June 23rd in History
June 23rd
On this day 1314, 1,000 Welsh longbowmen and spearman were part of the defeated force at The Battle of Bannockburn.
1532 Treaty of Closer Amity with France, also known as the Pommeraye Treaty, is signed between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France in opposition to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
1775 First rowing regatta is held on the River Thames in London.
On 23rd June 1864, Aberystwyth was linked to the rail network for the first time.
The arrival of the railway gave rise to something of a Victorian tourist boom and Aberystwyth was once even billed as the 'Biarritz of Wales'. A second railway opened in 1867, which linked Aberystwyth to Lampeter and Carmarthen, bringing in new crowds of tourists from industrial South Wales, which resulted in the opening of the Royal Pier in 1869 which attracted 7,000 visitors.
On 23rd June 1894, a firedamp explosion at Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd resulted in the death of 290 coal miners and 123 horses underground, making it the worst disaster in Welsh mining history up to that date (it was later exceeded by that at Senghenydd in 1913).
1894 The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, selecting Athens to host the first modern games in 1896.
1943 British ambassador to Portugal Ronald Hugh Campbell invokes the almost 600 year old Anglo-Portuguese alliance between the two countries to request the use of military facilities on the Azores.
23 Jun 1966
The Beatles had their tenth consecutive UK No.1 single with 'Paperback Writer' / 'Rain.' The track is marked by the boosted bass guitar sound throughout, partly in response to John Lennon demanding to know why the bass on a certain Wilson Pickett record far exceeded the bass on any Beatles records. It was also cut louder than any other Beatles record, due to a new piece of equipment used in the mastering process.
1975: Shock-rocker Alice Cooper breaks six ribs when he falls off the stage in Vancouver during his Welcome To My Nightmare tour.
On this day 1314, 1,000 Welsh longbowmen and spearman were part of the defeated force at The Battle of Bannockburn.
1532 Treaty of Closer Amity with France, also known as the Pommeraye Treaty, is signed between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France in opposition to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
1775 First rowing regatta is held on the River Thames in London.
On 23rd June 1864, Aberystwyth was linked to the rail network for the first time.
The arrival of the railway gave rise to something of a Victorian tourist boom and Aberystwyth was once even billed as the 'Biarritz of Wales'. A second railway opened in 1867, which linked Aberystwyth to Lampeter and Carmarthen, bringing in new crowds of tourists from industrial South Wales, which resulted in the opening of the Royal Pier in 1869 which attracted 7,000 visitors.
On 23rd June 1894, a firedamp explosion at Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd resulted in the death of 290 coal miners and 123 horses underground, making it the worst disaster in Welsh mining history up to that date (it was later exceeded by that at Senghenydd in 1913).
1894 The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, selecting Athens to host the first modern games in 1896.
1943 British ambassador to Portugal Ronald Hugh Campbell invokes the almost 600 year old Anglo-Portuguese alliance between the two countries to request the use of military facilities on the Azores.
23 Jun 1966
The Beatles had their tenth consecutive UK No.1 single with 'Paperback Writer' / 'Rain.' The track is marked by the boosted bass guitar sound throughout, partly in response to John Lennon demanding to know why the bass on a certain Wilson Pickett record far exceeded the bass on any Beatles records. It was also cut louder than any other Beatles record, due to a new piece of equipment used in the mastering process.
1975: Shock-rocker Alice Cooper breaks six ribs when he falls off the stage in Vancouver during his Welcome To My Nightmare tour.
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