In 1633, Galileo was made to recant his view that the universe travelled around the sun, in favour of the absurd theory that the sun travelled around the Earth. And while Stephen Fry might claim on QI that there was never a time in recorded history that authorities thought the world was flat, it was on this day they came closest to it. In 1783, a poison cloud that was not man made floated from Iceland to France .. but it was natural, not man made, so we didn't need to address it. In 1813, a woman keen to defend Beaver walked 30 km to warn a Fitzgibbon. In 1839, Cherokee John Ridge was assassinated for his signing a document that resulted in the death of a quarter of Cherokee on the trail of tears. In his defence, he had negotiated a bad deal with a Democrat President Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory. 175 years of reform later, Democrat Obama is no better over Iraq.
In 1954 in Christchurch, two heavenly creatures gave rise to a Peter Jackson film when they murdered the mum who they felt threatened their friendship. In 1990, Checkpoint Charlie was dismantled in Berlin. In 2009, Kodak consigned Paul Simon's Kodachrome song to history by stopping the production of their film.
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And Ken Wyatt, then?
Seems Gillard can’t see Aboriginal politicians if they’re Liberals.
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LABOR’S CUTS TO AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE
In addition to dismantling Australia’s border protection, the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments have also systematically dismantled the capabilities of Australia’s Customs Department, by cutting funding in every budget since coming to office – a total $125.5 million and 870 staff cut.
Despite a growing workload - and with guns, illegal drugs and contraband flowing into the county, there are now over 15% less Customs personnel than in 2007 when Labor took office.
And under the Howard Government, 60% of air cargo consignments were inspected, but now, following Labor's cuts, less than 9% of air cargo undergoes inspections.
This opens up holes in the net, with the only result that criminals are more likely to be successful in smuggling guns & drugs into Australia.
Further, these drastic cuts to our nations Customs resources have hindered the agency’s ability to effectively do its job and increased their vulnerability to infiltration from organised crime.
Just another reason, why Labor MUST be voted out office at the coming election - no matter whom Labor put up as leader.
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- 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
- 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending theThird Macedonian War.
- 1527 – Fatahillah chased away Portugal from Sunda Kelapa harbour, and peoples celebrated it as birthday of Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 1593 – Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
- 1622 – Portuguese forces repel a Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
- 1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
- 1774 – The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
- 1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
- 1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
- 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
- 1825 – The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
- 1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
- 1870 – US Congress created the United States Department of Justice
- 1893 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
- 1897 – British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
- 1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted.
- 1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- 1941 – Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
- 1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
- 1954 – In Christchurch (New Zealand) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movieHeavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker–Hulme murder case.
- 1978 – Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy.
- 1986 The controversial Hand of God goal by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century also by Maradona. Argentina would win 2-1 and go on to win the world cup.
- 1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
- 2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
Hatches
- 662 – Rui Zong, Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 716)
- 1684 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
- 1713 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (d. 1765)
- 1864 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
- 1897 – Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1973)
- 1901 – Elias Katz, Finnish runner (d. 1947)
- 1906 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
- 1910 – Konrad Zuse, German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 computer (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
- 1932 – June Salter, Australian actress (d. 2001)
- 1932 – Prunella Scales, English actress
- 1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Highwaymen)
- 1943 – Brit Hume, American journalist
- 1947 – Howard Kaylan, American singer-songwriter (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, and Flo & Eddie)
- 1949 – Alan Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
- 1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Blue Angel)
- 1960 – Erin Brockovich, American lawyer and environmentalist
- 1964 – Dan Brown, American author
- 1965 – Uwe Boll, German director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Steven Page, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1987 – Lee Min Ho, South Korean actor and singer
- 1997 – Tami Grende, Indonesian tennis player
Despatches
- 1276 – Pope Innocent V (b. 1225)
- 1429 – Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
- 1699 – Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and politician (b. 1630)
- 1925 – Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849)
- 1938 – C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (b. 1876)
- 1956 – Walter de la Mare, English poet and author (b. 1873)
- 1965 – David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902)
- 1969 – Judy Garland, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- 1987 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1899)
- 2008 – Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founded the McGrath Foundation (b. 1966)
Unrepresentative circus coming to the Senate
Piers Akerman – Sunday, June 22, 2014 (7:44am)
AT the end of this week, the current moderately sane Senate will sit for the last time.
When next it sits — next month — the Senate will be a circus unmatched in Australian parliamentary history.
Former PM Paul Keating’s oft-quoted observation that it was “unrepresentative swill” will be more than justified.
This situation has been created by the rise of minor and micro parties achieving some success through the clever manipulation of preferences.
Thus we see individuals with little or negligible popular support taking senate seats on the basis of preference deals brokered between parties with no shared values.
While the major parties will usher in a few new senators — some smart, some not so bright — the loud-mouthed Queensland self-promoter Clive Palmer will be welcoming his team of three Palmer United Party senators, led by former rugby league player Glenn Lazarus.
Palmer, who can occasionally be viewed slumped in the Lower House, will call the shots for fellow Queenslander Lazarus, Western Australian Zhenya (Dio) Wang and Tasmanian Jacqui Lambie, and, at the moment, anyway, Motoring Enthusiasts party senator Ricky Muir. Lazarus, whom Palmer nominated as PUP’s leader in the Senate may actually say something of substance when he takes his seat, but so far he has been silent about PUP and its intentions.
Wang has said he agrees with everything Palmer says (much like Opposition leader Bill Shorten rushed to agree with everything Julia Gillard said, even when he didn’t know what she said) and Lambie has said too much already, revealing a profound ignorance of the topics she has tackled.
Veteran broadcaster Mike Willesee needed no tricks to persuade the PUPs to show how ill-equipped they are for parliamentary office when he interviewed them recently.
Ringmaster Palmer has barely been unable to keep his clowns in order to date, and the odds are that whatever instructions he can give while he is recumbent in the House will doubtless be poorly understood by the time they reach his minions in the Senate.
The government has given the Leader of the House Christopher Pyne and Senate Leader Eric Abetz charge of all the cross-benchers but they do not appear at all minded to make special efforts to peel the PUPpies from Clive’s kennel.
The government seems to be prepared to wait until they stray of their own volition — certainly none of the PUPpies has shown the confidence to speak with the government unless Palmer is present.
Lazarus and Wang will probably stay close to Palmer as they have shown no independence of thought so far.
Lambie, a former army corporal who has variously worked for Labor and been a member of the Liberal Party, is at best a loose cannon. She could go anywhere.
Palmer, possibly the least politic individual to self-finance a party into parliament, demonstrated his knuckle-headedness on his arrival in Canberra by demanding (with threats) the government give party status to his lacklustre band and the extra staff that groups which qualify for party status are eligible for, even though PUP did not have sufficient elected members (five) to meet the House rules.
If the extra staff are needed for PUP, and quite obviously, the PUPpies have shown they aren’t up to the task of understanding the processes government without assistance, Palmer might have inveigled Muir into dumping his handful of Motoring Enthusiasts and joining the PUP litter, giving them the critical mass needed to get extra staffers.
Had Palmer not been so brash, it is possible the government may have spoken quietly to independent senator Nick Xenophon and DLP senator John Madigan and brought about some staffing changes.
Having publicly broadcast his demand, Palmer ensured that no party — and certainly not the government — would permit itself to be seen breaching the rules to accommodate his bullying demands in return for some legislative trade-offs.
The government will be able to work more coherently with Family First’s senator-elect Bob Day and incoming independent David Leyon-hjelm as they are patently better equipped intellectually for the demands of office.
The Greens, who hope to win some support from Muir, at least, are still fighting internal battles.
Greens Leader Christine Milne was able to keep the simmering challenge from Melbourne MP Adam Bandt at bay in the aftermath of the lift in support at the disputed WA senate election, but Bandt supporters are now saying that boost was largely a protest vote and not reflective of any personal support for Milne.
Whether any of the PUP senators are capable of meeting the demands of the six-year senate term is another consideration.
DEATH TO DEMOCRACY
Tim Blair – Sunday, June 22, 2014 (4:35am)
“What about truth?” asks the Sydney Morning Herald‘s Elizabeth Farrelly. “What about climate change?” And then, naturally, she calls for the destruction of democracy:
We can’t wait for governments to make this call. It’s time to act. A people’s revolution is required. Democracy is failing us. So far, smugness and stupidity seem a more likely sinkhole for the democratic experiment than the bloodshed and tyranny that George Washington predicted, but if climate change really gets going it could still come to that. Democratic governments are abject moral cowards.
These youthful climate activists are on your side, Elizabeth:
And here’s another batch of anti-democracy enthusiasts, wearing some form of protective shield against dangerous global warming:
Warmies and other fundamentalists have a long anti-democratic tradition. Meanwhile, everything’s going plumb loco in Age columnist Suzy Freeman-Greene’s garden:
And here’s another batch of anti-democracy enthusiasts, wearing some form of protective shield against dangerous global warming:
Warmies and other fundamentalists have a long anti-democratic tradition. Meanwhile, everything’s going plumb loco in Age columnist Suzy Freeman-Greene’s garden:
It’s June but my backyard plum tree sprouts blossom while wearing a mantle of yet-to-fall leaves. Basil – a summer herb – is only just dying off in the tardy cold. Spring bulbs started coming up in a neighbour’s garden in May.
Why, it’s total anarchy! There are blossoms, people! And BULBS!
The weather’s changing and we monitor it furiously on phones and websites.
Of course you do. You live in Melbourne.
Does this checking of hourly temperatures and rain forecasts offer a semblance of control when so much seems out of our hands?
Suzy must be nearly 50 by now and still hasn’t worked out that the weather is beyond human control.
If we’re unsettled, consider the animals and plants. In southern Queensland, more than 45,000 flying foxes dropped dead on one mega hot day this year. They fell from the sky, little corpses piling up by the thousands.
It’s a well-known fact that bats can’t take the heat. Keep on hyperventilating, Suzy:
In Queensland’s wet tropics, birds and possums are moving higher up the mountains in search of cooler air. Eventually, there’ll be nowhere left to go.
Try Melbourne! There are plenty of bulbs and blossoms to eat, all year round. A final climate horror indicator from Freeman-Greene:
Just last week, it was reported that rising sea levels have dislodged the remains of 26 Japanese World War II soldiers from their graves on the Marshall Islands.
According to a local, the dislodged corpses were due to king tides eroding a mass grave on the beach. Still, for safety’s sake, let’s follow Elizabeth’s advice and ban democracy. Bulbs and bones are a bad combination.
BAD HAIR DAY
Tim Blair – Sunday, June 22, 2014 (12:52am)
Former first hairdresser Tim Mathieson threatens Victorian Premier Denis Napthine with legal action:
The tirade, obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, was recorded after Mr Mathieson called the Premier’s Warrnambool electorate office after hours and got the answerphone.In a 32-second message, Mr Mathieson complains the Premier, who worked as a veterinarian before entering politics, had mentioned him in Parliament in connection with rogue MP Geoff Shaw’s misuse of his taxpayer-funded car.
“Of course you’re busy – because you’ve been bullshitting all day in Parliament,” Mr Mathieson said. “So, if he mentions the Prime Minister’s partner one more time, one more time, there will be a legal action against Denis The Vet.“You hear me? One more time against the ex-Prime Minister’s partner there will be a lawsuit against him so long – I am not, I am not, anything to do with Geoff Shaw, in any way shape or form. So, if he mentions me one more time, I am telling you right now. OK? That’s it. Bang!”
Some background to this dispute:
Three years ago, Ms Gillard wrote a personal cheque for $4243 to repay the entitlements after Mr Mathieson used the Prime Minister’s taxpayer-funded car to sell shampoo and hair products.
The Bolt Report today, June 22
Andrew Bolt June 22 2014 (6:41am)
On Channel 10 at 10am and 4pm…
A video warning from Iraq, where Australian jihadists now fight.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on boats and immigration in the age of terror.
The panel: Janet Albrechtsen and former Labor advisor Bruce Hawker, made a scapegoat by a Labor report on the 2013 election.
NewsWatch: Sharri Markson - on Clinton, Palmer and a reporter who wore a bottle of beer.
The videos of the shows appear here.
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Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on boats and immigration in the age of terror.
The panel: Janet Albrechtsen and former Labor advisor Bruce Hawker, made a scapegoat by a Labor report on the 2013 election.
NewsWatch: Sharri Markson - on Clinton, Palmer and a reporter who wore a bottle of beer.
The videos of the shows appear here.
Gillard whites out black history to claim a first
Andrew Bolt June 22 2014 (6:33am)
Julia Gillard tells the US audience of the Diane Rehm Show a porky:
GILLARD11:40:36 Well, I’m happy to report that there has been some progress on that issue. And I can say one of the things that I did in my time as prime minister was ensure that my political party selected for our Senate an indigenous woman, Nova Peris, who now serves in the Senate. And she’s the first indigenous Australian to be a federal parliamentarian.So what was Senator Neville Bonner? An Eskimo?
And Ken Wyatt, then?
Seems Gillard can’t see Aboriginal politicians if they’re Liberals.
(Thanks to reader Gab.)
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Reader Jim (with readers Warwick, Cal J and others):
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Tim Mathieson goes “bang”
Andrew Bolt June 22 2014 (5:58am)
A threat from the former First Bloke:
So what’s Mathieson’s objection? Is the following false?
===Tim Mathieson has threatened Victorian Premier Denis Napthine with legal action in a furious phone message that ends with him saying “Bang!” ...Really, what a classy couple we once had in the Lodge.
In a 32-second message, Mr Mathieson complains the Premier, who worked as a veterinarian before entering politics, had mentioned him in Parliament in connection with rogue MP Geoff Shaw’s misuse of his taxpayer-funded car.
“Of course you’re busy because you’ve been bullshitting all day in Parliament,’’ Mr Mathieson said. “So, if he mentions the Prime Minister’s partner one more time, one more time, there will be a legal action against Denis The Vet.
“You hear me? One more time against the ex-Prime Minister’s partner there will be a lawsuit against him so long — I am not, I am not, anything to do with Geoff Shaw, in any way shape or form. So, if he mentions me one more time, I am telling you right now. OK? That’s it. Bang !”
So what’s Mathieson’s objection? Is the following false?
Three years ago, Ms Gillard wrote a personal cheque for $4243 to repay the entitlements after Mr Mathieson used the Prime Minister’s taxpayer-funded car to sell shampoo and hair products.
New green apocalypse sought
Andrew Bolt June 22 2014 (5:52am)
What could possibly be worse than the end of humanity on a superheated planet? Or is The Age subtly indicating that its deserting a sinking ship to find a new green crisis?
===Something more sinister than climate change stalks the human future – and it is high time we gave it the same attention. Few people have much idea of the scale of the universal chemical deluge to which we are now subject, daily, and of the growing peril which we – and all our descendants – face.Why are greens so addicted to apocalypses?
Mike Carlton and the fools who know no history
Andrew Bolt June 22 2014 (5:33am)
Sydney Morning Herald columnist Mike Carlton fancies himself as a bit of an historian:
===We saw in Vietnam that democracy cannot be imposed at gunpoint. Wilfully blind to the errors of history, the fools repeat them.Some countries made democratic “at gunpoint”:
Japan after World War II
Germany after World War II
Italy after World War II
South Korea after the Korean War
Grenada after the 1983 US invasion.
Afghanistan after the 2001 US invasion.
Iraq (imperfectly) after the 2003 invasion.
Panama after the 1989 US invasion.
East Timor after the Australian intervention.
Fairfax columnists demand overthrow of democracy to stop bulbs sprouting
Andrew Bolt June 22 2014 (5:24am)
One Fairfax columnist
panics that global warming is causing the neighbor’s bulbs to rise.
Another frets that the crisis is so terrible that “democracy is failing
us” and “a people’s revolution is required”.
Both are women, incidentally, which doesn’t help address the stereotype.
Tim Blair does some fisking.
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Tim Blair does some fisking.
Not the way for Labor to show it can now be trusted to stop the boats
Andrew Bolt June 22 2014 (5:13am)
Not true, and I wouldn’t trust the assurances of a party with its record of dud predictions:
Really?
===Processing asylum seekers who are already in Australia won’t result in a resurgence of people smuggling boat arrivals, the federal opposition says...So potential boat people waiting in Indonesia won’t be encouraged to see those who before be accepted as refugees?
“This decision has no bearing on whether or not we will see asylum seeker vessels coming to Australia,” [Opposition immigration spokesman Richard] Marles told reporters on Saturday.
“Whatever you do in relation to the people who are already here can be neither a deterrence or incentive.”
Really?
Abbott such a subtle sexist that he actually listens more to women
Andrew Bolt June 22 2014 (4:59am)
Nothing subtle, though, about Sue Boyce’s treachery or unfairness:
And damn that cunning Abbott for being so subtle a sexist that he puts out such women-friendly policies:
===Prime Minister Tony Abbott is ‘’a sexist’’ and the Coalition has been ‘’dog whistling’’ with its asylum seeker policies, says retiring Liberal senator Sue Boyce in an extraordinary exit interview.But then again:
Reflecting on her career in Parliament - she retires at the end of June - Senator Boyce said she thought Julia Gillard’s famous misogyny speech was ‘’powerful’’ and, for Ms Gillard’s purposes, ‘’a brilliant speech’’. But she thought the former prime minister had used the wrong word to describe Mr Abbott.
‘’I think it would have been more accurate if she had called him a sexist,’’ she said.
‘’But singling [Mr Abbott] out as a sexist was not reasonable either,’’ she added, saying the Prime Minister was one of many ‘’subtle’’ sexists in federal Parliament.And even that can’t be backed up:
Senator Boyce did not offer examples for Mr Abbott’s alleged sexism and conceded she had found the Prime Minister more willing to listen to the views of women than many of her other male colleagues.Yes, Abbott’s sexism is so subtle that Boyce can’t give a single example of it. In fact, it’s so subtle that Abbott actually appears more women-friendly than most.
And damn that cunning Abbott for being so subtle a sexist that he puts out such women-friendly policies:
Sue Boyce really should apologise for this stupid smear.
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What would you do to describe someone who just robbed you? You may describe the size of the person, the color of their skin, their voice, or any other definitive features.
Ok, now what would you do to describe someone who just robbed you while you were wearing a blindfold? “Uhh. Its voice was deeper than your average person, and it’s skin was not that soft?”
Well, that is exactly what the New York City Council is asking the NYPD to do if the world’s most shortsighted bill in recent memory passes. And rest assured, the NYPD Captains union is pissed about it. Duh.
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LABOR’S CUTS TO AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE
In addition to dismantling Australia’s border protection, the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments have also systematically dismantled the capabilities of Australia’s Customs Department, by cutting funding in every budget since coming to office – a total $125.5 million and 870 staff cut.
Despite a growing workload - and with guns, illegal drugs and contraband flowing into the county, there are now over 15% less Customs personnel than in 2007 when Labor took office.
And under the Howard Government, 60% of air cargo consignments were inspected, but now, following Labor's cuts, less than 9% of air cargo undergoes inspections.
This opens up holes in the net, with the only result that criminals are more likely to be successful in smuggling guns & drugs into Australia.
Further, these drastic cuts to our nations Customs resources have hindered the agency’s ability to effectively do its job and increased their vulnerability to infiltration from organised crime.
Just another reason, why Labor MUST be voted out office at the coming election - no matter whom Labor put up as leader.
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- 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a forthcoming surprise attack, Laura Secord set out on a 30 km (19 mi) journey from Queenston, Ontario,Upper Canada, on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
- 1937 – Camille Chautemps became Prime Minister of France for the third time, in the second Popular Front ministry.
- 1986 – Argentine footballer Diego Maradona (pictured) scored both the "Hand of God goal" and the "Goal of the Century" against Englandduring the quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.
- 2009 – Two Metro trains in Washington, D.C., collided, killing nine people and injuring 80 others.
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- 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
- 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending theThird Macedonian War.
- 1527 – Fatahillah chased away Portugal from Sunda Kelapa harbour, and peoples celebrated it as birthday of Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 1593 – Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
- 1622 – Portuguese forces repel a Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
- 1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
- 1774 – The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
- 1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
- 1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
- 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
- 1825 – The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
- 1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
- 1870 – US Congress created the United States Department of Justice
- 1893 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
- 1897 – British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
- 1898 – Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
- 1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted.
- 1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- 1911 – George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1918 – The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
- 1922 – Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
- 1940 – France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.
- 1941 – Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
- 1941 – The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
- 1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
- 1944 – Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
- 1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
- 1945 – The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end.
- 1954 – In Christchurch (New Zealand) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movieHeavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker–Hulme murder case.
- 1957 – The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
- 1962 – An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing 113.
- 1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire, triggering a crack-down on pollution in the river.
- 1978 – Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy.
- 1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
- 1986 The controversial Hand of God goal by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century also by Maradona. Argentina would win 2-1 and go on to win the world cup.
- 1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
- 2002 – An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
- 2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
- 2012 – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
Births[edit]
- 662 – Rui Zong, Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 716)
- 916 – Sayf al-Dawla, Syrian Emir of Aleppo (d. 967)
- 1680 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister (d. 1754)
- 1684 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
- 1704 – John Taylor, English scholar (d. 1766)
- 1713 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (d. 1765)
- 1738 – Jacques Delille, French poet (d. 1813)
- 1757 – George Vancouver, English navy officer and explorer (d. 1798)
- 1763 – Étienne Méhul, French composer (d. 1817)
- 1767 – Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and diplomat (d. 1835)
- 1805 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1872)
- 1837 – Paul Morphy, American chess player (d. 1884)
- 1837 – Ernst Ziller, German-Greek architect, designed the Presidential Mansion (d. 1923)
- 1845 – Tom Dula, American soldier (d. 1868)
- 1845 – Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1906)
- 1856 – H. Rider Haggard, English author (d. 1925)
- 1861 – Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (d. 1914)
- 1864 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
- 1871 – William McDougall, English psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
- 1874 – Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (d. 1930)
- 1874 – Walter Friedrich Otto, German philologist (d. 1958)
- 1879 – Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
- 1880 – Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer (d. 1954)
- 1884 – James Rector, American sprinter (d. 1949)
- 1885 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
- 1887 – Julian Huxley, English biologist (d. 1975)
- 1888 – Harold Hitz Burton, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Cleveland (d. 1964)
- 1889 – Ossian Skiöld, Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1961)
- 1890 – Aleksander Warma, Estonian commander and politician (d. 1970)
- 1892 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German general (d. 1945)
- 1896 – Leonard W. Murray, Canadian admiral (d. 1971)
- 1897 – Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1973)
- 1897 – Norbert Elias, German sociologist (d. 1990)
- 1898 – Erich Maria Remarque, German author (d. 1970)
- 1899 – Michał Kalecki, Polish economist (d. 1970)
- 1899 – Artur Kukk, Estonian wrestler (d. 1958)
- 1901 – Elias Katz, Finnish runner (d. 1947)
- 1902 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
- 1903 – John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
- 1903 – Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1906 – William Kneale, English logician (d. 1990)
- 1906 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author (d. 2001)
- 1906 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
- 1909 – Buddy Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
- 1909 – Katherine Dunham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2006)
- 1909 – Fuller Kimbrell, American politician (d. 2013)
- 1909 – Mike Todd, American film and theater producer (d. 1958)
- 1910 – John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English army officer and mountaineer (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
- 1910 – Konrad Zuse, German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 computer (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
- 1913 – Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet (d. 1989)
- 1915 – Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter (d. 2001)
- 1916 – Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
- 1919 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
- 1920 – Paul Frees, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
- 1920 – Edmund Pellegrino, American ethicist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician
- 1921 – Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
- 1921 – Barbara Vucanovich, American politician (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (d. 2002)
- 1922 – Mona Lisa, Filipino actress
- 1923 – José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Christopher Booth, British clinician (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Géza Vermes, Hungarian-English theologian and scholar (d. 2013)
- 1927 – D.A. Low, British historian
- 1927 – Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
- 1928 – Ralph Waite, American actor and director (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Bruce Kent, British political activist
- 1930 – Yury Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1998)
- 1930 – Jack Bailey, English cricket administrator
- 1930 – Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer (d. 2011)
- 1932 – Yevgeny Kychanov, Russian orientalist (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
- 1932 – June Salter, Australian actress (d. 2001)
- 1932 – Prunella Scales, English actress
- 1932 – John Wakeham, British politician
- 1933 – Dianne Feinstein, American politician, 38th Mayor of San Francisco
- 1933 – Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (d. 2007)
- 1933 – Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
- 1934 – James Bjorken, American physicist
- 1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Highwaymen)
- 1936 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian accordion player and composer
- 1937 – Chris Blackwell, English record producer
- 1937 – Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (d. 2013)
- 1939 – Hugh Annesley, British police officer
- 1939 – Don Matthews, American-Canadian football player and coach
- 1940 – Hubert Chesshyre, British Clarenceux King of Arms
- 1940 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1940 – Esther Rantzen, English journalist
- 1941 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
- 1941 – Michael Lerner, American actor
- 1941 – Terttu Savola, Finnish politician
- 1942 – Murphy Dunne, American actor and musician
- 1943 – Judith Barker, English actress
- 1943 – Brit Hume, American journalist
- 1944 – Peter Asher, English singer, guitarist, and producer (Peter & Gordon)
- 1944 – Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director
- 1945 – Rainer Brüderle, German politician
- 1946 – Jean-François Bertrand, Canadian politician
- 1946 – Linda Bond, Canadian Salvation Army general
- 1946 – Sheila Hollins, British psychiatrist
- 1946 – Eliades Ochoa, Cuban singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Cuarteto Patria)
- 1946 – Stephen Waley-Cohen, British theatre owner and producer
- 1947 – Octavia E. Butler, American author (d. 2006)
- 1947 – Howard Kaylan, American singer-songwriter (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, and Flo & Eddie)
- 1947 – David Lander, American actor
- 1947 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
- 1947 – Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician, President of Ghana
- 1947 – Leelo Tungal, Estonian poet and children's writer
- 1948 – James Charteris, Scottish peer and businessman
- 1948 – Steve Eastin, American actor
- 1948 – Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nazz, Utopia, and The New Cars)
- 1949 – Larry Junstrom, American bass player (38 Special and Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1949 – Brian Leveson, British judge
- 1949 – Alan Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
- 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress and singer
- 1949 – Luís Filipe Vieira, Portuguese businessman
- 1949 – Lindsay Wagner, American actress
- 1949 – Elizabeth Warren, American academic and politician
- 1950 – Adrian Năstase, Romanian lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Romania
- 1950 – Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
- 1951 – Humphrey Ocean, British contemporary painter
- 1952 – Graham Greene, Canadian actor
- 1952 – Alastair Stewart, English television newsreader and presenter
- 1953 – Wim Eijk, Dutch cardinal
- 1953 – Mauro Francaviglia, Italian mathematician (d. 2013)
- 1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Blue Angel)
- 1953 – Bruce McAvaney, Australian sportscaster
- 1953 – Mai Lin, Asian-American pornographic actress
- 1954 – Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
- 1955 – Green Gartside, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scritti Politti)
- 1955 – Olevi Kull, Estonian ecologist (d. 2007)
- 1956 – Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
- 1956 – Ron Haslam, English motorcycle racer
- 1956 – Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani politician, 25th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan
- 1956 – Tim Russ, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Manuel Saval, Mexican actor (d. 2009)
- 1956 – Markus Schatte, German footballer, manager, and coach
- 1956 – Derek Forbes, Scottish bassist and sometime guitarist (Simple Minds)
- 1957 – Kevin Bond, English footballer and manager
- 1957 – Danny Baker, English journalist and screenwriter
- 1957 – Garry Gary Beers, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer (INXS and Absent Friends)
- 1958 – Bruce Campbell, American actor, director, and producer
- 1958 – Jennifer Finney Boylan, American transgender author and academic
- 1959 – Wayne Federman, American comedian, actor, and author
- 1959 – Michael Kinane, Irish flat racing jockey
- 1959 – Mike O'Meara, American radio host
- 1959 – Nicola Sirkis, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Indochine)
- 1959 – Ed Viesturs, American mountaineer
- 1960 – Erin Brockovich, American lawyer and environmentalist
- 1960 – Margrit Klinger, German middle-distance runner
- 1960 – Tracy Pollan, American actress
- 1961 – Stephen Batchelor, English field hockey player and coach
- 1961 – Arabella Pollen, English fashion designer, journalist and author
- 1961 – Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer-songwriter (Bronski Beat and The Communards)
- 1962 – Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1962 – Clyde Drexler, American basketball player and coach
- 1962 – Ain Evard, Estonian high jumper
- 1962 – Bobby Gillespie, Scottish singer-songwriter (Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and The Wake)
- 1962 – Gerald Hillringhaus, German footballer
- 1963 – Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist and actor
- 1963 – Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
- 1963 – John Tenta, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1964 – Amy Brenneman, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1964 – Dan Brown, American author
- 1964 – John Penrose, English politician
- 1965 – Uwe Boll, German director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Ľubomír Moravčík, Czech footballer and manager
- 1966 – Schoolly D, American rapper and actor
- 1966 – Michael Park, English race car driver (d. 2005)
- 1966 – Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress and singer
- 1967 – Mike Sussman, American television writer and producer
- 1968 – Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player and coach
- 1970 – Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese businessman
- 1970 – Steven Page, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1971 – Gary Connolly, English rugby football player
- 1971 – Kambri Crews, American author
- 1971 – Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
- 1971 – Kurt Warner, American football player
- 1972 – Stephen Mosley, English politician
- 1972 – David Rees, American cartoonist
- 1973 – Carson Daly, American television host
- 1974 – Vijay, Indian actor, singer, and producer
- 1974 – Donald Faison, American actor
- 1975 – Müslüm Can, Turkish footballer
- 1975 – Kenshin Kawakami, Japanese baseball player
- 1975 – Andreas Klöden, German cyclist
- 1975 – Urmas Reinsalu, Estonian politician, 28th Minister of Defence for Estonia
- 1975 – Laila Rouass, English actress
- 1976 – Gordon Moakes, English bass player (Bloc Party and Young Legionnaire)
- 1978 – Champ Bailey, American football player
- 1978 – Tim Driesen, Belgian actor, singer, and dancer
- 1978 – Jai Rodriguez, American actor, singer, and author
- 1978 – Dan Wheldon, English race car driver (d. 2011)
- 1979 – Joey Cheek, American speed skater
- 1979 – Xenofon Gittas, Greek footballer
- 1979 – Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
- 1979 – Leire Martínez, Basque singer-songwriter (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
- 1979 – Thomas Voeckler, French cyclist
- 1980 – Ilya Bryzgalov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Sione Lauaki, New Zealand rugby player
- 1981 – Aquivaldo Mosquera, Colombian footballer
- 1981 – Chris Urbanowicz, English guitarist (Editors)
- 1982 – Soraia Chaves, Portuguese model and actress
- 1982 – Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
- 1983 – Allar Raja, Estonian rower
- 1984 – Giorgos Apostolidis, Greek basketball player
- 1984 – Dustin Johnson, American golfer
- 1984 – Rubén Iván Martínez, Spanish footballer
- 1984 – Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer
- 1984 – Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
- 1985 – Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
- 1985 – Scott MacIntyre, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1985 – Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Cameroonian-Greek basketball player
- 1986 – Ramin Ott, American-Samoan footballer
- 1987 – Joe Dempsie, English actor
- 1987 – Danny Green, American basketball player
- 1987 – Cory Gunz, American rapper
- 1987 – Lee Min Ho, South Korean actor and singer
- 1987 – Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-Australian footballer
- 1988 – Omri Casspi, Israeli basketball player
- 1988 – Portia Doubleday, American actress
- 1989 – Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer
- 1989 – Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (CN Blue)
- 1990 – Quinton Coples, American football player
- 1991 – Giuseppe De Luca, Italian footballer
- 1993 – Caydee Denney, American figure skater
- 1993 – Ingmar Lazar, French pianist
- 1997 – Tami Grende, Indonesian tennis player
Deaths[edit]
- 1276 – Pope Innocent V (b. 1225)
- 1429 – Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
- 1535 – John Fisher, English bishop (b. 1469)
- 1632 – James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
- 1634 – Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
- 1699 – Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and politician (b. 1630)
- 1714 – Matthew Henry, English minister (b. 1662)
- 1868 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
- 1872 – Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (b. 1792)
- 1874 – Howard Staunton, English chess player (b. 1810)
- 1892 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
- 1894 – Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
- 1905 – Francis Lubbock, American politician, 9th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
- 1913 – Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (b. 1875)
- 1925 – Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849)
- 1928 – A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
- 1931 – Armand Fallières, French politician, 9th President of France (b. 1841)
- 1933 – Henry Birkin, English race car driver (b. 1896)
- 1935 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (b. 1866)
- 1936 – Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1882)
- 1938 – C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (b. 1876)
- 1942 – August Froehlich, German priest (b. 1891)
- 1945 – Isamu Chō, Japanese general (b. 1895)
- 1945 – Mitsuru Ushijima, Japanese general (b. 1887)
- 1956 – Walter de la Mare, English poet and author (b. 1873)
- 1959 – Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895)
- 1961 – Maria of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
- 1963 – Maria Tănase, Romanian singer and actress (b. 1913)
- 1964 – Havank, Dutch journalist (b. 1904)
- 1965 – David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902)
- 1966 – Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (b. 1883)
- 1969 – Judy Garland, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- 1970 – Dang Thuy Tram, Vietnamese surgeon (b. 1942)
- 1974 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
- 1977 – Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
- 1977 – Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
- 1979 – Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (b. 1899)
- 1980 – Dimitrios Partsalidis, Greek politician (b. 1905)
- 1984 – Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
- 1987 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1899)
- 1988 – Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)
- 1989 – Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
- 1990 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
- 1990 – Kripp Johnson, American singer (The Del-Vikings) (b. 1936)
- 1992 – Chuck Mitchell, American actor (b. 1927)
- 1993 – Pat Nixon, American economist and educator, 44th First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
- 1993 – Michel Noël, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
- 1995 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (b. 1931)
- 1995 – Al Hansen, American sculptor (b. 1927)
- 1997 – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
- 1997 – Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)
- 1997 – Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1919)
- 2002 – Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
- 2002 – Ask Ann Landers, American journalist (b. 1918)
- 2004 – Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
- 2004 – Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)
- 2007 – Nancy Benoit, American wrestler and manager (b. 1964)
- 2007 – Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
- 2008 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Dody Goodman, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2008 – Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founded the McGrath Foundation (b. 1966)
- 2011 – Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
- 2011 – Fanny de Sivers, Estonian linguist, literature researcher and essayist (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Obaidullah Baig, Pakistani journalist and author (b. 1926)
- 2012 – María Teresa Castillo, Venezuelan journalist, politician, and activist (b. 1908)
- 2012 – Mary Fedden, English painter (b. 1915)
- 2012 – Fernie Flaman, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Juan Luis Galiardo, Spanish actor (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Sergio Goretti, Italian bishop (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Jackie Neilson, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Rolly Tasker, Australian sailor (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Hans Villius, Swedish historian (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Leandro Díaz, Colombian composer (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Sergio Focardi, Italian physicist (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, Scottish politician (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1944)
- 2013 – Henning Larsen, Danish architect, designed the Copenhagen Opera House (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Deric Longden, English author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Allan Simonsen, Danish race car driver (b. 1978)
- 2013 – Soccor Velho, Indian footballer (b. 1983)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Aaron of Aleth
- Alban, first recorded Martyr in Britain (commemoration, Anglicanism)
- Blessed Pope Innocent V
- Eusebius of Samosata (Orthodox Church)
- John Fisher (Catholic Church)
- Nicetas of Remesiana
- Paulinus of Nola
- Thomas More (Catholic Church)
- June 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
- Teachers' Day (El Salvador)
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”Psalm 91:1 NIV
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"Thou art fairer than the children of men."
Psalm 45:2
Psalm 45:2
The entire person of Jesus is but as one gem, and his life is all along but one impression of the seal. He is altogether complete; not only in his several parts, but as a gracious all-glorious whole. His character is not a mass of fair colours mixed confusedly, nor a heap of precious stones laid carelessly one upon another; he is a picture of beauty and a breastplate of glory. In him, all the "things of good repute" are in their proper places, and assist in adorning each other. Not one feature in his glorious person attracts attention at the expense of others; but he is perfectly and altogether lovely.
Oh, Jesus! thy power, thy grace, thy justice, thy tenderness, thy truth, thy majesty, and thine immutability make up such a man, or rather such a God-man, as neither heaven nor earth hath seen elsewhere. Thy infancy, thy eternity, thy sufferings, thy triumphs, thy death, and thine immortality, are all woven in one gorgeous tapestry, without seam or rent. Thou art music without discord; thou art many, and yet not divided; thou art all things, and yet not diverse. As all the colours blend into one resplendent rainbow, so all the glories of heaven and earth meet in thee, and unite so wondrously, that there is none like thee in all things; nay, if all the virtues of the most excellent were bound in one bundle, they could not rival thee, thou mirror of all perfection. Thou hast been anointed with the holy oil of myrrh and cassia, which thy God hath reserved for thee alone; and as for thy fragrance, it is as the holy perfume, the like of which none other can ever mingle, even with the art of the apothecary; each spice is fragrant, but the compound is divine.
"Oh, sacred symmetry! oh, rare connection
Of many perfects, to make one perfection!
Oh, heavenly music, where all parts do meet
In one sweet strain, to make one perfect sweet!"
Evening
"The foundation of God standeth sure."
2 Timothy 2:19
2 Timothy 2:19
The foundation upon which our faith rests is this, that "God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them." The great fact on which genuine faith relies is, that "the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us," and that "Christ also hath suffered for sin, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God"; "Who himself bare our sins in his own body on the tree"; "For the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed." In one word, the great pillar of the Christian's hope is substitution. The vicarious sacrifice of Christ for the guilty, Christ being made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God in him, Christ offering up a true and proper expiatory and substitutionary sacrifice in the room, place, and stead of as many as the Father gave him, who are known to God by name, and are recognized in their own hearts by their trusting in Jesus--this is the cardinal fact of the gospel. If this foundation were removed, what could we do? But it standeth firm as the throne of God. We know it; we rest on it; we rejoice in it; and our delight is to hold it, to meditate upon it, and to proclaim it, while we desire to be actuated and moved by gratitude for it in every part of our life and conversation. In these days a direct attack is made upon the doctrine of the atonement. Men cannot bear substitution. They gnash their teeth at the thought of the Lamb of God bearing the sin of man. But we, who know by experience the preciousness of this truth, will proclaim it in defiance of them confidently and unceasingly. We will neither dilute it nor change it, nor fritter it away in any shape or fashion. It shall still be Christ, a positive substitute, bearing human guilt and suffering in the stead of men. We cannot, dare not, give it up, for it is our life, and despite every controversy we feel that "Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure."
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Today's reading: Esther 3-5, Acts 5:22-42 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Esther 3-5
Haman's Plot to Destroy the Jews
1 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles. 2 All the royal officials at the king's gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor.
3 Then the royal officials at the king's gate asked Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's command?" 4 Day after day they spoke to him but he refused to comply. Therefore they told Haman about it to see whether Mordecai's behavior would be tolerated, for he had told them he was a Jew....
Today's New Testament reading: Acts 5:22-42
22 But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported, 23 "We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside." 24 On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.
25 Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people." 26 At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them....
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Aristarchus
[Ărĭstär'chus] - the best ruler. A Macedonian of Thessalonica and one of Paul's travel-companions. This convert from Judaism is spoken of as Paul's "fellow-prisoner," implying imprisonment for the Gospel's sake (Acts 19:29; 20:4; 27:2; Col. 4:10; Philem. 24).
[Ărĭstär'chus] - the best ruler. A Macedonian of Thessalonica and one of Paul's travel-companions. This convert from Judaism is spoken of as Paul's "fellow-prisoner," implying imprisonment for the Gospel's sake (Acts 19:29; 20:4; 27:2; Col. 4:10; Philem. 24).
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