Monday
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1878 – Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
1944 – World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan’s South Seas Mandate.
1972 – Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
Monday, June 15th, 2020
https://twitter.com/thrasherxy/status/1271402812015104000
9 states report record daily coronavirus infections Nine states continued to report record numbers of new coronavirus infections over the weekend. Florida on Sunday reported its second straight day with more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases. Saturday’s total of 2,581 was a record for the Sunshine State, where the coronavirus outbreak is intensifying but authorities are opening more beaches. Alabama on Sunday reported a record number of new cases for the fourth straight day. Alaska, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina also have reported daily infections hitting new highs in recent days, according to Reuters. Nationwide totals remained high, with the number of infections in the U.S. nearing 2.1 million with more than 115,000 deaths. Source: ABC News
The Fulton County medical examiner declares Rayshard Brooks’ death a homicide. Brooks was shot in the back by an Atlanta Police officer while fleeing from an attempted arrest for driving under the influence in which he took an officer’s taser and fired it at him on June 12. (BBC)
NYPD will disband its plainclothes anti-crime unit The New York City Police Departments’s plainclothes anti-crime unit, which has been disproportionately linked to officer-involved shootings within the force, will be disbanded and reassigned, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea announced Monday. About 600 officers work in the anti-crime unit, and will be reassigned to detective work and “community policing,” among other departments, Shea said. The move comes in direct response to ongoing protests against police brutality in the city, and widespread calls for reforming and rethinking policing across the U.S. Both Shea and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have been pressured to cut the NYPD’s budget amid the protests, but de Blasio has so far only introduced a series of reforms. Source: ABC News
The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its verdict in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, ruling that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity. (BBC)
Florida reports two consecutive days of 2,000-plus new COVID-19 cases as more counties reopen their beaches. Miami’s mayor says this information does not include data from Memorial Day weekend and the George Floyd protests. (ABC News)
Poland’s Ministry of National Defence admits its army briefly invaded and occupied the Czech Republic for several days last month in a “misunderstanding”, the Polish soldiers took up positions near a chapel on the Czech side of the border in Moravia as part of coronavirus measures, and prevented Czech visitors from the site. (BBC)
The End
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