23rd June 1989 Batman movie initially released, staring Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton.

100 years ago today
First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto

On this date in 1946, the bikini, created by Louis Reard, was modeled
by Micheline Bernardini 😲 during a poolside fashion show in Paris.

120 years ago
Newlands Resolution.
U.S. President William McKinley signs the resolution
annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
This set in motion a chain of events that would
ultimately lead to the catch phrase: "Book him Danno!"

In 1951, Paris celebrated its 2,000th birthday. The city was founded sometime around 250 A.D. by a Gallic tribe known as the Parisii.

Originally posted by @rookie54
In 1951, Paris celebrated its 2,000th birthday. The city was founded sometime around 250 A.D. by a Gallic tribe known as the Parisii.

Originally posted by @handyandy
The Parisii settled there in 250 BC, not AD. Romans took over and founded a new city in 52 BC. Do the math.

Originally posted by @rookie54
i am not familiar with the history, i read it on a fake news site and merely assumed that the vetting had been done for me...
hooboy do i feel stupid...

ah, the feeling has passed,
all better now...

Originally posted by @handyandy
You're not stupid, just a tinge careless. The Romans didn't know it was BC either.

20 years ago today
The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys
who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.

And still it goes on.

70 years ago today

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the
expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lydda(Lod) and Ramla.

Palestinians were expelled by order of the Israeli high command, and forced to walk
17 km (11 mi) to the Jordanian Arab Legion lines. Estimates of those who died from
exhaustion and dehydration vary from a handful to 355. The town was subsequently
sacked by the Israeli army. A disputed claim, advanced by scholars characterizes
this as ethnic cleansing. The few hundred Arabs who remained in the city were not
permitted to live in their own homes.

20th of July 1944 some officers and civilians staged an attack against Hitler with the aim to end the war. They didn't succeed and quite some people were executed.

150 years ago.
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified,
establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due
process of law.

On this in 1694 The Bank of England was founded by act of Parliament.

Today. A total lunar eclipse will occur on July 27, 2018.

It will be completely visible over Eastern Africa, and Central Asia, seen rising over South America, Western Africa, and Europe, and setting over Eastern Asia, and Australia


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2018_lunar_eclipse