23rd JUNE ~ HiSTORY ON THiS DAY

1800s / 19th century history on the 23rd of June

1868 : A patent for the invention of the Type-Writer was given to Christopher Latham, the inventor.

1887 : BANFF National Park became the Canada’s 1st national park, when The Rocky Mountains Park Act became law in Canada.  Banff covers 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq miles) and consists of mountainous alpine terrain, glaciers/ ice fields, and coniferous forests.

Banff National Park Vacation Travel Guide (Expedia verified YouTube channel video)

1894 : The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne, University of Paris, in France.

1894 : ALFRED KiNSEY the American entomologist and sexologist was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA (died in 1956 aged 62). He is best known for writing 2 books on human sexual behavior : Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953). Alfred Kinsey founded the Institute for Sex Research at the Indiana University, which is now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. Official website : Kinseyinstitute.org | A movie called Kinsey was released in 2004, see the movie trailer below…

Kinsey (2004 movie trailer)
watch how People Take The Kinsey Test (BuzzFeed UK verified YouTube channel video)
1900s / 20th century history on the 23rd of June

1912 : ALAN TURiNG (OBE FRS) the English mathematician and computer scientist was born in Maida Vale, London, England (died in 1954 aged 41). He is considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Alan Turing is best known for decrypting secret coded German Nazi messages, made on their enigma machine in World War II. In 2014 The Imitation Game movie was released based on the 1983 biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.

The Imitation Game official trailer of the 2014 movie featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing (Movieclips Trailers verified YouTube channel video) over 6 million views
Alan Turing – Celebrating the life of a genius (Cambridge University verified YouTube channel video) over 500,000 views

1940 : STUART SUTCLiFFE the Scottish painter and musician was born in Edinburgh, Scotland (died in 1962 aged 21). He was best known as the 5th Beatle, the original bass guitarist of The Beatles rock band, but he left the band to pursue a career as a painter.

Stuart Sutcliffe – the fifth Beatle : “Celebration” is a look a the last 6 months of Stuart Sutcliffe’s life through his own words via the letters he wrote, made possible with the blessing of his sister Pauline. This regional arts programme short film looks at how he became an acclaimed painter in his own right and then tragically died early at the age of 21. (Peter Leeper YouTube channel video)
Documentary about STUART SUTCLIFFE (WikiVidi Documentaries YouTube channel video)

1947 : Bryan Brown the Australian actor was born in Panania, New South Wales, Australia.

1961 : The ANTARCTiC TREATY SYSTEM came into force, to set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and ban military activity on the continent. Official website : ATS.aq

Antarctic Treaty (Decades TV Network YouTube channel video)
The treaty protecting Antarctica from mining and military activity (ABC News verified YouTube channel video)

1972 : Selma Blair the American actress was born Selma Blair Beitner in Southfield, Michigan, USA.

1975 : KT Tunstall the Scottish singer-songwriter and musician was born Kate Victoria Tunstall in Edinburgh, Scotland. Official website : KTTunstall.com

KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See – song released in 2005 (KTTunstallOfficial verified YouTube channel video) over 22 million views

1988 : Chet Faker the Australian singer-songwriter was born Nicholas James Murphy in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Official website : loverepri.se

Chet Faker – Gold (Chet Faker verified YouTube channel video) over 230 million views
Chet Faker – Feel Good – song released 2021 (Chet Faker verified YouTube channel video)

1992 : MAFiA BOSS JOHN GOTTi aka Teflon Don was sentenced to life in prison, after being found guilty on 14 accounts of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering. After his sentence was read in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, hundreds of Gotti’s supporters stormed the building and overturned and smashed cars, before being forced back by police reinforcements.  He was nicknamed Teflon Don after escaping unscathed from several trials during the 1980s.

This Day In History on the 23rd June in 1992 : A Jury Sentence The Mob Boss John Gotti To Life In Prison (MTP America YouTube channel video)
John Gotti: Convicted full episode (The FBI Files verified YouTube channel video) over 2 million views

1994 : NASA’s Space Station Processing Facility opened at Kennedy Space Center. It was constructed for the manufacturing and processing the modules, hardware and other equipment for the International Space Station.

Kennedy’s Space Station Processing Facility 25th anniversary (NASA’s Kennedy Space Center verified YouTube channel video)
2000s / 21st century history on the 23rd of June

2001 : Southern Peru earthquake hit coastal Peru with severe intensity, and caused a destructive tsunami, which left up to 145 people dead, and up to 2,713 injured.

2006 : Aaron Spelling the American producer and founder of Spelling Television died after a stroke, aged 83 (born in 1923).

2013 : Nik Wallenda became the first man to successfully tight rope walk across the Grand Canyon, in Arizona, USA.

Nik Wallenda Crosses 1,500-Foot Grand Canyon Gorge on Tightrope (ABC News verified YouTube channel video) over 900,000 million views
Nik Wallenda Grand Canyon wirewalk (Sarasota Herald-Tribune verified YouTube channel video)

2015 : Dick Van Patten the American actor died after complications from diabetes, aged 86 (born in 1928). He was best known as Tom Bradford in Eight Is Enough, television series from 1977 to 1981.

‘Eight Is Enough’ Dad Dick Van Patten dies at the age of 86 years old (Entertainment Tonight verified YouTube channel video)
Eight is Enough opening to television show with theme song (video)

2016 : The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, resulting in 52% wanting to leave.

2018 : Junior soccer team TRAPPED in CAVE in Chiang Rai Province, in Thailand. The 12 boys and their assistant coach were trapped in the flooding cave, which became an 18-day rescue operation inside Tham Luang Nang Non cave.

Virtual look at the caves trapping the boys (CNN verified YouTube channel video) over 5 million views
Missing Boys Soccer Team Found Alive After More Than A Week Underground (CBS New York verified YouTube channel video)
Tham Luang Cave Rescue: Against the Elements the full episode (CNA verified YouTube channel video) over 3 million views

2021 : John McAfee the British-American computer programmer and founder of McAfee died from suicide by hanging, in Barcelona prison, aged 75 (born in 1945).

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