June 2, 1851 - The Maine Law (or "Maine Liquor Law"),  the first statutory implementation of the developing temperance movement in the United States is passed.  The act was unpopular with many working-class people and immigrants.

June 2, 1855 - Opposition to the law turned violent in Portland, ME, during an incident known as the Portland Rum Riot.  Opponents of the Maine Law stormed Portland City Hall because they were informed that Mayor Dow was keeping liquor in the basement. Newspapers reported that Dow ordered rioters to be fired upon, killing one and wounding seven. The riot was a contributing factor to the law being repealed in 1856.

1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.

1913 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.

On May 29, 1988, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened their historic summit in Moscow.

(and they lived happily ever after)

1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.

1830 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them.

1967 – The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.

1430 - Joan Of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English. The Burgundians had allied with the British against the French King Charles VII during the Hundred Years' War.

1964 – Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.

19 May 2017, Stanislav Petrov breathed his last, 'The Man Who Saved The World'

1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.

1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.

1933 – In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Yup just drop in an aspirin to activate it. 

 Red_Dragon wrote: The cocaine really gave it a kick!

1970 – The Beatles release their 12th and final studio album Let It Be.

1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Just 10 miles down the road.  The 52nd anniversary.  There was no 50th remembrance due to the Covid lockdowns in 2020. Not sure what is planned for today.  I'll be down there later today to visit someone there.  Be interesting to see what if anything is being done this year.  The event gets smaller and smaller as time passes as the people who know and care get older and pass on.


Well it was just another day tooling around town and the campus.  Nothing of note.  Hard to believe its been 50 years now since I attended KSU.  I know that there were others who used to be here who were there that day, but they have moved on, too.

1970 – Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others.

 Red_Dragon wrote: "Ah, come on man."

The horse was really old by then.