On this day in history.

[scifan57]

June 10, 1940; Italy declares war on France and Great Britain. The day started with their invasion of France. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_France

 

[J. A.]

June 11, 2004: Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.




Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini-Huygens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_(moon)

 

[zstairlessone]

2012 Winds in southwestern Western Australia of up to 140km/h batter the area and leave more than 170,000 homes without power

2010 Flash floods on the Little Missouri River kill at least 20 people near a campground in the Ouachita Mountains, west of Little Rock, Arkansas

2001 Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168

1982 ET the Extra-Terrestrial is released (still a good movie)

1978 Grease (with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John) opens (another good one)

1976 AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain (great Australian band)

And for one of my all time favorites in 1966 Sloop John B (The Beach Boys) hit #1 in U.K.

 

[J. A.]

June 12, 1967: Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_4

 

[J. A.]

June 13, 1970: "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last US Number 1 song.

 

[J. A.]

June 16, 1995: the first Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) appears.





Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell

 

[scifan57]

June 16, 1963; Vostok 6 is launched with Valentina Tereshkova aboard. She was the first female Cosmonaut and the first woman in space. She orbited the Earth 48 times in her 71 hour flight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_612748_Valentina_Tereshkova.jpg



Photo Credit: space.com

 

[J. A.]

June 17, 1987: With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_Seaside_Sparrow

 

[J. A.]

June 18, 1983: Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.





Wikipedia

 

[zstairlessone]

June 18, 1983: Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=43526"/>

Wikipedia

The guy in the upper right is Dr. Norman Thagard! He was one of my professors at school. First American to ride a soviet space ship, made the trip to MIR. He was an engineer and medical doctor, used to tell us "I don't think I'd strap that on my back and ride it into space" (also used to say it slightly different too). STS-7 was his first (of 4) shuttle mission. He had pictures of each in his office at school.

 

[J. A.]

The guy in the upper right is Dr. Norman Thagard! He was one of my professors at school. First American to ride a soviet space ship, made the trip to MIR. He was an engineer and medical doctor, used to tell us "I don't think I'd strap that on my back and ride it into space" (also used to say it slightly different too). STS-7 was his first (of 4) shuttle mission. He had pictures of each in his office at school.

Wow, an astronaut as professor! Terrific!

 

[J. A.]

June 19, 1922: Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, son of famous physicist Niels Bohr, is born.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aage_Bohr

 

[Richard Brown]

20th June, 2013. The Queen's horse Estimate won the gold cup at Ascot. It's the first time that a Royal steed has won the cup. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/22985971

Her delight is wonderful viewing.

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[J. A.]

20th June, 2013. The Queen's horse Estimate won the gold cup at Ascot. It's the first time that a Royal steed has won the cup. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/22985971

Her delight is wonderful viewing.

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It was on the front page of today's Times.

 

[J. A.]

June 21, 2006: Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix & Hydra.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_(moon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(moon)

(P 4 and P 5 haven't been named so far.)