Today in History.....

[Shelter]

So and from this reason to all fellow guys from Sweden here - especially to our all swedish friend Gorgik9 - a happy holiday.

 

[gorgik9]

In 1523, Gustav Vasa was elected king of a free Sweden, and on the same date in 1809, the country adopted a new constitution.

National Day of Sweden ("Sveriges nationaldag") is a national holiday observed in Sweden on 6 June. Prior to 1983, the day was celebrated as the Swedish Flag Day ("Svenska flaggans dag").



In 2004, the Swedish parliament voted to make it a public holiday, which may cause people to become more interested in celebrating it.



Tillykke med dagen, Sverige! :cheers:

So now everybody on GH knows all the necessary facts about my country!!!

But haiducii, what I don't get is why you end your post with a phrase in - Norwegian!?!? :rofl::rofl::rofl:

"Tillykke med dagen" is a very common phrase in Norwegian, saying "Happy Birthday" or in Swedish "Grattis på födelsedagen"!

Not that it really matters I get your meaning!

 

[golfdelta21]

Happy Swedish National Day

 

[golfdelta21]

6 June 1944 - 6 June 2019 75th Anniversary of D-Day

 

[haiducii]

But haiducii, what I don't get is why you end your post with a phrase in - Norwegian!?!? :rofl::rofl::rofl:

on purpose...after all, GH is an international gay forum

 

[gorgik9]

on purpose...after all, GH is an international gay forum

Jau, thungur hnifur!!! (Ha, that's Icelandic - hehe )

 

[Shelter]

Thank you Golfdelta for this rich pictured report of D-Day - very, very interesting.
And may I make to mention of that my Grand-Dad has been on this day as a soldier (from the now wrong side!) on the so called Omaha Beach. He survived and he told us children many stories from this memorable day and the days after. Mostly because he was to be awed by the giant armada of ships he could see in the morning fog.

 

[Shelter]

Today 66 years ago on June 17, 1953 the East-Berlin constructions workers startet an uprising against the communist party SED. But the uprsing would have been defeatet by the Russian "friends".

 

[golfdelta21]

156th Anniversary of West Virginia

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 20th June

In 1895, Caroline Willard Baldwin became the first women to earn a PhD in Science from an American University. She placed 3rd in her graduating class at Cornell University, where she received the famed doctorate in 1895. She was the 1st women to teach Physics at the California School of Mechanical Arts.

 

[topdog]

On this day: June 22

50 years ago today Judy Garland died in London.

You can see my remembrance over in the music section here.

 

[golfdelta21]

June 24, 1859. Battle of Solferino. 160th anniversary

 

[golfdelta21]

June 25, 1991 - Slovenia Statehood Day

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 26th June

Slovenia marks Statehood Day. Its own state, especially for a nation as small as Slovenia's, is an asset in its own right, President Borut Pahor said as he addressed the national ceremony in Ljubljana's Congress Square on Monday, the eve of Statehood Day, which marks the day in 1991 when parliament passed the needed doents to declare independence.



"The establishment of an independent state 28 years ago is the most glorious milestone of our national history", and it "makes us an equal part of the global architecture", said Pahor. "I don't think there is a national political manifesto more clear, more inspiring, more visionary and more brief than this one," he stressed.

"We must never forget that Slovenia was attacked after it declared independence, but successfully countered the attack in a war," Pahor said at the reception at the Presidential Palace.

Official statistics show that the ten-day independence war claimed the lives of 19 Slovenian soldiers and police officers, with another 182 Slovenians wounded.

 

[Shelter]

Slovenia marks Statehood Day. Its own state, especially for a nation as small as Slovenia's, is an asset in its own right, President Borut Pahor said as he addressed the national ceremony in Ljubljana's Congress Square on Monday, the eve of Statehood Day, which marks the day in 1991 when parliament passed the needed doents to declare independence.



"The establishment of an independent state 28 years ago is the most glorious milestone of our national history", and it "makes us an equal part of the global architecture", said Pahor. "I don't think there is a national political manifesto more clear, more inspiring, more visionary and more brief than this one," he stressed.

"We must never forget that Slovenia was attacked after it declared independence, but successfully countered the attack in a war," Pahor said at the reception at the Presidential Palace.

Official statistics show that the ten-day independence war claimed the lives of 19 Slovenian soldiers and police officers, with another 182 Slovenians wounded.

Congratulations to your Statehood Day! Be proud of your homecountry! :thumbs up::thumbs up::thumbs up::thumbs up::thumbs up:

 

[golfdelta21]

1st July, Canada Day / 1er juillet, Fête du Canada

 

[golfdelta21]

July,4th:Anniversary of Declaration of American Independence

 

[golfdelta21]

July 14th 1789 - Storming of the Bastille

 

[golfdelta21]

The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 ...

The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 described by some eyewitnesses

 

[golfdelta21]

August 1st- Swiss National Day