Launch Events Business Networking – 21st June – a Sport interest event taking place on 2018-06-21 09:30:00 in United Kingdom Welcome to the Launch Events business networking morning, sponsored by Leigh Business Expo. Please note that our June meeting is partnership with The Holiday Inn Express – Leigh Sports Village, and so we'll be meeting there instead …
Today in History for 15th June 2018: Historical Events 1567 – Battle at Carberry, Scotland: Protestant troops beat Earl Bothwell’s army 1871 – Phoebe Couzins is 1st woman graduate of a US collegiate law school 1919 – 1st nonstop Atlantic flight (Alcock and Brown) lands in Ireland 1957 – 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant …
Today in History for 14th June 2018: Historical Events 1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a “difference engine” in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled “Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables” 1908 – Fourth German Navy Bill is passed authorising the financing of the building of …
Today in History for 13th June 2018: Historical Events 1942 – Germany lands 4 saboteurs on Long Island 1944 – German counter attack on Villers-Bocage, Normandy 1974 – IMF establishes its “oil facility”, a special fund for loans to nations whose balance of payments have been severely affected by high oil prices 1978 – Film …
Today in History for 12th June 2018: Historical Events 1903 – The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music 1942 – Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City 1952 – 2nd Berlin International Film Festival: “One Summer of Happiness” wins Golden Bear (audience vote) 1957 – Paul …
Today in History for 11th June 2018: Historical Events 1919 – 51st Belmont: J Loftus riding Sir Barton wins in 2:17.6 and Trip Crown 1940 – Italy declares war on Allies 1964 – Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do 1978 – 24th LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez 1988 – “Everything …
Today in History for 10th June 2018: Historical Events 1794 – Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia forms 1865 – Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” 1st performance Munich, Germany 1890 – 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes riding Burlington wins in 2:07.75 1946 – Italian Republic established 1990 – 89th Women’s French Open: Monica Seles beats Steffi …
Today in History for 9th June 2018: Historical Events 1456 – 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet 1772 – 1st Protestant church west of Pennsylvania (in Ohio) holds communion 1914 – Honus Wagner is 2nd to get 3,000 hits 1933 – Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager 1959 – 1st ballistic missile sub …
Today in History for 8th June 2018: Historical Events 1929 – 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8 1944 – Allies occupy Port-en-Bessin Normandy 1963 – 95th Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:30.2 1965 – US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam 1991 – Warren Schutte is 1st non …
Italian Summer Camp: June 12 – July 19 – a Culture interest event taking place on 2018-06-20 09:00:00 in United States Collina Italiana (CI) is pleased to announce its Italian Summer in the City 2018 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It is a weekly basis mini camp, very flexible (minimum 2 days per …
Today in History for 7th June 2018: Historical Events 1340 – Rotterdam Netherlands founded 1527 – Pope Clement VII surrenders to Emperor Charles V’s armies 1905 – Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814) 1924 – 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8 1987 – 86th Men’s French Open: Ivan …
Today in History for 6th June 2018: Historical Events 1903 – President Emile Loubet of France and Minister of Foreign Affairs Theophile Declasse visit London, furthering the cause of Entente Cordiale between Britain and France 1936 – Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey 1965 – Rolling Stones release single “(I Can’t Get No) …
Today in History for 5th June 2018: Historical Events 1806 – Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland 1925 – 29th US Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester CC Mass 1940 – Battle of France begins in WW II 1955 – NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550′ HR off Chicago Billy Pierce 1970 …
South Africa in the news: Lecrae to perform in South Africa this June: American Christian hip hop artist Lecrae will perform his All Things Work Together tour at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown on 9 June, and at The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town on 10 June 2018. All Things Work Together …
Today in History for 4th June 2018: Historical Events 1664 – Viceroy Willem Frederik conquers Dijlerschans 1940 – Winston Churchill’s speech “We shall fight on the seas and oceans” 1954 – Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m 1972 – Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3) 1990 …
Today in History for 3rd June 2018: Historical Events 1961 – JFK and Khrushchev meet in Vienna 1966 – European DX Council forms in Copenhagen (shortwave listeners) 1972 – Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10 1991 – Kuwait asks Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members to produce 800,000 bbl/d (130,000 m3/d) of …
Today in History for 2nd June 2018: Historical Events 1873 – Construction begins on Clay St (San Francisco) for world’s 1st cable railroad 1896 – 30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5 1957 – US TV interviews Nikita Khrushchev 1969 – Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne slices US destroyer USS Frank E Evans …
Today in History for 1st June 2018: Historical Events 1957 – 56th Women’s French Championships: Shirley Bloomer beats Dorothy Knode (6-1, 6-3) 1958 – Louise Suggs wins LPGA Gatlinburg Golf Open 1960 – WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting 1960 – “Finian’s Rainbow” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 …