June 7th in history
1614 Second parliament of King James I dissolves after passing no legislation, earning itself the name of the Addled Parliament
1654 Louis XIV is crowned King of France
1665 Great Plague of London: Samuel Pepys writes in his diary of houses marked with a red cross in London's Drury Lane, meaning somebody inside is infected with the plague and must be locked in for 40 days or until death.
1780 Gordon Riots: anti-Catholic riots across London, hundreds die and fires burn across the city.
1788 French peasants stone the Army in Grenbole, an event known as the Day of the Tilesk.
1929 Margaret Bondfield became the first woman cabinet minister in the Labour government, as Ramsay Macdonald’s Minister of Labour.
1942 Germany Army marches into Sebastopol, Russia
2000 Animal welfare companies praised a policeman who closed a section of the M5 in Devon to rescue three ducklings.
2012 16th century archaeology remains of the Curtain Theatre, where some of Shakespeare's plays first performed found under a pub in London
1967 Two members of American psychedelic rock band "Moby Grape" arrested for contributing to delinquency of minors, charges were later dropped.
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1969: Supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech and Steve Winwood make their live debut at a free concert in London's Hyde Park. But the band would be short-lived, only managing one album before its members went their separate ways later the same year.
And June 7th is Tom Jones Birthday..86 today.
1654 Louis XIV is crowned King of France
1665 Great Plague of London: Samuel Pepys writes in his diary of houses marked with a red cross in London's Drury Lane, meaning somebody inside is infected with the plague and must be locked in for 40 days or until death.
1780 Gordon Riots: anti-Catholic riots across London, hundreds die and fires burn across the city.
1788 French peasants stone the Army in Grenbole, an event known as the Day of the Tilesk.
1929 Margaret Bondfield became the first woman cabinet minister in the Labour government, as Ramsay Macdonald’s Minister of Labour.
1942 Germany Army marches into Sebastopol, Russia
2000 Animal welfare companies praised a policeman who closed a section of the M5 in Devon to rescue three ducklings.
2012 16th century archaeology remains of the Curtain Theatre, where some of Shakespeare's plays first performed found under a pub in London
1967 Two members of American psychedelic rock band "Moby Grape" arrested for contributing to delinquency of minors, charges were later dropped.
[media=https://youtu.be/vviAimAmY38]
1969: Supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech and Steve Winwood make their live debut at a free concert in London's Hyde Park. But the band would be short-lived, only managing one album before its members went their separate ways later the same year.
And June 7th is Tom Jones Birthday..86 today.
61-69, M
