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In June 1921 Wilson was petitioned for clemency by MacEoin ’ s mother ( who referred to her son as " John " in her letter ), by his own brother Jemmy, and by the local Church of Ireland vicar, and passed on the appeals out of respect for the latter two individuals.
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June and 1921
By June 1921, Collins ' assessment was that the IRA was within weeks, possibly even days, of collapse.
* Order of the Red Banner, six times (№ 47-26 June 1919, № 629 / 2 от апреля 1921 года, № 27 / 3-2 December 1925, № 5 / 4-22 February 1930, № 1 / 5-3 November 1944, № 1 / 6 от 24 June 1948 )
Led by Fridtjof Nansen, the Commission for Refugees was established on 27 June 1921 to look after the interests of refugees, including overseeing their repatriation and, when necessary, resettlement.
In June 1921, the League announced its decision: the islands were to remain a part of Finland, but with guaranteed protection of the islanders, including demilitarization.
On 30 June 1921, North told its players it would disband and try to gain entry to the VFL by the ‘ back-door ’.
San Marino in the 1920s, still a largely agrarian society, experienced political turmoil influenced by the events in Fascist Italy, culminating in June 1921 in the murder in Serravalle of Italian doctor and Fascist sympathiser Carlo Bosi by local leftists, which led to condemnation by the surrounding Italian population and threats of retaliation by Italian squadristi.
The Tulsa Race Riot was a large-scale racially motivated conflict on May 31 and June 1, 1921, in which whites attacked the black community of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
On June 1, 1921, the Tulsa Tribune reported that 9 whites and 68 blacks had died in the riot, but shortly afterward changed this to a total of 176 dead.
Thomas Riley Marshall ( March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925 ) was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States ( 1913 – 1921 ) under Woodrow Wilson.
A Anglo-Irish War was fought between Crown forces and the Irish Republican Army between January 1919 and June 1921.
Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, GC, ( 26 June 1921 – c. 5 February 1945 ) was a World War II French-British secret agent.
Violette Szabo was born Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell in Paris, France, on 26 June 1921, the second child of a French mother and an English taxi-driver father, who had met during World War I.
On June 13, 1921, President Harding appointed Albert D. Lasker chairman of the United States Shipping Board.
He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926 ; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930 ; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948.
June and Wilson
After thirty days of working with Wilson, Smith drank his last drink on June 10, 1935, the date marked by AA for its anniversaries.
In May 1902 he was passed fit for sea duty and was appointed captain of the cruiser HMS Juno in June, spending two months in exercises with the Channel Fleet under Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson before joining the Mediterranean fleet.
Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ), the first twelve-step fellowship, was founded on August 11, 1938 ( although some speculate the date as being June 10, 1935 which is the date that Dr. Bob had his last drink ) by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, known to AA members as " Bill W ." and " Dr. Bob ", in Akron, Ohio.
* June 20 – Brian Wilson, American singer, composer / producer, musical innovator ( The Beach Boys )
* June 18 – United Kingdom general election, 1970: the Conservative Party wins and Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister, ousting the Labour government of Harold Wilson after nearly six years in power.
* June 22 – Irish Republican Army agents assassinate British field marshal Henry Hughes Wilson in Belgravia ; the assassins are sentenced to death July 18.
* June 10 – Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
Powell had been talking with Wilson irregularly since June 1973 during chance meetings in the gentlemen's toilets of the aye lobby in the House of Commons.
John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. was born on June 22, 1903, in the Oak Hill section of Indianapolis, Indiana, the younger of two children born to John Wilson Dillinger ( July 2, 1864 – November 3, 1943 ) and Mary Ellen " Mollie " Lancaster ( 1860 – 1907 ).
On June 6 was a concert of jazz featuring Peter Cincotti, Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, Al Jarreau, Ramsey Lewis, Tisziji Muñoz, Chucho Valdés and Nancy Wilson, hosted by Billy Taylor.
His Labour predecessor as prime minister, Harold Wilson, had inherited an unemployment count of around 400, 000 at the time of his general election win of October 1964 but seen unemployment peak at 631, 000 during the spring of 1967, though it had fallen to 582, 000 by the time Heath seized power in June 1970.
On 28 June 1966 Wilson ' dissociated ' his Government from American bombing of the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong.
Part of the price paid by Wilson after talks with President Johnson in June 1967 for US assistance with the UK economy was his agreement to maintain a military presence East of Suez.
Wilson exhibited his populist touch in June 1965 when he had The Beatles honoured with the award of MBE ( such awards are officially bestowed by The Queen but are nominated by the Prime Minister of the day ).
Files released on 1 June 2005 show that Wilson was concerned that, while on the Isles of Scilly, he was being monitored by Russian ships disguised as trawlers.
* 12 June 1968 Wilson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society under Statute 12 of the Society's regulations, which covers people who have rendered conspicuous service to the cause of science or are such that their election would be of signal benefit to the Society.
* Roy Hattersley, The truth about Harold Wilson – after 30 years of scandalous rumours, Daily Mail, 24 June 2007
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