Wallis Simpson [Bessie Wallis Warfield] was born on June 19, 1896 (and died in 1986) The double-divorcee American caused King Edward VIII to abdicate his throne in order to marry her. Edward was the first and the only British Monarch so far who abdicated voluntarily. His brother was proclaimed King George VI on 12th of… Read More June 19: Happy Birthday, Wallis!
Today is Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday – the second in the year. Yes, the monarch celebrates her birthday twice: although she was born on April 21 1926, her “official” birthday, marked by the “Trooping the Colour” ceremony, has taken place today, June 17. The tradition to commemorate in the summer was started by… Read More Queen Elizabeth’s second birthday
On the thirteenth of June, in ancient Rome there was the celebration of the festival Quinquatrus Minusculae or Minores to honour the goddess Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and the arts. It was held on the Ides of June, while another Quinquatria was a festival celebrated on the 19th of March, so called because… Read More June 13th: Quinquatria
ANNE FRANK: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank received a diary for her 13th birthday. A month later, she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis in rooms behind her father’s office, before being discovered by the Gestapo two years later and taken to Auschwitz. The… Read More June 12, 1942: The Birthday Present
On 10 June 1745, Pope Benedict XIV issued the encyclical “Libentissime Quidem” in which he recalled two of his previous documents on fasting and underlined the duty to respect or restore the discipline of fasting. The Christian tradition of fasts and abstinence developed from Old Testament practices, and was an integral part of the early… Read More June 10, 1745: Libentissime Quidem
June 3, 1140 : the French scholar Peter Abelard was found guilty of heresy. Abelard was a medieval scholastic philosopher and theologian, whose love for Héloïse d’Argenteuil have become legendary. She was a nun, writer, scholar, and abbess, and their nine-hundred-year-old love affair has proved immensely popular in modern European culture She was his student… Read More 3 June, 1140: Peter Abelard
June 2 : in Italy we celebrate “Festa della Repubblica” (Republic Day) our Italian National Day . It commemorates the day when Italians voted to abolish the monarchy in 1946, following the Second World War and the fall of Fascism. At that timer the public was hostile to the monarchy, which had supported Benito Mussolini’s rule
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE I feel so bad in the morning I feel so bad in the middle of the day I feel so bad in the evening that’s why I’m going to the river, to wash my sins away I’m gonna lay down my heavy load, down by the riverside, Down by the riverside,… Read More DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO Joshua fit the battle of Jericho Jericho, Jericho Joshua fit the battle of Jericho The walls come tumblin’ down, Hallelujah Joshua fit the battle of Jericho Jericho, Jericho Joshua fit the battle of Jericho And the walls come tumblin’ down You may talk about… Read More JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO
MOTHERLESS CHILD Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long way from home my home A long way from my home You believe it, believe it, believe it From home (from home) My home (from home) A long way from my home Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone Sometimes I feel like I’m… Read More MOTHERLESS CHILD
