June 19th in History

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June 19th

On 19th June 916 Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians raided Brycheiniog to avenge the death of Ecgberht, a Mercian monk. She captured the Queen of Brycheiniog along with thirty-three others from the royal llys in Llangorse Lake near Brecon.
Æthelflæd, the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, king of Wessex.ruled Mercia from 911 to her death on 12th June 918. The Queen of Brycheiniog at the time was probably the wife or mother of King Tewdwr ab Elise.

1464 French King Louis XI forms a postal service.

1819 HMS Kite chases the steamship SS Savannah on its historic voyage across the Atlantic for 3 hours off the coast of Ireland believing it to be on fire. Unable to catch the steamship HMS Kite fires warning shots forcing it to stop and be inspected to the amazement of the British.

1809 Curwens Act was passed in Britain, to prevent the sale of parliamentary seats, thus decreasing the number of seats which the British government could manipulate for its regular supporters.

1829 Robert Peel introduces the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 into Parliament to establish a unified police force for London, the city's first modern police force.

19 Jun 1965
The Who, Solomon Burke, Zoot Money, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Spencer Davis Group, Marianne Faithful, Long John Baldry, The Birds, (featuring a young Ronnie Wood), Dave Witting and the Ray Martin Group all appeared at Uxbridge Blues Festival, England. Tickets cost from 7/6 to 10/6.

1973: The Rocky Horror Show, opens at the Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs in London starring Tim Curry and the show's creator Richard O'Brien.

1978 Garfield, created by Jim Davis, first appears as a comic strip