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Monthly Archives: June 2013
June 29, 1613
On June 25, 1613 the first neighborhood insurance company is formed by the Garducci family, recent Sicilian immigrants to the Southwark Bridge Road Neighborhood. On June 28, Antonio Garducci went to the majority shareholders (brothers Richard and Cuthbert Burbage) of the “Lord Chamberlain’s Men” the company that owned the Globe Theatre. William Shakespeare, a minority … Continue reading
Posted in 17th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged crime, fire, mafia, shakespeare, theater
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June 28, 1859
On June 28,1859 – The first conformation dog show was held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Six years later the swimsuit competition section of the pageant was discontinued when the Welsh were caught trying to enter a shaved pig as an ‘Extemely Short-haired Pug-nosed Caerphilly Terrier With An Obvious Glandular Condition’. The judges ruled that it was … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Bears, cheating, competitions, the english, the scottish, the welsh
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June 27, 1358
In 1358 – the Republic of Dubrovnik was founded and lasted until 1808, when Napoleon ran over to it in his large scale game of RISK and pushed down its walls (since it was really just a City-State in present day Croatia) and declared ‘You FOOLS! Only I can consolidate Europe and win this game. … Continue reading
June 25, 1606
On this day in 1606 St. Jansday is forbidden. I’m pissed. No one knows what St. Jansday was celebrating or why it was forbidden. Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. It had to be the day when whines were allowed and the beautiful were required to bring the almost pretty various tasty pastries and chilled glasses of Pinot … Continue reading
June 24, 1846/1947
It’s June 24 and in 1846 the saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France. 101 years later in 1947, Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. Coincidence? I think not.
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Tagged inventions, music, ufo sightings
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