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On This Day

1431 – The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista.[4]
The Battle of La Higueruela (lit. ’Battle at the little fig tree’) was fought in the vega of the river Genil near Granada on 1 July 1431 between the forces of John II of Castile, led by Álvaro de Luna, and troops loyal to Muhammed IX, Nasrid Sultan of Granada. The battle was a modest victory for the forces of Castile, with no territorial gain and failing to take Granada.[1] Following this battle, John II of Castile installed Yusuf IV, grandson of Muhammed VI,[2] as Sultan of Granada.[3]

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936 – King Henry the Fowler dies in his royal palace in Memleben. He is succeeded by his son Otto I, who becomes the ruler of East Francia.
Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps; c. 876 – 2 July 936[2]) was the duke of Saxony from 912[2] and the king of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia. An avid hunter, he obtained the epithet “the Fowler” because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king.

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1819 – The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York (1819–1982) was one of the earliest banks in the United States and the first savings bank in New York City. Founded in 1816, it was first advertised as “a bank for the poor”. It was merged with the Buffalo Savings Bank in 1982.[1] It failed in 1991 and is no longer in existence.[2]

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Born On This Day

1506 – Louis II of Hungary (died 1526)
Louis II (Hungarian: II. Lajos; Czech: Ludvík Jagellonský; Croatian: Ludovik II.; Slovak: Ľudovít II.; 1 July 1506 – 29 August 1526) was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 1516 to 1526. He died during the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans, whose victory led to the Ottoman annexation of large parts of Hungary.

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1478 – Louis V, Elector Palatine (died 1544)
Louis V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (German: Ludwig V. von der Pfalz) (2 July 1478, in Heidelberg – 16 March 1544, in Heidelberg), also Louis the Pacific, was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was prince elector of the Palatinate. His parents were Philip, Elector Palatine, and Margaret, a daughter of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut.

He converted to Lutheranism in the 1530s.

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1442 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (died 1500)
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (後土御門天皇, Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō; July 3, 1442 – October 21, 1500) was the 103rd emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1464 through 1500.[2]

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
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This Day in Tech History
 
 
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Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 
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Jimmy Lee Swaggart (/ˈswæɡərt/; March 15, 1935 – July 1, 2025)was an American Pentecostal televangelist and gospel music artist.
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Michael Madsen (September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025) was an American actor. Alongside his frequent collaborations with Quentin Tarantino—Reservoir Dogs (1992), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), The Hateful Eight (2015), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)—he was known for his appearances in films such as WarGames (1983), The Natural (1984), The Doors (1991), Thelma & Louise (1991), Free Willy (1993), Species (1995), Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) Donnie Brasco (1997), Die Another Day (2002), Sin City (2005), and Scary Movie 4 (2006). He played voice roles in various video games, including Grand Theft Auto III (2001), Narc (2005), the Dishonored series (2012–2017), and Crime Boss: Rockay City (2023). Madsen had six children, including actor Christian Madsen.

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MessyNessy: If this Newsletter were an Ice Cream Truck; 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 744) and more ->

 
 
 
 
James Clear: 3-2-1: On becoming hard to copy, the power of fundamentals, and three qualities that matter

By Ernie Smith, Tedium: Spanfelled G/O Media, the company that tried to get Deadspin to stick to sports, bows out. They leave behind a scrappier media ecosystem with more business-savvy writers.

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By Bret Primack: Monk and Trane One of the most pivotal student-mentor relationships in jazz

 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Rundown

 
 
 
 
Joe Rogan Reacts to Captain Higgins’ Savage Message
 
 
 
 

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On This Day

1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.[8]
The Khmelnytsky Uprising,[a] also known as the Cossack–Polish War,[4] Khmelnytsky insurrection,[5] or the National Liberation War,[6] was a Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate in Ukraine. Under the command of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, allied with the Crimean Tatars and local Ukrainian peasantry, fought against Commonwealth’s forces. The insurgency was accompanied by mass atrocities committed by Cossacks against prisoners of war and the civilian population, especially Poles, Jews and Roman Catholic and Ruthenian Uniate clergy,[7][8] as well as savage reprisals by loyalist Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, the voivode of Ruthenian descent (military governor) of the Ruthenian Voivodeship.[9]: 355 

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Born On This Day

1468 – John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532)[30]
John (30 June 1468 – 16 August 1532),[1] known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant (Johann, der Beständige), was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532 from the House of Wettin.

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Billy Don Moyers (June 5, 1934 – June 26, 2025) was an American journalist and political commentator who served as the eleventh White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. He also served as the de facto White House Chief of Staff for a brief period from 1964 until 1965.

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Wickersham’s Conscience: R.I.P. Bill Atkinson, 1951-2025
 
 
 
 
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Mia McPherson’s On The Wing Photography: Young Mourning Dove In Arkansas
 
 
 
 

Kim Komando: These cars have no steering wheels, would you ride in one? And more ->
 
 
 
 
By Colin Marshall, Open Culture: A Visualization of the History of Technology: 1,889 Innovations Across Three Million Years

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Michael R Dougherty: Anchorage Lucky Wishbone MemoriesAn Anchorage, Alaska favorite

By Ernie Smith, Tedium: Processing Cycles
 
 
 
 

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Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

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On This Day

1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
The Stratford Martyrs were eleven men and two women who were burned at the stake together for their Protestant beliefs, either at Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex or Stratford, Essex, both near London, on 27 June 1556 during the Marian persecutions.

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1495 – A French force heavily defeats a much larger Neapolitan and Spanish army at the battle of Seminara, leading to the creation of the Tercios by Gonzalo de Córdoba.[2]
The Battle of Seminara, part of the First Italian War, was fought in Calabria on 28 June 1495 between a French garrison in recently conquered Southern Italy and the allied forces of Spain and Naples which were attempting to reconquer these territories. Against the redoubtable combination of gendarmes and Swiss mercenary pikemen in the French force, the allies had only Neapolitan troops of indifferent quality and a small corps of lightly-armed Spanish soldiers, accustomed to fighting the Moors of Spain. The result was a rout, and much of the fighting centered on delaying actions to permit the fleeing allied force to escape.

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1170 – A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.[1]
One of the largest earthquakes to hit Syria occurred early in the morning of 29 June 1170.[2] It formed part of a sequence of large earthquakes that propagated southwards along the Dead Sea Transform, starting with the 1138 Aleppo earthquake, continuing with the 1157 Hama, 1170 and 1202 Syria events.[2] The estimated magnitude is 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale, with the maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.

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Born On This Day

1430 – Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (died 1475)
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, 3rd Earl of Huntington (27 June 1430 – September 1475) was a Lancastrian leader during the English Wars of the Roses. He was the only son of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, and his first wife, Anne Stafford.

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1476 – Pope Paul IV (died 1559)[9]
Pope Paul IV (Latin: Paulus IV; Italian: Paolo IV; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559), born Gian Pietro Carafa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death, in August 1559.[2][3] While serving as papal nuncio in Spain, he developed an anti-Spanish outlook that later coloured his papacy. In response to an invasion of part of the Papal States by Spain during his papacy, he called for a French military intervention. After a defeat of the French and with Spanish troops at the edge of Rome, the Papacy and Spain reached a compromise: French and Spanish forces left the Papal States and the Pope thereafter adopted a neutral stance between France and Spain.[4]

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1443 – Anthony Browne, English knight (died 1506)
Sir Anthony Browne (29 June 1443[1][better source needed] – c. 17 November 1506) was the son of Sir Thomas Browne and Eleanor FitzAlan. He served as standard-bearer to Henry VII,[2] and Lieutenant of Calais.[citation needed]

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FYI

 
 
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Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 
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Condolences
Richard Douglas Hurst (January 1, 1946 – June 26, 2025) was an American actor who portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg’s cousin, in the 1980 to 1983 seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard as well as The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! in 1997 and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood in 2000.[1]

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Oscar Holland, CNN: Remember Anna Wintour’s shocking first Vogue cover?
 
 
 
 
KMXT: Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI

 
 
 
 
Two Navy Guys: The publishing industry is a hot mess
 
 
 
 

Ha!We still have our landline. Unfortunately we had to go to cordless phones due to static from the nearby Radio antenna.
The Real Slim Sherri: Bring Back the Landline! Retro Tech Revival?
 
 
 
 
Colion Noir: Liked videos • 5 / 5000 Why This Tom Cruise Scene Changed Gun Training Forever
 
 
 
 
Hegseth’s message to the press

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Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg, the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and electors of Germany.
The Augsburg Confession, also known as the “Augustana” from its Latin name, Confessio Augustana, is the most important confession of faith of the Lutheran Church. The Augsburg Confession is normative to all Lutheran Churches everywhere and in all times. It is also one of the most important documents of the Lutheran Reformation. The Augsburg Confession was presented by a number of German rulers and free-cities at the Diet of Augsburg on June 25, 1530.

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1243 – Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
The Battle of Köse Dağ took place in eastern Anatolia on 26 June 1243 when an army of the Sultanate of Rum, led by Sultan Kaykhusraw II, confronted an invading Mongol army under the general Baiju and was decisively defeated. The battle was the pivotal event of the Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Rum, previously a significant independent power in the eastern Mediterranean, was reduced to the status of a client kingdom, and its territories were later absorbed into the Mongol Ilkhanate.

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Born On This Day

1842 – Eloy Alfaro, 15th President of Ecuador (d. 1912)
José Eloy Alfaro Delgado (June 25, 1842 – January 28, 1912) served as President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911. He became one the strongest opponents of pro-Catholic conservative President Gabriel García Moreno. For his central role in the Liberal Revolution of 1895 and for having fought conservatism for almost 30 years, he is known as the Viejo Luchador.

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1581 – San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint (died 1654)
Peter Claver SJ (Spanish: Pedro Claver y Corberó; 26 June 1580 – 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú, Spain, who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia, and ministry to African Americans.

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
This Day In History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 
Wise Trivia
 
 

Condolences
Robert Cabot Sherman Jr. (July 22, 1943 – June 24, 2025) was an American singer and actor who was a teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had a series of successful singles, notably the million-seller “Little Woman” (1969). Sherman left show business in the 1970s for a career as a paramedic and a deputy sheriff, but performed occasionally into the 1990s.[1]

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Bobby Sherman: Easy Come, Easy Go
 
 
 
 

Condolences
Michael Geoffrey Ralphs (31 March 1944 – 23 June 2025) was an English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.[1]

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Messy Nessy: Observations of a Parisian Shopkeeper
 
 
 
 

Kim Komando: You’ve got 13 seconds to fix it

 
 
 
 
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The Marginalian by Maria Popova: FROM THE ARCHIVE | The Art of Looking: Eleven Ways of Viewing the Multiple Realities of Our Everyday Wonderland
 
 
 
 

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“What’s your color? Poor.”
Raphie May: Racism
 
 
 
 

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Joe Rogan Experience #2342 – Jim Norton
 
 
 
 
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Ideas

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Recipes

Simply Recipes: 15 Ground Beef Dinners That Are Ready in 30 Minutes or Less
 
 
By PieBaby89: Silky No-Bake Key Lime Pie
 
 
Food Network Kitchen: 4-Ingredient S’mores Pie
 
 
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Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

860 – Byzantine–Rus’ War: A fleet of about 200 Rus’ vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
The siege of Constantinople in 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus’ recorded in Byzantine and western European sources. The casus belli was the construction of the fortress Sarkel by Byzantine engineers, restricting the Rus’ trade route along the Don River in favour of the Khazars.[not verified in body] Accounts vary, with discrepancies between contemporary and later sources, and the outcome is unknown in detail.

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Born On This Day

1332 – John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (died 1391)
John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 June 1332 – 16 February 1391) was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to 1391, with interruptions. His long reign was marked by constant civil war, the spread of the Black Death and several military defeats to the Ottoman Turks, who rose as the dominant power of the region.

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
This Day In History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 
Wise Trivia
 
 

The Marginalian by Maria Popova: Midweek pick-me-up: Muriel Rukeyser on the root of our confusion and our power in times of struggle
 
 
 
 

By Open Culture: A Free Yale Course on Medieval History: 700 Years in 22 Lectures
 
 
By Open Culture: The Soviet Union Creates a List of 38 Dangerous Rock Bands: Kiss, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Village People & More (1985)
 
 
By Colin Marshall, Open Culture. The Genius of Brian Wilson (RIP) and How He Turned “Good Vibrations” Into the Beach Boys’ Pocket Symphony

 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Trainwreck Fishery
 
 
 
 

“You know, I’ve had a good morning,” he said. “My wife apologized to me for the first time ever.”
“Is that right?”
“Yeah, she said she was sorry she ever met me, but I’m taking it as an apology.”
I chuckled as I tried to focus.
“And she told me I’ve grown as a person.” He shrugged. “Well, she said I’ve gotten fatter, but same thing.”
I laughed heartily and stepped away from the tee, unable to hit the ball. I looked at him. “I had an interesting morning as well.”
“What happened?”
“I surprised our regular delivery guy by showing up at the door naked.” I lined up my drive again. “I don’t know which shocked him more—my naked body or the fact I knew where he lived.”
Peter O’Mahoney: Reckoning Hour
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Ideas

Instructables: Automated Greenhouse With Arduino Mega
 
 
 
 

Recipes

Simply Recipes: The 2-Ingredient Cornbread My Grandmother Taught Me To Make

Instructables: Best Ever Strawberry Hand-Pie

 
 
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Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

1740 – Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.[7]
The siege of St. Augustine was a military engagement that took place during June–July 1740. It involved a British attack on the city of St. Augustine in Spanish Florida and was a part of the much larger conflict known as the War of Jenkins’ Ear.

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1367 – Taejong of Joseon (died 1422)
Taejong (Korean: 태종; Hanja: 太宗; 16 May 1367 – 10 May 1422),[a][b] personal name Yi Pangwŏn (이방원; 李芳遠), was the third monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea and the father of Sejong the Great.[1] He was the fifth son of King Taejo, the founder of the dynasty. Before ascending to the throne, he was known as Grand Prince Jeongan (정안군; 靖安君).

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Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

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1206 – The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aibak founds the Delhi Sultanate.[2]
The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for more than three centuries.[17][18][19] The sultanate was established around c. 1206–1211 in the former Ghurid territories in India. The sultanate’s history is generally divided into five periods: Mamluk (1206–1290), Khalji (1290–1320), Tughlaq (1320–1414), Sayyid (1414–1451), and Lodi (1451–1526). It covered large swaths of territory in modern-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, as well as some parts of southern Nepal.[20]

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1519 – Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1574)
Cosimo I de’ Medici (12 June 1519 – 21 April 1574) was the second and last duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first grand duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death. Cosimo I succeeded his cousin to the duchy. He built the Uffizi (office) to organize his administration, and conquered Siena to consolidate Florence’s rule in Tuscany. He expanded the Pitti Palace and most of the Boboli Gardens were also laid out during his reign.

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Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) was an American musician, songwriter, singer, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century. His best-known work is distinguished for its high production values, complex harmonies and orchestrations, vocal layering, and introspective or ingenuous themes. He was also known for his versatile head voice and falsetto, which degraded after the 1970s.

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Sylvester Stewart (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of psychedelic soul and funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia, and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. AllMusic stated that “James Brown may have invented funk, but Sly Stone perfected it,” and credited him with “creating a series of euphoric yet politically charged records that proved a massive influence on artists of all musical and cultural backgrounds”.[3] Crawdaddy! has credited him as the founder of the “progressive soul” movement.[4]

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Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?