ON THIS DAY; June 26, 2016

Posted on June 26, 2016 by wordcloud9

June 26th is

Chocolate Pudding

America’s Kids Day

Beautician’s Day

National Canoe Day

Chocolate Pudding Day

Same Sex Marriage Day

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD

Azerbajian – Armed Forces Dayinternational Flags

Fiji – National Sports Day

Haiti – Father’s Day

Madagascar – Independence Day

Romania – Flag Day

Somalia – Independence of British Somaliland

On This Day in HISTORY

  • 1284 – The Pied Piper lures 130 children away from Hamelin
  • 1483 – Richard III takes the English throne
  • 1498 – The toothbrush was invented in China
  • 1721 – Dr. Zabdiel Boyston gives first smallpox inoculations in America
  • 1819 – W.K. Clarkson Jr. gets a patent for a velocipede, the first U.S. bicycle
  • 1896 – Vitascope Hall, the first U.S. movie theater, opens in New Orleans
  • 1925 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush premieres in Hollywood.
  • 1945 – United Nations Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco
  • 1997 – J.K. Rowlings “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” published in U.K.

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

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1 Response to ON THIS DAY; June 26, 2016

  1. wordcloud9's avatar wordcloud9 says:
    June 26, 2016 at 7:36 am

    I was so surprised to discover that famous poem, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,” was based on a real historical figure.

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