This
Week in History: Week 24
June
8th: 1913, Emily
Davison, suffragette, died after being trampled by a horse. She was aged 40.
Her cause of death, by internal injuries and a fractured skull.
June
9th: 1934, the first Donald Duck cartoon, called
Wise Little Hen was released.
June
10th: 1922,
Birth of one of my favourite actresses, Judy
Garland, who was born Frances Gumm, in Minnesota. Probably most famous for the
Wizard of Oz.
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| Judy Garland. |
June
11th: 1509,
King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon, his first wife, but who was also
his brother’s widow. They were married at Greenwich Church, Henry had not long
turned 18 and Catherine was 23.
June
12th: 1929,
Birth of Anne Frank. Born in
Frankfurt Germany. In 1942, she received her diary as a birthday present.
June
13th: 1731,
Birth of Martha Washington.
Born in Kent County, Virginia. She was the 1st US First Lady (1789-97)
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| Martha Washington. |
June
14th: 1801, Benedict
Arnold, a Revolutionary War general, died in London at the age of 60.
Thanks for Reading!
Claire
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