June 30 in Pop Culture History
June 30 in Pop Culture History 1831 - A patent for a platform scale was issued to brothers Erastus and Thaddeus S. Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 1859 - Jean-Francois...
June 29 in Pop Culture History
June 29 in Pop Culture History 1613 - The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground. 1889 - Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be annexed...
June 28 in Pop Culture History
June 28 in Pop Culture History 1635 - Guadeloupe became a French colony. 1832 - The first American case of a cholera epidemic was reported in New York City. 1838...
June 27 in Pop Culture History
June 27 in Pop Culture History 1556 - The thirteen Stratford Martyrs were burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs. 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of...
June 26 in Pop Culture History
June 26 in Pop Culture History 1498 - The bristle toothbrush was invented in China. 1797 - Charles Newbold was issued a patent (#X000177) for an improvement for the cast-iron...
June 25 in Pop Culture History
June 25 1867 - Barbed wire was patented (#66,182) by Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio. 1876 - Native American forces, led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, defeated...
June 24 in Pop Culture History
June 24 in History 1374 - An early morning, sudden outbreak of 'St. John's Dance' caused people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump...
June 23 in Pop Culture History
June 23 in Pop Culture History 1683 - William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. 1860 - The United States Congress established the Government Printing...
June 22 in Pop Culture History
June 22 1633 - The Holy Office in Rome forced Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe 1870 -...
June 21 in Pop Culture History
June 21 in Pop Culture History 1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent (#X008277) for his grain reaping machine. 1877 - The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of...
June 20 in Pop Culture History – National Vanilla Milkshake Day
June 20 in Pop Culture History June 20 is National Vanilla Milkshake Day. 1214 - The University of Oxford received its Royal charter. 1782 - Congress adopted the Great Seal...
June 19 in Pop Culture History
June 19 1586 - Some English colonists left the Roanoke Island Colony that was established in 1585, and it was found empty in July of 1857. It was decided to...
June 18 in Pop Culture History
June 18 1178 - A meteor crached into the Moon or exploded between Earth and the Moon. 1812 - The U.S. Congress declares war on Great Britain, Canada, and Ireland,...
June 17 in Pop Culture History
June 17 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempted to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia, in Romania. 1631 - Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Her husband,...
June 16 in Pop Culture History
June 16 1816 - Lord Byron read Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests - Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori, and inspired his challenge that each guest...
June 15 in Pop Culture History
June 15 763 BC - Assyrians recorded a solar eclipse, and that detail was later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 1215 - The signed (sealed) Magna Carta...
June 14 in Pop Culture History
June 14 1158 - Munich (in what is now Germany) was founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. 1775 -The Continental Army was established by...
June 13 in Pop Culture History
June 13 1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest international agreement in the world which is still in force. 1525 -...
June 12 is Superman Day
Superman Day was founded by DC Entertainment. The company started the day in order to honor their most iconic character. It is said that there are three characters every child...
June 12 in Pop Culture History
June 12 1790 - A 'Red Globe' was being reported by many people, flying over France. 1849 - A gas mask "inhaler or lung protector" was patented (#X006529) by Lewis...
June 11 in Pop Culture History
June 11 323 BC - Alexander the Great died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon. 1509 - Henry VIII of England married Catherine of Aragon. 1742 - Benjamin...
June 10 in Pop Culture History
June 10 in Pop Culture History 1692 - Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries." 1809 - The first...
June 9 in Pop Culture History
June 9 in Pop Culture History 1650 - The Harvard Corporation, one of the two administrative boards of Harvard, was established. It was the first legal corporation in the Americas....
June 8 in Pop Culture History
June 8 in Pop Culture History 632 - Muhammad, the Islamic prophet, died in Medina. 793 - The Viking Age began when Vikings destroyed the Abbey on Lindisfarne, on an...
June 7 in Pop Culture History
June 7 in Pop Culture History 1692 (Earthquake) Port Royal, Jamaica, over 1,000 people were killed. 1753 - The British Museum was founded, starting the the collections of Sir Hans...
June 6 in Pop Culture History
June 6 in Pop Culture History 1844 - The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London. 1882 (Cyclone) More than 100,000 people in Bombay, India were killed. 1889...
June 5 in Pop Culture History
June 5 in Pop Culture History 1851 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin (or Life Among the Lowly) began a ten-month run in the National Era, an...
June 4 in Pop Culture History
June 4 in Pop Culture History 1784 - Elisabeth Thible was the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon, flying for about 45 minutes. 1812 - Following...
June 3 in Pop Culture History
June 3 in Pop Culture History 1621 - The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherland (now eastern US) and the Caribbean. 1888 - The poem Casey...
June 2 in Pop Culture History
June 2 in Pop Culture History 455 - The Sack of Rome: Vandals entered Rome, and plundered the city for several weeks. 1098 - First Crusade: The first Siege of...
June 1 in Pop Culture History
June 1 in Pop Culture History 495 - John Cor made a note referring to the first known batch of Scotch whisky. 1813 - James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of...