June

Pope John Paul II in Glasgow.

June 01, 1982

First Premium Bond prizes were drawn by the computer Ernie (Electronic random number indicator equipment).

June 01, 1957

First TV license issued in Britain, costing £2.

June 01, 1946

Eamon DeValera begins his tour of the USA to raise money and support for the IRAs war against England

June 01, 1919

First Tay rail bridge opens. It was to collapse, 18 months later in the Tay Bridge Disaster.

June 01, 1878

American Fenians led by General John ONeill invade Canada and capture Fort Erie.

June 01, 1866

The Fenian raids were attacks by members of the Fenian Brotherhood based in the United States, on British army forts, customs posts and other targets in Canada in order to bring pressure on Britain to …

Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft. Erie Ontario from the US

June 01, 1866

Birth of Hugh Thomson, illustrator, in Coleraine, Co. Derry-Londonderry

June 01, 1860

The Magnetc Telegraph Company links Britain and Ireland via submarine telegraph cable

June 01, 1852

The British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company (also called the Magnetic Telegraph Company or the Magnetic) was founded by John Brett in 1850.

Dr Henry Faulds, who established the uniqueness of fingerprints, born in Beith, Ayrshire.

June 01, 1843

Poet and songwriter Robert Allan (born in Kilbarchan in, 1774) died in New York, six days after sailing there from Scotland to join his son. He had believed that his poetry would be better appreciated in North America.

June 01, 1841

Birth in Callan, Co. Kilkenny of Edmund Ignatius Rice, educator, philanthropist, and the founder of the Irish Christian Brothers Order

June 01, 1762