Scott Allsop's Blog, page 251
June 27, 2017
28th June 1880: Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested following a violent shoot out
The Australian outlaw Ned Kelly was arrested following a violent shoot-out with police at Glenrowan in Victoria. Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly’s father, John ‘Red’ Kelly had arrived in Australia after serving a sentence in Van Diemen’s...
June 26, 2017
27th June 1905: Russian sailors mutiny on the battleship Potemkin
The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinied on the 27th June 1905, an uprising that was immortalized in Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 silent film. Potemkin entered service in early 1905 after her gun turrets were...
June 25, 2017
26th June 1974: World’s first barcode scanned on a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum
Sharon Buchanan, a cashier at the Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio, scanned the world’s first Universal Product Code (better known as a barcode) on a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum. Bernard Silver and Norman...
June 24, 2017
25th June 1876: Battle of Little Bighorn & Custer’s Last Stand
On the 25th June 1876, the Battle of Little Bighorn began when American Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led federal troops against the combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Plains Indians....
June 23, 2017
24th June 1812: Napoleon begins his failed invasion of Russia
Napoleon’s Grande Armée began its failed invasion of Russia when it crossed the Neman River in what Russians refer to as the Patriotic War of 1812. Russia had upset Napoleon by withdrawing from the Continental...
June 22, 2017
23rd June 1314: Scottish victory at the Battle of Bannockburn
The Battle of Bannockburn began on the 23rd June 1314, leading to one of the most important Scottish victories of the First War of Scottish Independence that was fought intermittently from 1296 until 1328. Robert...
June 21, 2017
22nd June 1948: MV Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury Docks in London from Jamaica
MV Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in London carrying 492 West Indian immigrants. The ship, originally known as MV Monte Rosa, was a German cruise ship that had been used as a troop transporter...
June 20, 2017
21st June 1919: The German fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
On the 21st June 1919, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the scuttling of the German High Seas naval fleet in Scapa Flow, a large natural harbor in the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The ships had...
June 19, 2017
20th June 1756: British prisoners locked in the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’
British prisoners of war were imprisoned in the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’ after the Bengali army captured Fort William from the East India Company. The East India Company had built Fort William to guard their...
June 18, 2017
19th June 1978: Garfield cartoon strip first published
On the 19th June 1978, the Garfield comic strip was first published. It has since grown to hold the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip, being printed in just under...
