Yorkshire on Saturday 6 July 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 6 July 1381: John de Erghom and others in service of the Beverley oligarchy murder William Haldane and throw him in a pit on Walker Lane
- 6 July 1822: A journalist finds harmony in the fall of an elderly widow from York’s city walls
- 6 July 1825: James Backhouse, a Quaker nurseryman from York, triumphs with exotic varieties at the Yorkshire Horticultural Society’s summer meeting in Leeds
- 6 July 1831: “190 boats stranded in the Selby Canal by the Aire and Calder Company’s denial of water”, favouring the new Knottingley-Goole cut
- 6 July 1915: The Tory MP for York joins in the persecution of the professor of German at Leeds University, A.W. Schüddekopf, who is sacked and dies of a stroke
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 04:37-21:34, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 04:21 set 22:40, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 04:42-21:39, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 04:25 set 22:45, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 04:36-21:43, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 04:17 set 22:50, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 04:44-21:36, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 04:28 set 22:42, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 04:39-21:38, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 04:22 set 22:45, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ John Fisher (Beverley-born) and Thomas More – martyred by Henry VIII, celebrated by Rome 22 June
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