Today in History 06/15 (Magna Carta Sealed)


The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. This document is held at the British Library and is identified as “British Library Cotton MS Augustus II.106”.
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(1215) King John concedes absolute power and puts it in writing.
Also on this day,
1859 | Two world powers send military forces to solve pig problem
Also on this day,
1859 | Two world powers send military forces to solve pig problem
One pig is shot but no people perish in a conflict that proves the necessity of precisely worded territorial treaties. The Pig War begins between British Canada and the US near the San Juan Islands when an ostensibly British-Canadian pig is found rooting for tubers on a supposedly American farm.1878 | Dawn of the movies as Muybridge stops time with his camera
Leland Stanford is fairly certain that when a horse gallops there is a moment when all four of its legs leave the ground. He hires photographer Eadweard Muybridge who takes pioneering stop-motion photographs, proving that horses can indeed become airborne for a split second, and the innovative images will mark the dawn of motion pictures.1934 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park established
Congress charters a new national park on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, the first one to be partially funded by the federal government. Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be officially dedicated in 1940 and become the country’s most-visited national park.