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On this day in history.

The 'folk horror' film The Sudbury Devil is set just after King Philip's War.
It's written and directed by the same guy that made the videos about the war.


 
TDIH for June 25th

1864
Union begins tunneling toward Rebels at Petersburg

1876
Battle of the Little Bighorn

1910
Congress passes Mann Act, aimed at curbing sex trafficking

1915
Germans release statement on use of poison gas at Ypres

1942
Eisenhower takes command

1950
Korean War begins

1953
Jacqueline Bouvier and Senator John F. Kennedy announce engagement

1956
Last Packard—the classic American luxury car—produced

1965
Viet Cong blow up a floating restaurant

1978
First rainbow Pride flag premieres at San Francisco parade

1981
*Giant gorilla-like creature sighting (Rome, Ohio USA)

1988
Teenager Debbie Gibson earns a #1 hit with Foolish Beat

1993
Kim Campbell becomes Canada's first female prime minister

1996
Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. airmen

2009
King of Pop Michael Jackson dies at age 50

*THIS IS THE ONE I SNUCK IN
 
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1483 Richard III offered the Crown of England.
He accepted, and was crowned the following day.

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TDIH for June 26th

1541
Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of the Incas, assassinated

1613
*Mysterious fire kills two people (Christchurch, United Kingdom)

1844
President John Tyler weds his second wife

1862
Rebels strike Union at the Battle of Mechanicsville

1917
First U.S. troops arrive in France

1945
U.N. Charter signed

1948
U.S. begins Berlin Airlift

1956
Congress approves Federal Highway Act

1959
*Alleged UFO sighting (Bosinai, Papas, New Guinea)

1959
St. Lawrence Seaway opened

1963
John F. Kennedy claims solidarity with the people of Berlin

1975
Sonny and Cher's divorce becomes final

1993
President Clinton punishes Iraq for plot to kill George H.W. Bush

2003
Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond dies

2013
Lawrence v. Texas is decided

2015
Same-sex marriage is made legal nationwide with Obergefell v. Hodges decision

*TWO MORE EVENTS THAT I SNUCK IN
 
1944.
1st Nottinghamshire Rangers Yeomanry, attacked and captured the Normandy town of Rauray from Kampfgruppe Weidinger 2nd SS Panzer Division.
The attack was so late in the day it took the German HQ by surprise.
The Germans pushed their Panzers forward and attacked by Shermans who's high rate of fire from their 75mm guns suppressed infantry positions. Without support the Panzers retreated with heavy losses.
The Sherman 'Akilla' commanded by Sergeant George Dring destroyed 2 Tigers, 2Pz IVs, and Panther with five consecutive shots.
Dring was awarded a second Military Medal for the action.
He won his first Military Medal for his actions in North Africa in 1943.

Left to right: Sgt J Dring; Tpr Hodkin, Tpr A Denton; Tpr E Bennett; L/Cpl S Gould.

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Andy_Ross said:
1944.
1st Nottinghamshire Rangers Yeomanry, attacked and captured the Normandy town of Rauray from Kampfgruppe Weidinger 2nd SS Panzer Division.
The attack was so late in the day it took the German HQ by surprise.
The Germans pushed their Panzers forward and attacked by Shermans who's high rate of fire from their 75mm guns suppressed infantry positions. Without support the Panzers retreated with heavy losses.
The Sherman 'Akilla' commanded by Sergeant George Dring destroyed 2 Tigers, 2Pz IVs, and Panther with five consecutive shots.
Dring was awarded a second Military Medal for the action.
He won his first Military Medal for his actions in North Africa in 1943.

Left to right: Sgt J Dring; Tpr Hodkin, Tpr A Denton; Tpr E Bennett; L/Cpl S Gould.

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Named after "Akilla, the Nun"?
 
2015 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges.

Finally allowing everybody the privilige of same-sex divorce. Anyway, better late than never I guess.
 
 
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