On this day in 1613, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London burned down. Police suspected a “play most fowle”.
On this day in 1916, the first Boeing aircraft took to the skies. It was called the “Boeing 7” and could fly faster than a goose. The seats were quite comfortable unless you were seated next to the tail gunner
On this day in 1937, Joseph Armand-Bombardier patented the first snowmobile. His inspiration for the machine came on a day when he was hiking the snowbound Laurentian Mountains on a calm day. He stopped for a moment and looked around, soaking in the beauty, and thought, “You know what? It’s way too quiet out here!”
On this day in 1945, the country of Ruthenia became part of Ukraine. Queen Ruth fled the country and the citizens were Ruth-less for many years.
On this day in 1967, both Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of the Rolling stones were sent to jail for possession of drugs which led to Jagger writing that great hit “Hey! You! Get Offa My Bunk!”
On this day in 2007, the Apple iPhone went on sale for the first time. It immediately became the most important use for thumbs since hitchhiking was invented.
If your birthday is June 29th, you share it with Chou Wen Chung who was born on this day in 1923. Wen Chung was a very famous Chinese music composer who wrote great pieces such as “Mode of Shang”. He is celebrated throughout China once a year on his birthday when everybody plays his music in the evening, or as it’s called in China “Everybody Wen-Chung Tonight”!
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