July 14th in History
July 14th
The pirate, John Callis, was released from prison on this day 1577.
John Callis, who was born into a wealthy family in Tintern, Monmouthshire in the late 1550s, had a notorious career as a pirate. He was well connected to the gentry through his family, with ties to the local aristocracy, the Herbert family, and to the Earl of Pembroke. He was well educated, and his family expected him to follow a conventional career as a cloth merchant in London. This lifestyle was clearly not adventurous enough, and by 1574 he had returned to South Wales and was running a ship, "The Cost Me Noughte" and was accused by the Admiralty of being 'a notorious pyrate haunting the coasts of Wales', conducting raids and harrying coastal trade, particularly in the areas around Laugharne and Carew. He avoided prosecution, however, because of his high society connections.
Among his prizes in 1574 was an Italian cargo ship whose goods he sold in Cardiff and Bristol and a Portuguese vessel which he took in the Azores. He continued to attack ships in the Bristol Channel for the next three years, continuing to seem immune from prosecution thanks to his association with the landowners of Glamorgan and of Pembrokeshire. He created a headquarters for himself in what is now the Point House tavern in Angle near Pembroke on the Cleddau.
He was finally arrested in 1577 and taken in chains to the Tower of London. He avoided hanging, however, by turning informer, providing the authorities with incriminating information about members of the gentry throughout Britain who had profited from piracy.
There is no sound evidence as to how he met his end, although some claim that he continued his career as a pirate off the coast of North Africa before being killed in 1586.
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July 14th is Bastille Day, the National Day of France. It is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille on 14th July 1789, which became a major turning point of the French Revolution.
It is also the day in 1404 when a Franco-Welsh treaty was concluded in Paris. It was negotiated in Paris between French representatives of King Charles VI of France and a Welsh deputation sent by Owain Glyndwr, including his brother-in-law John Hanmer and his chancellor Gruffudd Young. The treaty subsequently resulted in a French force arriving in Wales in August 1405 to assist the Owain Glyndwr uprising.
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1791 The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England
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1850: A Florida doctor invents the ice machine
On this day in 1850 machine-made ice debuted at a Florida party, astonishing guests accustomed to imported natural ice. Its inventor, physician John Gorrie, had originally created the machine to cool yellow fever patients. Although he was mocked during his lifetime, his breakthrough became a crucial step toward modern refrigeration and air conditioning.
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First screened on 14th July 1945, The Corn is Green is a film starring Bette Davis. It is set in a Welsh coal mining town, where Davis plays a schoolteacher who is set on providing the town's children with an adequate education, despite local opposition. It is based on a play by Emlyn Williams, a Welsh actor and dramatist.
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1955 Two killed and many dazed by lightning strikes at Ascot racecourse in England
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14th July 1892 saw the official inauguration of the Lake Vyrnwy Reservoir, which had been built to supply water to Merseyside and Liverpool.
The dam was built by flooding the Welsh village of Llanwddyn, where 2 chapels, 3 inns, 10 farms and 37 houses were lost.
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On this day in music, July 14, 1982, Pink Floyd’s psychological musical drama, The Wall premiered in London at The Empire, Leicester Square. David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Nick Mason of the band all attended the event, alongside Pete Townshend, Sting, and Queen’s Roger Taylor, among other stars. The film, which starred musician Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats), blended live-action with animation, and was based on Pink Floyd’s hit 1979 album of the same name. A commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic, The Wall later earned two BAFTA Awards and remains a cult favorite among fans of the band.
In 1977, Elvis Costello and his new band, The Attractions, played their first show together at the Penzance Winter Gardens in Cornwall, England, opening for Wayne County & the Electric Chairs. A week and a day later, Costello released his debut album, My Aim Is True via Stiff Records in the UK.
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In 1964, The Rolling Stones scored their first No.1 hit in the UK with “It’s All Over Now.” The song was written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law, Shirley Womack, and originally recorded by Bobby’s group, The Valentinos, that same year.
The pirate, John Callis, was released from prison on this day 1577.
John Callis, who was born into a wealthy family in Tintern, Monmouthshire in the late 1550s, had a notorious career as a pirate. He was well connected to the gentry through his family, with ties to the local aristocracy, the Herbert family, and to the Earl of Pembroke. He was well educated, and his family expected him to follow a conventional career as a cloth merchant in London. This lifestyle was clearly not adventurous enough, and by 1574 he had returned to South Wales and was running a ship, "The Cost Me Noughte" and was accused by the Admiralty of being 'a notorious pyrate haunting the coasts of Wales', conducting raids and harrying coastal trade, particularly in the areas around Laugharne and Carew. He avoided prosecution, however, because of his high society connections.
Among his prizes in 1574 was an Italian cargo ship whose goods he sold in Cardiff and Bristol and a Portuguese vessel which he took in the Azores. He continued to attack ships in the Bristol Channel for the next three years, continuing to seem immune from prosecution thanks to his association with the landowners of Glamorgan and of Pembrokeshire. He created a headquarters for himself in what is now the Point House tavern in Angle near Pembroke on the Cleddau.
He was finally arrested in 1577 and taken in chains to the Tower of London. He avoided hanging, however, by turning informer, providing the authorities with incriminating information about members of the gentry throughout Britain who had profited from piracy.
There is no sound evidence as to how he met his end, although some claim that he continued his career as a pirate off the coast of North Africa before being killed in 1586.
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July 14th is Bastille Day, the National Day of France. It is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille on 14th July 1789, which became a major turning point of the French Revolution.
It is also the day in 1404 when a Franco-Welsh treaty was concluded in Paris. It was negotiated in Paris between French representatives of King Charles VI of France and a Welsh deputation sent by Owain Glyndwr, including his brother-in-law John Hanmer and his chancellor Gruffudd Young. The treaty subsequently resulted in a French force arriving in Wales in August 1405 to assist the Owain Glyndwr uprising.
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1791 The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England
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1850: A Florida doctor invents the ice machine
On this day in 1850 machine-made ice debuted at a Florida party, astonishing guests accustomed to imported natural ice. Its inventor, physician John Gorrie, had originally created the machine to cool yellow fever patients. Although he was mocked during his lifetime, his breakthrough became a crucial step toward modern refrigeration and air conditioning.
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First screened on 14th July 1945, The Corn is Green is a film starring Bette Davis. It is set in a Welsh coal mining town, where Davis plays a schoolteacher who is set on providing the town's children with an adequate education, despite local opposition. It is based on a play by Emlyn Williams, a Welsh actor and dramatist.
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1955 Two killed and many dazed by lightning strikes at Ascot racecourse in England
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14th July 1892 saw the official inauguration of the Lake Vyrnwy Reservoir, which had been built to supply water to Merseyside and Liverpool.
The dam was built by flooding the Welsh village of Llanwddyn, where 2 chapels, 3 inns, 10 farms and 37 houses were lost.
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On this day in music, July 14, 1982, Pink Floyd’s psychological musical drama, The Wall premiered in London at The Empire, Leicester Square. David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Nick Mason of the band all attended the event, alongside Pete Townshend, Sting, and Queen’s Roger Taylor, among other stars. The film, which starred musician Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats), blended live-action with animation, and was based on Pink Floyd’s hit 1979 album of the same name. A commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic, The Wall later earned two BAFTA Awards and remains a cult favorite among fans of the band.
In 1977, Elvis Costello and his new band, The Attractions, played their first show together at the Penzance Winter Gardens in Cornwall, England, opening for Wayne County & the Electric Chairs. A week and a day later, Costello released his debut album, My Aim Is True via Stiff Records in the UK.
[media=https://youtu.be/rgiDKJY3RUo]
In 1964, The Rolling Stones scored their first No.1 hit in the UK with “It’s All Over Now.” The song was written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law, Shirley Womack, and originally recorded by Bobby’s group, The Valentinos, that same year.
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