1919: Keynes predicts economic chaos
On June 28, 1919, the day that the Treaty of Versailles is signed in
Paris, John Maynard Keynes warns that the war reparations imposed on
Germany in the punitive agreement would cause worldwide economic havoc. When catastrophic
German inflation and a world depression proved him right, Keynes advocated government spending to create employment. A brilliant economist, the eventual establishment of the
International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank owed much to his ideas.
1990
In
Britain, Prince Charles breaks his right arm after falling from his pony during a game of polo.
1986
British group Wham play their farewell concert at Wembley Stadium in London.1956
The hit musical film The King and I starring Yul Brynner goes on general release throughout the Unites States of America.1950
The United States football team, mostly containing part-timers, causes a World Cup upset by beating England 1-0 during the World Cup group matches in
Brazil. 1950
North
Korean troops capture Seoul.
1935
The first 'Rupert Bear'
cartoon appears in the Daily
Express newspaper - drawn by Albert Bestall who had taken over from the character's creator, Mary Tourtel.
1930
In Britain, Mick the Miller becomes the first dog to win the Greyhound Derby for a second time.1930
English engineer Frank Whittle patents the jet engine.1914
Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated in the Bosnian town of Sarajevo by terrorist Gavrillo Princip.
1905
Unrest spreads through the Russian Navy following a
mutiny by sailors on board the Russian
battleship Potemkin.
1902
US Congress passes the Isthmian Canal Act which authorises the President to buy the rights of the French
Panama Company and to acquire from
Colombia perpetual control of the canal zone.
1838
Queen Victoria is crowned Queen of England at
Westminster Abbey in London at the age of 19.
1682
Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon - a blind Benedictine cellerman at Hautevilliers Abbey. 1928
English journalist Harold Evans.1926
American comedian and film
director Mel Brookes.
1902
American songwriter Richard Rodgers. 1902
US bank robber John Dillinger - declared Public Enemy Number One.
