Yorkshire on Monday 24 June 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 June 1679: The world’s oldest wool carders?
- 24 June 1687: John Reresby, governor of York, protests James II’s plans to turn his residence into a Catholic school
- 24 June 1761: A cat joins John Wesley’s street congregation at Robin Hood’s Bay
- 24 June 1809: Exiled from London to York, the Rev. Sydney Smith promises Lady Holland not to smite the partridge
- 24 June 1866: Captain Gravill of the Diana of Hull celebrates his crew’s failure to catch a whale on the Sabbath
- 24 June 1981: Leeds City Council declares its opposition to nuclear weapons and resolves to inform the world thereof
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 04:29-21:38, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 06:34 rise 23:59, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 04:33-21:43, zenith 13:08
- Moon: set 06:39, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 04:27-21:47, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 06:31, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 04:36-21:40, zenith 13:08
- Moon: set 06:41, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 04:30-21:43, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 06:35, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Birth of John the Baptist ! Hepworth Feast ! Traditional date of the summer solstice
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