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On June 29, 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir. Together, the two craft form the largest man-made construct ever to orbit the Earth. In all, NASA will fly 11 shuttle missions to Mir; the partnership is a crucial step in development of the International Space Station. On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Furman v. Georgia that capital punishment is "cruel and unusual punishment" as it is currently being implemented, and therefore unconstitutional. SCOTUS is particularly concerned that the states are employing the death penalty in too arbitrary a fashion, and suggests it would be constitutional if dictated by specific legislation. Since then, 31 states have enacted death penalty statutes. On June 29, 1613, The Globe Theatre, where most of Shakespeare's plays debuted, burns down. The few surviving documents on the loss indicate a cannon misfired during a performance of Henry VIII and ignited the structure. Incredibly, only one patron is injured, and none are killed. On June 29, 1863, General Robert E. Lee learns that Federal cavalry is only a few hours ride from his current position in south Pennsylvania, and the 7 corps of the Army of the Potomac are marching north. At this time, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia is spread out across 50 miles of south-central Pennsylvania, foraging for supplies, and Lee immediately sends out messengers to his command to begin converging. Because of the number of roads leading in, the nearby town of Gettysburg is selected as the convergence point..... On June 29, 1967, the original "blonde bombshell", actress Jayne Mansfield, is killed instantly when the car in which she is riding strikes the rear of a trailer truck on U.S. Route 90 east of New Orleans. Two others in the car are also killed; Mansfield's 3 children, asleep in the back seat, survive, including 3-year old Marie, who now acts under her name by birth, Mariska Hargitay.
When I was a student I took a course about the history of the Civil War taught by T Harry Williams who was the leading authority on the Civil War. I wonder if he would even have a job teaching in college today
Fake news. You better not let the thought police know you own books. When they burn them your house might catch on fire too.
On June 30, 1863, General Johnston Pettigrew, commanding a North Carolina regiment of the Army of Northern Virginia's 3rd Corps, is about to enter Gettysburg, PA to forage for supplies when he notices Union troops assembling on the western edge of the small town. He withdraws his regiment and reports the sighting to his division commander, Gen. Harry Heth. Pettigrew is not a professional soldier, and Heth believes he has overstated what he saw. More likely, the "troops" are just local militia, and can easily be driven off. Despite orders not to press an engagement, Heth decides he will do just that in the morning. In fact, the troops are 2 brigades of dismounted Union cavalry, experienced in fighting from the ground. More to come..... On June 30, 1936, Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell’s fictional novel of the Civil War, is published. The former Atlanta Journal reporter wrote the story over ten years while convalescing from a series of physical injuries. Gone with the Wind will be one of the best-selling novels of all time (despite criticism for its romanticized view of slavery), winner of the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the basis for the blockbuster 1939 movie. On June 30, 1971, cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are killed when their Soyuz 11 space capsule loses pressure during re-entry. The cosmonauts had just completed a 23-day stay on Salyut 1, the first manning of the Soviet space station placed in orbit 3 months before. As a result of the launch, the Russians put their space program on hold for 2 years, and never returned to the space station. It was allowed to de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere in October that same year. (Commemorative stamp of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts) On June 30, 1974, Soviet virtuoso ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov choreographs his own defection from the USSR after four years of planning. The 26-year old Baryshnikov's Kirov Ballet was touring Canada at the time. Following a performance in Toronto, "Misha" evades his KGB escorts and hops into a waiting car, hiding out until granted asylum by the Canadian government. The U.S. government grants asylum a short time later. Baryshnikov moves to the U.S. and joins the American Ballet Theatre, becoming a U.S. citizen on July 3, 1986. (Baryshnikov in 1985's White Nights, with Gregory Hines) On June 30, 1859, Jean Francois Gravelet, a Frenchman known professionally as Charles Blondin, becomes the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. At an altitude of 160 feet above the gorge just downriver from the falls, Blondin walks 1,100 feet on a two inch cable, with no safety gear. Blondin made repeated crossing of the falls over the next few years, adding various theatrical moves to each crossing; pushing a wheelbarrow in one, dressed as an ape in another.
What a day in history! July 1, 1898, the U.S. Army 5th Corps takes the fortified San Juan Hill and then Santiago, Cuba, effectively ending the Spanish-American War. Leading the charge up San Juan is the 1st Voluntary U.S. Cavalry - the "Rough Riders" - commanded by Theodore Roosevelt. July 1, 1867, Parliament passes the British North America Act, officially acknowledging Canada's independence. July 1, 1916 is the bloodiest day in British military history, the launch of the Battle of the Somme. More than 20,000 are killed on the first day, and by the end of the 4-month long conflict, the Allies had reclaimed about 125 square miles of French soil from the Germans, but at a cost of more than 600,000 casualties. July 1, 1997, Great Britain peacefully turns Hong Kong over to Chinese rule, ending more than 150 years of the island city's colonial status. The Communist Chinese government promises to allow the prosperous city to continue as a capitalist outlet within the communist country. July 1, 1979, Sony introduces the Walkman. Developed from its Pressman tape recorder marketed to journalists, the Walkman gives the public its first means of listening to music on cassette tape while on the go....it is one of Sony's biggest commercial successes. On July 1, 2003, a 19-year old female employee at a Colorado resort and spa goes to local police and says the night before, she was sexually assaulted by basketball superstar Kobe Bryant. An arrest warrant will be issued a few days later. July 1, 1942, the Battle of El Alemein begins. Rommel's Afrika Korps' drive to Alexandria, Egypt is halted by Allied forces just 60 miles short of his goal. July 1, 1903, the first Tour de France bicycle race begins as 60 riders start the six-stage, 1,509-mile loop from Montgeron to Paris. Nineteen days later, Maurice Garin crosses the finish line almost three hours ahead of the second-place finisher. I'll be back later with The Big One....
On July 1, 1863, two brigades under division General Harry Heth, Army of Northern Virginia, attempt to move into Gettysburg, PA and are met by two brigades of dismounted Union cavalry under Gen. John Buford. Armed with carbines rather than muskets, the cavalry holds its ground until the "Iron Brigade" of Gen. John Reynolds I Corps arrives. But not long after his corps attacks, Reynolds, considered by many the best general in the Army of the Potomac, is killed by a rebel sniper. General Abner Doubleday (of baseball lore) assumes command, but as more Confederate units come on line, he is pushed back and through the town. More Union troops arrive and with General Winfield Hancock taking command, set up a defensive line on Cemetary Ridge, a mile long rise running north and south, south of Gettysburg. But the most northern feature of the ridge, Cemetary Hill, is unoccupied. Gen. Robert E. Lee arrives on the field and, quickly seeing the strategic value of the hill, orders Second Corps commander Richard Ewell to take the hill "if practicable." Until the previous month, Ewell was a division commander under Stonewall Jackson, and is not familiar with Lee's command style. Lee usually issued Jackson vague orders and Jackson, an aggressive soldier by nature, passed them to Ewell and his other division generals in a more decisive fashion. Now for the first time, Ewell has the latitude afforded Jackson in the past, and he hesitates. By nightfall on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the majority of the Army of the Potomac has arrived on the field and occupied most of the high ground south of the town, including Cemetary Hill.
