June 14th in History
June 14th
On 14th June 1601, John Salusbury was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England for his assistance in suppressing an uprising against her government, known as the Essex Rebellion.
Salusbury was a member of the Salusbury family, who owned a considerable estate in Lleweni in the Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire. Various members of the family acquired honours and appointments for their support of the Tudor monarchs.
On 14th June 1645 Charles I was defeated by the Cromwell's New Model Army at the Battle of Naseby. In the aftermath, King Charles and the remnants of the royalist force came to Wales to raise support from his supporters in Wales and particularly in Monmouthshire with the Herberts. He visited Abergavenny and held his Court in the Priory House spending some 6 months in the area.
1671 French officer Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson takes possession for France of Lake Huron and Superior "and all the other contiguous and adjacent countries, rivers, lakes and streams, here, both discovered and yet to be discovered", at assembly of fourteen Amerindian nations at Sault-Sainte-Marie.
1822 Charles Babbage
proposes a "difference engine" in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables"
1913 Funeral for Emily Davison includes a procession of 6,000 suffragettes in London, England.
1938
Dr. Benjamin Gruskin of Philadelphia, Pa. patented (#2,120,667) chlorophyll as a “therapeutic agent for the use in the treatment of infection” of the bloodstream, infected parts, and for open cuts and wounds.
1951
The Univac1 was unveiled in Washington, DC, and dedicated as the world’s first commercial computer.
Mount Alverstone – 14,565 ft (4,439 m) – Alaska, USA/Yukon, Canada – First ascent: June 14th 1951 by Walter Wood, Bob Bates, and Ed Bernd
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14 Jun 1964
The Manish Boys, (featuring David Bowie)auditioned for the UK television talent show Opportunity Knocks.
14 Jun 1964
Touring Australia The Beatles arrived in Melbourne and were greeted at the airport by over 5,000 fans. Another 20,000 fans lined the route from the airport to the hotel, army and navy units were brought in to help control the crowds, cars were crushed, hundreds of girls fainted and over 50 people were admitted to hospital with broken bones.
1965 John Lennon’s second book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published
On 14th June 1601, John Salusbury was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England for his assistance in suppressing an uprising against her government, known as the Essex Rebellion.
Salusbury was a member of the Salusbury family, who owned a considerable estate in Lleweni in the Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire. Various members of the family acquired honours and appointments for their support of the Tudor monarchs.
On 14th June 1645 Charles I was defeated by the Cromwell's New Model Army at the Battle of Naseby. In the aftermath, King Charles and the remnants of the royalist force came to Wales to raise support from his supporters in Wales and particularly in Monmouthshire with the Herberts. He visited Abergavenny and held his Court in the Priory House spending some 6 months in the area.
1671 French officer Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson takes possession for France of Lake Huron and Superior "and all the other contiguous and adjacent countries, rivers, lakes and streams, here, both discovered and yet to be discovered", at assembly of fourteen Amerindian nations at Sault-Sainte-Marie.
1822 Charles Babbage
proposes a "difference engine" in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables"
1913 Funeral for Emily Davison includes a procession of 6,000 suffragettes in London, England.
1938
Dr. Benjamin Gruskin of Philadelphia, Pa. patented (#2,120,667) chlorophyll as a “therapeutic agent for the use in the treatment of infection” of the bloodstream, infected parts, and for open cuts and wounds.
1951
The Univac1 was unveiled in Washington, DC, and dedicated as the world’s first commercial computer.
Mount Alverstone – 14,565 ft (4,439 m) – Alaska, USA/Yukon, Canada – First ascent: June 14th 1951 by Walter Wood, Bob Bates, and Ed Bernd
…
14 Jun 1964
The Manish Boys, (featuring David Bowie)auditioned for the UK television talent show Opportunity Knocks.
14 Jun 1964
Touring Australia The Beatles arrived in Melbourne and were greeted at the airport by over 5,000 fans. Another 20,000 fans lined the route from the airport to the hotel, army and navy units were brought in to help control the crowds, cars were crushed, hundreds of girls fainted and over 50 people were admitted to hospital with broken bones.
1965 John Lennon’s second book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published
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