Hello.
Whether you are are headed to the camper and packing the S’mores supplies, traveling for sports, or simply trying to catch your breath amidst the whirlwind of a week-We get it. Let’s slow things down for just a little bit. On Saturday mornings we take a “scroll down memory lane” by simply looking back at events that happened on these days in history before we head out to make new history today.
So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Tomorrow is Sunday, June 8th, the 159th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1786, commercial ice cream was manufactured for the first time in New York City.
In 1824, the washing machine was patented.
In 1869, Ives McGaffey of Chicago patented the suction vacuum.
In 1872, Congress authorized the penny post card.
In 1953, the Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks.
In 1965, U.S. troops in Vietnam were given orders to start fighting offensively, not just defensively, as the policy had stated.
In 1968, in London, authorities captured James Earl Ray — the prime suspect in the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin King Jr..
In 1969, President Richard Nixon announced that 25-thousand U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Vietnam by the end of August.
In 1969, the New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle’s number seven.
In 1982, President Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
In 1998, the National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston as its president.
In 1998, the Space Shuttle Discovery pulled away from Space Station Mir, ending a three year deal with the Russians.
In 2006, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the man President Bush called “the most wanted terrorist in Iraq” was killed by U.S. military forces. Two F-16 warplanes dropped two 500-pound bombs on Zarqawi’s safe house in a village north of Baghdad. Zarqawi’s spiritual adviser, Sheikh Abdul-Rahman, was also killed in the explosion that reduced the building to rubble. Zarqawi was blamed for many bombings, decapitations and assassinations throughout Iraq.
In 2016, the International Tennis Federation banned Maria Sharapova from the sport for two-years after failing a drug test earlier in the year.
In 2018, American Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain died at the age of 61. The renowned chef, author and television personality was found dead by suicide in his hotel room in France.
In 2020, Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench. This is the deepest known point of the ocean.
In 2021, National Geographic officially recognized the “South Ocean” as the world’s fifth ocean.
In 2022, the TV miniseries “Ms. Marvel” premiered on Disney plus.
In 2023, President Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced and economic partnership to investigate the dangers of A.I.
That brings us to today.
Whatever plans you have for your own weekend here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
