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June 21 - National Aboriginal Day in Canada. This date was chosen because it corresponds to the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and because for generations, many Aboriginal groups have celebrated their culture and heritage at this time of year.

June 21, 1948 - The world's first stored-program electronic digital computer successfully executed its first program. That program was written by Tom Kilburn who, along with F.C. (Freddie) Williams, designed and built the machine. It was called the "Small Scale Experimental Machine", but was soon nicknamed the "Baby". [Source]

June 21 2003 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />

I have it!!! And it's great too!! Also read the book "The Goblet of Fire" first, the movie will be out around novembre 2005 in Belgium. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

June 21, 1734
- A black slave known as Marie-Joseph Angélique was tortured and then hanged in New France.

Then again, the movies are pretty worthless. Espesially if you've read the books some 10+ times <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />.

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June 24 1999 - The guitar with which Eric Clapton recorded Layla is sold at auction for $497,500. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

24 june Fête nationale du Québec (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day) in Québec, Canada
The Fête nationale du Québec ("Quebec National Holiday") is the official day of Quebec, a province of Canada. The festivities occur on June 23 and June 24 and are organized by the Comité organisateur de la fête nationale ("national holiday organizing committee"). Originally, June 24 was a holiday honouring the patron saint of Canada, St. John the Baptist. The day still is in fact very often called la Saint-Jean by the population of Quebec.

Although the holiday only has official status in Quebec, it is also celebrated by francophones in other Canadian provinces and in the United States as a festival of French Canadian culture. In these contexts, it is more often called Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.

Congratulations Québec!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" />

25 June 1950

The beginning of the Korean War.

June 26

1541 Conqueror of the Incas assassinated


Francisco Pizarro, the governor of Peru and conqueror of the Inca civilization, is assassinated in Lima by Spanish rivals.


ouch....

June 27 1967 - World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.
June 27 1972 - ATARI is established by Nolan Bushnell.

June 28 1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified from WBA title re-match, for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield.

June 28

1888 Robert Louis Stevenson sets sail for the South Seas


Writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his family leave San Francisco for their first visit to the South Seas on this day in 1888. Stevenson, an adventurous traveler plagued by tuberculosis, was seeking a healthier climate. The family finally settled in Samoa, where Stevenson died in 1894.

June 29 1995 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir space station for the first time.

30 June 1908
The Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia

June 30th - my mom's birthday - <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/birthday.gif" alt="" /> MA!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/birthday.gif" alt="" />

well <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/birthday.gif" alt="" /> Bearded Mum <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

brought the family out for dinner then presents for Mama! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" />

thanks for the warm wishes, Mea! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kissyou.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/birthday.gif" alt="" /> to Janggut's mommy!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kissyou.gif" alt="" />

1 july 2005 The first day of the Belgian summervacation has started!!! WOOHOO!!!!

July 4 1776 - American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress approves a Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain forming the United States of America.

23 july 1952
- King Farouk of Egypt abdicated after a coup d'état.

On July 23, 2005 a series of attacks took place in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. At least 83 people1 have been killed, with over hundreds wounded, from blasts suspected to have been car bombs.

The first attack (01:00 local time or 22:00 UTC) seems to have taken place in a market, and later on, hitting the Ghazala Gardens hotel, a 176-room four-star establishment in the Naama Bay area, some 6 km from the town centre. The hotel has been "destroyed", according to witnesses. Nile TV, according to CNN, claims that there were three others separate blasts. The blasts were quite powerful, shaking windows miles away, and fire and smoke could be seen from the Namma Bay, a strip of beachfront hotels.

A group calling itself Abdullah Azzam Brigades has claimed responsibilty for the attacks. On a website the group stated that "holy warriors targeted the Ghazala Gardens hotel and the Old Market in Sharm el-Sheikh" and claimed it has ties to Al-Qaida. The authenticity of this statement has not been verified. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

July 23 - National Vanilla Ice Cream Day (U.S.A.)

July 23, 1892 - birthdate of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. From his speech to the UN in 1963: [color:"orange"]... until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: ... until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; ... until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; ... until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; ... until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained... [/color]