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LOTS of History
Prepared by Pip over at Ducktioncups.com If you like the history segment SHOW THEM SOME LOVE Website FB TikTok
June 20th
Greetings and salutations, humans. Welcome to Tuesday. You will be grading yourself with todays test.
- 1791 – King Louis XVI, disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI
- 1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy
- 1945 – The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
- 1990 – Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
It was discovered by David H. Levy and Henry Holt at Palomar Observatory on 20 June 1990. It trails Mars, so no need for another thing to concern ourselves about
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5261_Eureka
Happy Birthdays
- 1889 – John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (d. 1951)
in September 1923 Dr Paras accepted an offer from Dr Harlow Shapley, to become the Superintendent of the Harvard Observatory’s Southern Station. He left this post due to a lack of funding and went to Arequipa, Peru to work at Boyden Station, a branch of Harvard Observatory, with a view to finding a more suitable location for it. The decision was made to move Boyden Station to South Africa due to better weather conditions, and Paraskevopoulos served there as director of Boyden Observatory in South Africa from 1927 to 1951. He co-discovered a couple of comets. The crater Paraskevopoulos on the Moon is named after him.
Pip’s notes – ‘yeah, I found a few comets.. what’d you do this week?’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Paraskevopoulos
- 1968 – Robert Rodriguez, American director, producer, and screenwriter
an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas
Pip’s notes – yeah, that guy.. ‘From Dusk till Dawn’, ‘Sin City’… I’m sure there are other movies the dude was involved in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez
- 1977 – Amos Lee, American singer-songwriter
Lee has recorded five albums on Blue Note Records and has toured as an opening act for Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, Van Morrison, John Prine, Dave Matthews Band, Adele, the Zac Brown Band, Jack Johnson, The Avett Brothers, and David Gray. His music has appeared on the soundtracks of numerous TV shows and movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Lee
- 2003 – Hans Niemann, American chess player
an American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE on January 22, 2021.
As of February 2023, he is the fourth-highest-rated Junior in the world and 35th overall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Niemann
Passings
- 1875 – Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
was a pioneer, mountain man, law enforcement official, and politician in the
Oregon Country and later Oregon Territory of the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Meek
- 1966 – Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1894)
a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, mathematician, astronomer,
and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Louvain.
He was the first to theorize that the recession of nearby galaxies can be explained by an expanding universe,
which was observationally confirmed soon afterwards by Edwin Hubble.
Pip’s notes – a priest & physics.. he looked to the heavens and thought the big bang way? huh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre
- 2011 – Ryan Dunn, American television personality (b. 1977)
best known as one of the stars of the MTV reality stunt show Jackass and its film franchise.
Pip’s notes – his car did 140, swiftly… into a tree… after leaving a bar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Dunn
Holidays
- International World Refugee Day
Designed to celebrate and honour refugees from around the world. The day was first established on 20 June 2001, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
Pip’s notes – Does anyone actually “celbrate” being a refugee?
- National Flag Day in Argentina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day_(Argentina)
- West Virginia celebrates West Virginia day
Celebrated annually on June 20, the day celebrates the state’s 1863 admission to the Union as a result of the secession of several northwestern counties of Virginia during the American Civil War. It is mostly celebrated through festivals in major West Virginian cities.
Pip’s notes – well, look who’s back….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Day
- International Surfing Day
established in 2005 by Surfing Magazine and The Surfrider Foundation. International Surfing Day closely follows the spirit and intent of the World Surf Day, established by the Usenet newsgroup alt.surfing in 1993.
Pip’s notes – This Florida dude has spent less than 6 minutes on a surf board.
That being said, this dude also throws the shaka (surfer wave) more than most.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Surfing_Day
Thus concludes the history stuff on this Tuesday. Good good stuff and stay out of the hospital if you can.
Just remember, what doesn’t kill you, just might require a short hospital stay.
Cheers, and until next time, Pip with Ducktion Cups.