Historian and author of German History 1918-1945. On X as @FXMC1957 with This Day in History at 9.00 AM (BST)
Prof Frank McDonough
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. Director Steven Spielberg on the set of Jaws (1974). đź“· Peter Vandermark
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Burt Ward and Adam West (right, who died #OTD in 2017) on the set of the Batman film (1966). đź“· Life magazine
Prof Frank McDonough
FACT OF THE DAY. 9 June 1920. Imperial War Museum was opened by King George V at the Crystal Palace, London. It originally recorded the British war effort during WW1. The museum has since expanded to include all conflicts in which British or Commonwealth forces have been involved since 1914.
PHOTO OF THE DAY. German Kaiser Wilhelm II smoking a cigarette (1913) đź“· Oscar Tellgmann.
PERSON OF THE DAY. 9 June 2014. Rik Mayall (aged 56) died in London from a sudden heart attack after returning home from a jogging session. He rose to national fame in the anarchic BBC comedy sitcom The Young Ones and became one of Britain’s favourite comedians.
PERSON OF THE DAY. 8 June 1955. Tim Berners-Lee was born in London. He’s best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web by proposing an information management system on 12 March 1989 and by implementing 1st successful internet communication in mid-November 1989.
FACT OF THE DAY. 10 June 1944. 642 men, women and children were murdered by the German Waffen SS in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, France. The village was never rebuilt and featured at the opening episode of the classic ITV series World at War.
PERSON OF THE DAY. 10 June 1922. Judy Garland was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA. During a film and musical career that spanned 45 years she gained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles but she’s best known for playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Debbie Harry with David Bowie (1977). đź“· Chris Stein.
FACT OF THE DAY. 8 June 1949. George Orwell’s futuristic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in the UK. It depicts a totalitarian tyranny ruled by “Big Brother” and supported by a secret police using mass surveillance. More broadly, Orwell shows how facts are manipulated by governments.
