Yorkshire on Thursday 20 June 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 20 June 1633: The Corporation of Hull issues the technical and commercial specifications for the construction of its new ‘Council House’
- 20 June 1681: A Leeds court discusses the kidnapping by Barbary pirates of the son of Alderman Foxcroft
- 20 June 1817: Lines spoken by the actor Alexander Cummins at the Leeds Theatre are enacted sooner than he might have wished
- 20 June 1825: The Wool Combers and Weavers Union of Bradford, meeting at the Roebuck Inn, signs off a poster condemning the anti-strike petition issued by the employers, meeting at the Sun
- 20 June 1881: John Tutin of Hull visits Hart-leap Well, the subject of Wordsworth’s anti-hunting poem
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 04:27-21:38, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 02:35 rise 20:52, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 04:32-21:43, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 02:40 rise 20:58, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 04:25-21:47, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 02:33 rise 21:04, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 04:34-21:40, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 02:42 rise 20:54, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 04:29-21:42, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 02:37 rise 20:57, waxing gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ! Summer solstice
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