3 minute read
This Month in History
this month IN HISTORY A Trivia Pub Quiz!
BY » Mickey Dunaway
This Month In History is in the form of a TMIH Pub Quiz in the 650 words allowed by my editor! Hope you have some fun. Some are serious. Some ironical. Some silly, and some that fall in the category of “Say What?” These factoids are taken from: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/june.html
Q1. June 1, 1938
This D.C. Comics superhero appears for the first time.
Q2. June 2, 1924
On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln freed all slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation. However, it was not until 1924 that Congress passed the Citizenship Act for this group of Americans. I bet you are surprised as I am!
Q3. June 3, 1937
This action by England’s King Edward VIII in 1937 could be taken from today’s headlines.
Q4. June 4, 1919
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by Congress and ratified by the states on August 18, 1920.
Q5. June 6, 1944
Operation Overlord took place with Allied casualties of at least 10,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead.
Q6. June 9, 1973
Horse racing’s Triple Crown was won by a horse who would be called “Administrative Assistant” in today’s PC world.
Q7. June 11, 2009
The WHO declared a global pandemic for this disease. And you thought COVID was your first pandemic!
Q8. June 13, 1966
have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you.” Interestingly the UK version dating to the 17th century is very similar: “You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defense if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.”
Q9. June 14, 1954
President Eisenhower signed a bill to add these words to the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
Q10. June 17, 1885
A French gift to the United States arrives in New York City.
Q11. June 19, 1923
Walls of lava one mile wide descended from this volcano and swallowed the town of Lingauglossa.
Q12. June 20, 1975
After this movie was released, millions “did not go back in the water.”
Q13. June 22, 1970
President Nixon signed this voting rights bill.
Q14. June 24, 1948
Soviets blockade this city.
Q15. June 25, 1876 Q16. June 26, 1945
Fifty nations signed this United Nations Charter to help stop another World War.
Q17. June 28, 1919
Germany signed this treaty ending WWI, and many historians would argue it led directly to the beginning of WWII.
Q18. June 28, 1997
This boxer bit off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear.
Q19. June 29, 1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an act to create 41,000 miles of Interstate Highways for this purpose.
Q20. June 30, 1997
The sport of quidditch was invented.
Answers:
A1. 1938 Superman appears. | A2. The Indian Citizenship Act. | A3. Marries Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee. | A4. Women’s right to vote. | A5. D-Day began the liberation of France. | A6. Secretariat. | A7. H1N1 influenza strain, referred to as “swine flu.” | A8. Miranda rights. | A9. “under God.” |A10. The Statue of Liberty. |A11. Mount Etna. | A12. Jaws. | A13. Lowered the official voting age to 18. | A14. West Berlin. | A15. Battle of the Little Bighorn. | A16. United Nations Charter. | A17. Treaty of Versailles. | A18. Mike Tyson. | A19. National Defense—the ability to move equipment— in time of war. | A20. JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” was released in the United Kingdom.
