Historical Fact of the Day

**Megas Methuselah** · 06-20-2009, 11:00

June 19th (Yes, I'm 4 hours late. Shuddup.)

1816 - Battle of Seven Oaks, part of the Company Wars in Rupert's Land, modern-day central/western Canada

A band of armed Métis had recovered stolen pemmican from the Hudson's Bay Company, and were on the move to sell it to their employers, the North West Company (an act which was forbidden by the HBC). Robert Semple, governor of the Red River Colony, a colony established by leading shareholders of the HBC, gathered some HBC men and colonists to intercept the Métis. This party, including Semple, was almost completely annihilated by the Métis, who themselves suffered minimal casualties.

**Ibrahim** · 06-21-2009, 06:01

21st june: pluto's moons were named Nix and Hydra in 2006.

not much-it seems to be a quiet day

**King Jan III Sobieski** · 06-22-2009, 02:36

I know it occurs on a different date each year, but since today is Father's Day in the U.S.:

"The first observance of Father's Day is believed to have been held on July 5, 1908 in a church located in Fairmont, West Virginia, by Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia at the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South of Fairmont. The church still exists under the name of Central United Methodist Church." [Wikipedia]

**Quintus.JC** · 06-22-2009, 09:57

22nd June: 2226 years ago on the same day the battle of Raphia was fought between Ptolemy Philopator and Antiochus the Great; with the Egyptians eventually emerged victorious because of their superior native Egyptian phalanx which routed their Seleucid counterparts. The result of this battle bore little historical significance, apart from being a playable historical battle in the award-winning PC game Rome: Total War.

Very interesting thread idea btw.

**Noncommunist** · 06-22-2009, 21:49

Operation Barbarossa started 68 years ago.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 06-22-2009, 22:15

Please, there is Wikipedia for this. Which is where people probably get the info to post it here. I personally check Wikipedia everyday in case I can use the anniversary of the historical event to utter something witty and knowledgeable during the day when something related comes up

But yes, Barbarossa is a major event indeed. Any Russian knows his day by heart and it is a national day of mourning in Russia. Not as official, but nevertheless no events with any celebratory connotations are held during this day. Last year, for instance, a school in my city that I used to go to was going to have the graduation on June 22, but it was postponed.