Neighborhood history, June 19, 2017

In 1899, the Knights of Pythias in Wilmington held a reception for Col. J.W. Woodward, the Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of the area of North Carolina.

In 1919, the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, helping President Woodrow Wilson, authorised a resolution to guide the proposed League of Nations.

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In 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War become over, and that every one closing slaves in Texas had been loose -- an occasion celebrated to this present day as “Juneteenth.”

In 1917, at some point of World War I, King George V appeased British nationalist emotions via
converting the name of the British royal residence from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the House of Windsor. The circle of relatives took the call “Windsor.”

In 1944, at some point of World War II, the two-day Battle of the Philippine Sea commenced, ensuing in a decisive victory for the Americans over the Japanese.

In 1953, Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. Atomic secrets and techniques to the Soviet Union, have been accomplished at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.

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In 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 turned into accepted by using the U.S. Senate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy filibuster.


In 1972, Hurricane Agnes, blamed for as a minimum 122 deaths, made landfall over the Florida Panhandle.

In 1977, Pope Paul VI proclaimed a 19th-century Philadelphia bishop, John Neumann, the first male U.S. Saint.

In 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Edwards v. Aguillard, struck down, 7-2, a Louisiana law requiring any public faculty teaching the principle of evolution to train creationism as properly.

In 1999, writer Stephen King became seriously injured whilst he became struck by using a van driven via Bryan Smith in North Lovell, Maine.

One 12 months in the past: LeBron James and his relentless Cavaliers pulled off an unbelievable NBA Finals comeback to provide the city of Cleveland its first name due to the fact 1964 as they have become the first team to rally from a 3-1 finals deficit by way of beating the defending champion Golden State Warriors 93-89. Dustin Johnson gained the U.S. Open with the aid of three pictures while Shane Lowry, who began the very last spherical with a 4-shot lead, Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy completed tied for 2nd.

Today’s Birthdays: Pop singer Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons) is 89. Author Salman Rushdie is 70. Actress Phylicia Rashad is 69. Rock singer Ann Wilson (Heart) is sixty seven. Musician Larry Dunn is 64. Actress Kathleen Turner is 63. Singer-musician Scott Avett is forty one.

Thought for Today: “Free thinkers are usually those who in no way assume in any respect.” -- Laurence Sterne, English writer (1713-1768).