ON THIS DATE IN 1880, CANADA’S NATIONAL ANTHEM, “O CANADA,” WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN QUEBEC CITY, CANADA.

FULL STRAWBERRY MOON

In 2020, the Full Moon for June rises on June 5 at 3:12 PM EDT. For some Native Americans, this month’s Moon was called the Strawberry Moon as it was a time for strawberries to ripen. It was known as the Full Rose Moon in Europe and also the Honey Moon.

Every Year

• MIDSUMMER DAY

1310s

• 1314: BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN–SCOTTISH FORCES LED BY ROBERT THE BRUCE BEAT EDWARD II OF ENGLAND. SCOTLAND REGAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE

1490s

• 1497: JOHN CABOT LANDED ON NORTH AMERICAN SOIL

1500s

• 1509: HENRY VIII CROWNED KING OF ENGLAND

1510s

• DIED 1519: LUCREZIA BORGIA (DUCHESS OF FERRARA)

1610s

• BORN 1616: FERDINAND BOL (PAINTER)

1840s

• BORN 1842: AMBROSE BIERCE (WRITER)

1880s

• 1880: CANADA’S NATIONAL ANTHEM, “O CANADA,” WAS FIRST PERFORMED, AT A BANQUET IN QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC. THE ORIGINAL LYRICS WERE IN FRENCH. ENGLISH VERSIONS DIDN’T APPEAR UNTIL THE EARLY 1900S.

1890s

• BORN 1895: JACK DEMPSEY (BOXER)

1900s

• DIED 1908: GROVER CLEVELAND (22ND & 24TH U.S. PRESIDENT)
• DIED 1909: SARAH ORNE JEWETT (WRITER)

1940s

• 1947: 9 UFOS REPORTED, MT. RAINIER, WASHINGTON
• BORN 1947: MICK FLEETWOOD (MUSICIAN)

1970s

• BORN 1979: MINDY KALING (ACTRESS)

1980s

• BORN 1986: SOLANGE KNOWLES (ACTRESS & SINGER)
• DIED 1987: JACKIE GLEASON (ACTOR & COMEDIAN)

1990s

• DIED 1995: ESTHER ROME (AUTHOR)
• DIED 1997: BRIAN KEITH (ACTOR)
• 1999: THE GUITAR ERIC CLAPTON USED TO RECORD THE SONG, “LAYLA,” SOLD AT AUCTION FOR $497,500

2000s

• DIED 2000: DAVID TOMLINSON (ACTOR)
• DIED 2003: RICHARD POUGH (FOUNDER OF THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. POUGH WROTE A SERIES OF AUDUBON GUIDES ON BIRDS. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST TO WARN OF THE DANGERS OF DDT AND HELPED TO GET A LAW BANNING THE SALE OF WILD-BIRD FEATHERS.)
• 2004: ERIC CLAPTON’S FAVORITE GUITAR FETCHED $959,500 AT AUCTION, EASILY ECLIPSING THE RECORD SET BY THE SALE OF ANOTHER GUITAR BY THE LEGENDARY ROCK MUSICIAN ON THIS DAY IN 1999

2010s

• 2010: JOHN ISNER OF THE U.S. DEFEATED NICOLAS MAHUT OF FRANCE AT WIMBLEDON IN THE LONGEST TENNIS MATCH TO DATE (11 HOURS AND 5 MINUTES)
• 2013: RUSTY, A RED PANDA, WAS FOUND EXPLORING A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER HE HAD DISAPPEARED FROM THE THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OVERNIGHT.
• DIED 2014: ELI WALLACH (ACTOR)

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