one child in the past.

Latest reports indicate that as many as 300 civil lawsuits alleging clerical sex abuse have been filed this year since the case of the pedophile priest in Boston.
Catholic Archdiocese of Boston sex abuse scandal - Wikipedia

 

JUNE 9th: 1978 "Some Girls"
The Rolling Stones released Some Girls, their first studio album recorded with Ronnie Wood as a full member.
The album cover was designed by Peter Corriston and featured The Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads.

The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe threatened legal action.

 

Today in history June 10

1692 Bridget Bishop is hanged in Salem, Mass., for witchcraft

Note: Altogether Nineteen were hanged, and one, Giles Corey was pressed to death with rocks

1776 The Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.

1898 US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish–American War

Note: Only 385 troops were killed in action during the Spanish American War, Hundreds more died from yellow fever including an infantry unit of black soldiers, thought to be immune from yellow fever.

Note: Teddy Roosevelt did not lead the charge up San Juan Hill, it was to a nearby point called Kettle Hill, By the time Teddy arrived at San Juan Hill the fighting was over. BTW Kettle Hill was named for an old kettle that was found sitting atop it.

Note Unsanitary conditions at military camps in the SE US lead to a deadly typhoid outbreak which killed another 1,500 soldiers.

Note: Major Walter Reed (Yes, the same Walter Reed Medical Center) originally though Yellow fever was transmitted through the air and suggested soldiers stuff their noses with cotton. Although he was eventually credited with discovering the source of yellow fever which was the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

Note: Most scientists at the time simply couldn't accept the idea that a mosquitos could transmit disease.

1935 Alcoholics Anonymous was founded

1948 The news that the sound barrier has been broken is finally released to the public by the U.S. Air Force. Chuck Yeager, piloting the rocket airplane X-1, exceeded the speed of sound on October 14, 1947.

Note: the US Government was so paranoid it took them 8 months to announce the breakthrough

1977 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers

 

Strange but I just never found Maud Adams particularly attractive

 

JUNE 10th: 1991 - "An Arrest n' Funeral"

Temptations member Eddie Kendricks was arrested while attending the funeral of soul singer David Ruffin in Detroit on charges of owing $26,000 ($15,294) in child support.
Kendricks and his former wife, Patricia, divorced in 1975 in Detroit. He was ordered to pay her $25,000 plus child support for their son.

 

On This Day - 10th June


1921Prince Philip, the former Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth was born; as Philippos Schleswig- Holstein Soenderburg-Glücksburg on the Greek island of Corfu. On his death (9th April 2021) the title passed to Prince Charles.

1977An elusive goldfish eating perch with a prodigious appetite was finally netted after two years on the rampage in a Kent pond. The fish, nicknamed Jaws, was caught by two Southern Water Board engineers equipped with a rowing boat, a fishing net and a 240v stun rod. Jaws was accused of eating 3,000 goldfish in a breeding lake near Canterbury.

 

JUNE 10th: 1993 - "Stop hurting me please"

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor took out a full-page ad in the Irish Times asking the public to "stop hurting me please."
She blamed her troubles on abuse she suffered as a child.
O'Connor was still being criticized for ripping up a picture of the Pope during an appearance on Saturday Night Live the previous October.
Sinead's Letter in THE IRISH TIMES '90 - The Sinead O'Connor Site (sinead-oconnor.com)

 

JUNE 10th: 2016 - "Arise Sir Rod"

Rod Stewart was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to music and charity.
Stewart said: "I've led a wonderful life and have had a tremendous career thanks to the generous support of the great British public.
This monumental honour has topped it off and I couldn't ask for anything more."

 

During the height of the witchcraft trials there was an increased demand for ministerial services (salvation) in the Salem area which greatly increased the personal wealth of the local ministers - Interesting

 

Today in history June 11th

1184 BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes

1144 Basilica of St Denis is dedicated near Paris, the first fully Gothic church

1742 Benjamin Franklin invents the Franklin stove

1837 The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions

Note: 800 people were involved in the actual fighting, with at least 10,000 spectators egging them on.

1962, 3 men escape Alcatraz Prison. Escapees Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin — all bank robbers — carried out a daring escape. After the prison's last bed check at 9 p.m. that night, they each squeezed through holes they had made in their cement cell walls out of sharpened spoons, leaving plaster and papier-mâché dummy heads in their beds to serve as decoys. The trio absconded into a utility hall behind their cells and climbed their way up to leave through the roof. They used an assemblage of rain coats and inflated life vests in their attempt to sail for the mainland.

Note: In 2013 a letter was sent to the San Francisco Police Department purportedly written by former inmate John Anglin.

"My name is John Anglin. I escape from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris. I'm 83 years old and in bad shape. I have cancer. Yes we all made it that night but barely!"