June 14
1736 Charle-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist, was born.
1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author was born.
1841 The first Canadian Parliament opened in Kingston, Ontario.
1946 Donald Trump, Real Estate developer and TV personality, was born.
1947 Roswell UFO incident A supposed UFO crash lands in Roswell, New Mexico.
1966 The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (index of prohibited books), which was originally instituted in 1557.
June 15
1215 King John put his seal to the Magna Carta at Runnymeade, England, granting his barons more liberty.
1775 The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army.
1844 Charles Goodyear received a patent for a process to strengthen rubber.
1846 The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1919 John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they flew from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
June 16
1745 Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
1829 Geronimo, American Apache Indian leader, was born.
1903 Ford Motor Co., was incorporated.
1911 IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
1968 James Patrick Stuart, actor, was born.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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