Project GutenDay1h ago

June 14
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  `On June 14 of that year Mr. Henry Campkin requested the little paper (which, since Captain Cuttle provided it with its excellent motto, should have a certain friendliness towards nautical questions) to help him.`
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“Adventures and Enthusiasms” by E. V. Lucas
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34462

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Adventures and Enthusiasms by E. V. Lucas

Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.

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The Victorian News7h ago

June 14, 1940: Paris falls to Nazis
#ausnews #vicnews #wwII #history #hitler #nazis #germany #france #onthisday

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/history/on-this-day/june-14-1940-paris-falls-to-nazis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

June 14, 1940: Paris falls to Nazis

PARIS, FRANCE.  —The Nazi invasion of France began on 12 May 1940, when German troops stormed the northwest corners of the Maginot Line, previously alleged by the French military command to be an impregnable defence of their eastern border.

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Chris Bond7h ago

Recorded #OnThisDay 37 years ago:

The Shamen - Peel Session 1989

The complete session recorded by The Shamen on 13 June 1989 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 2 August 1989.

Tracklist:

1. Transcendental (0:11)
2. What's Going Down (5:01)
3. Negation State (8:10)
4. Phorward (11:31)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-shamen-peel-session-1989.html

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The Shamen - Peel Session 1989

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Constance de Salm9h ago
»Je rappelle à Monsieur Villenave qu’il dîne aujourd’hui chez moi ...« à Villenave, 1831-06-13, https://constance-de-salm.de/archiv/#/document/11027 #onthisday
Hermetic Library9h ago

I note, in passing, on this day, in history … The Edict of Milan (signed by Constantine the Great and the other guy, which grants religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire) is published, …

https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/june-13

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Hermetic Library9h ago
Greater Feast of Martin Buber, died June 13, 1965 at Jerusalem, Israel

https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/martin-buber

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Hermetic Library9h ago

Greater Feast of Martin Buber, died June 13, 1965 at Jerusalem, Israel

https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/martin-buber

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The Public Domain Review10h ago
Double birthday salutations to W. B. Yeats + Fernando Pessoa — both fascinated by the occult, both with a penchant for heteronyms and both appearing in @WithEdSimon's essay on the ouija board writings of Pearl Curran (AKA Patience Worth): https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/ghostwriter-and-ghost-the-strange-case-of-pearl-curran-patience-worth #onthisday #otd
Democracy Matters 10h ago

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JUNE 13, 1866: 14TH AMENDMENT PASSED

The 14th Amendment to the constitution was passed, granting citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.”

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fourteenth-amendment-passed/

June 13, 1866: 14th Amendment Passed

The 14th Amendment to the constitution was passed, granting citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.”

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Wikipédia en français11h ago

13 juin 1981 : Naissance de l’acteur américain Chris Evans.
Il accède à la célébrité mondiale en tenant le rôle de Steve Rogers (Captain America) entre 2011 et 2019 dans l'univers cinématographique Marvel 🎬.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Evans_(acteur)

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