June 15th in History
June 15th
1215 King John of England signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede near Windsor in Surrey, limiting royal authority and establishing the principle that the king and his government are not above the law.
Power in Wales at the time was divided between the marcher lords on the border between Wales and England, royal territories in Pembrokeshire and the independent Welsh lords of North Wales. John invaded Gwynedd in 1211 and forced Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great) to surrender his lands west of the River Conwy and hand over his son Gruffudd as a hostage as a pledge for Llywelyn's continued good faith. Llywelyn subsequently allied himself with the rebel barons.
Three of Magna Carta's clauses relate directly to Wales;
Clauses 56 and 57 refer to lands and possessions taken from Welshmen by John, his father Henry or his brother Richard. They were to be returned at once and any disputes arising were to be dealt with according to the law of Wales.
Clause 58 demanded the immediate release of Gruffudd and all other Welsh hostages
1381 Wat Tyler - leader of the Peasants' Revolt, was killed at Smithfield in London. Richard II had agreed to meet the leaders of the revolt, and listen to their demands. What was said between Tyler and the king is largely conjecture but by all accounts the unarmed Tyler was suddenly attacked without warning and killed by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir William Walworth, and John Cavendish, a member of the king's group. This unprovoked betrayal of the truce flag and Tyler's killing threw the people into a panic. Not being organized as a military force, they broke ranks and began to flee for their lives.
1667
French physician Jean-Baptiste Denis performs the first blood transfusion on a feverish boy—using lamb's blood. The boy recovers, but two other patients die from the procedure, leading to centuries-long bans on transfusions.
The United States and Britain signed the Oregon Treaty, establishing the border between Canada and the United States at latitude 49° N.
Robert Falcon Scott’s ship, the Terra Nova, sets sail from Cardiff, Wales on June 15, 1910, bound for Antarctica.
15th June 1965 saw the publication of the Hughes Parry committee report on the status of the Welsh Language.
During the years 1963 to 1965, Professor Sir David Hughes Parry chaired a government committee whose task was to make recommendations on the legal status of the Welsh language. Hughes Parry was the chief architect of the report that led to the Welsh Language Act of 1967, which established in law the principle of equality between English and Welsh.
2023www.beautifulbritain.co.ukThe long-awaited privileges committee report found that the former PM Boris Johnson was guilty of
a) Deliberately misleading the House
b) Deliberately misleading the Committee
c) Breaching confidence
d) Impugning the Committee and thereby undermining the democratic process of the House
e) Being complicit in the campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the Committee.
It was also recommended that Johnson should not be entitled to a former Member’s pass to the HoUse of Commons.
15 Jun 1958
The first teenage all-music TV show Oh Boy!, was broadcast for the first time in the UK. Each week Oh Boy! featured resident artists plus a selection of special guests. The residents included Cuddly Dudley, who sang on 21 shows, Cliff Richard (20 shows), The Drifters (Later to become The Shadows) (17 shows) and Marty Wilde (17 shows). Guests included Billy Fury, Tony Sheridan, Shirley Bassey and Lonnie Donegan; with occasional US stars, such as The Inkspots, Conway Twitty and Brenda Lee.
15 Jun 1969
During a short 5 date UK tour Led Zeppelin appeared at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England supported by Blodwyn Pig and The Liverpool Scene. The flyer for the tour stated: 'Come & take off, levitate with the Led Zeppelin album'.
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1977: The Sex Pistols charter a private boat and sail it down London's River Thames to the Houses of Parliament where “Anarchy In The UK” is performed at very loud volume resulting in members from the party being arrested when the police force the boat to dock.
1215 King John of England signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede near Windsor in Surrey, limiting royal authority and establishing the principle that the king and his government are not above the law.
Power in Wales at the time was divided between the marcher lords on the border between Wales and England, royal territories in Pembrokeshire and the independent Welsh lords of North Wales. John invaded Gwynedd in 1211 and forced Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great) to surrender his lands west of the River Conwy and hand over his son Gruffudd as a hostage as a pledge for Llywelyn's continued good faith. Llywelyn subsequently allied himself with the rebel barons.
Three of Magna Carta's clauses relate directly to Wales;
Clauses 56 and 57 refer to lands and possessions taken from Welshmen by John, his father Henry or his brother Richard. They were to be returned at once and any disputes arising were to be dealt with according to the law of Wales.
Clause 58 demanded the immediate release of Gruffudd and all other Welsh hostages
1381 Wat Tyler - leader of the Peasants' Revolt, was killed at Smithfield in London. Richard II had agreed to meet the leaders of the revolt, and listen to their demands. What was said between Tyler and the king is largely conjecture but by all accounts the unarmed Tyler was suddenly attacked without warning and killed by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir William Walworth, and John Cavendish, a member of the king's group. This unprovoked betrayal of the truce flag and Tyler's killing threw the people into a panic. Not being organized as a military force, they broke ranks and began to flee for their lives.
1667
French physician Jean-Baptiste Denis performs the first blood transfusion on a feverish boy—using lamb's blood. The boy recovers, but two other patients die from the procedure, leading to centuries-long bans on transfusions.
The United States and Britain signed the Oregon Treaty, establishing the border between Canada and the United States at latitude 49° N.
Robert Falcon Scott’s ship, the Terra Nova, sets sail from Cardiff, Wales on June 15, 1910, bound for Antarctica.
15th June 1965 saw the publication of the Hughes Parry committee report on the status of the Welsh Language.
During the years 1963 to 1965, Professor Sir David Hughes Parry chaired a government committee whose task was to make recommendations on the legal status of the Welsh language. Hughes Parry was the chief architect of the report that led to the Welsh Language Act of 1967, which established in law the principle of equality between English and Welsh.
2023www.beautifulbritain.co.ukThe long-awaited privileges committee report found that the former PM Boris Johnson was guilty of
a) Deliberately misleading the House
b) Deliberately misleading the Committee
c) Breaching confidence
d) Impugning the Committee and thereby undermining the democratic process of the House
e) Being complicit in the campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the Committee.
It was also recommended that Johnson should not be entitled to a former Member’s pass to the HoUse of Commons.
15 Jun 1958
The first teenage all-music TV show Oh Boy!, was broadcast for the first time in the UK. Each week Oh Boy! featured resident artists plus a selection of special guests. The residents included Cuddly Dudley, who sang on 21 shows, Cliff Richard (20 shows), The Drifters (Later to become The Shadows) (17 shows) and Marty Wilde (17 shows). Guests included Billy Fury, Tony Sheridan, Shirley Bassey and Lonnie Donegan; with occasional US stars, such as The Inkspots, Conway Twitty and Brenda Lee.
15 Jun 1969
During a short 5 date UK tour Led Zeppelin appeared at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England supported by Blodwyn Pig and The Liverpool Scene. The flyer for the tour stated: 'Come & take off, levitate with the Led Zeppelin album'.
[media=https://youtu.be/Tes3hjZMVBQ]
1977: The Sex Pistols charter a private boat and sail it down London's River Thames to the Houses of Parliament where “Anarchy In The UK” is performed at very loud volume resulting in members from the party being arrested when the police force the boat to dock.
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