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Today's featured article George Rolph, the victim of the attack The Ancaster incident was an attack on George Rolph (pictured) on June 3, 1826, in Ancaster, Upper Canada, in which members of the Tory elite dragged Rolph from his home to tar and feather him. Government officials refused to prosecute the cases and some acted as counsel for the accused at subsequent civil trials. The judge awarded Rolph £20 from two of the defendants. Reformers, the political opponents of the Tories, cited the incident as evidence of the Tories engaging in political violence to maintain their power. This argument contributed to the Reformers' victory in the 1828 elections for the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and their investigation of the abuse of power perpetuated by public prosecutors. Historians cited the incident to highlight the tensions between the ruling elite and the growing agrarian society in Upper Canada, which resulted in the Tories using violence in an attempt to retain their influence. (Full article...) Recently featured: Oregon State Capitol SMS Westfalen Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park Selected anniversaries June 3: World Bicycle Day; Martyrs Day in Uganda Anfield, Liverpool F.C.'s stadium 1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod established the border between Norway and the Novgorod Republic in Finnmark. 1892 – Liverpool F.C. (stadium pictured), one of England's most successful football clubs, was founded. 1941 – World War II: In reprisal for the participation of the local population in the Battle of Crete, the German Wehrmacht destroyed the village of Kandanos, Greece, and killed about 180 of its inhabitants. 1968 – American radical feminist Valerie Solanas shot and wounded visual artist Andy Warhol and two others at Warhol's New York City studio, the Factory. Staurakios (d. 800) Martha Jane Knowlton Coray (b. 1821) Flora MacDonald (b. 1926) Muhammad Ali (d. 2016) More anniversaries: June 2 June 3 June 4	In the news Virat Kohli In Twenty20 cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeating Gujarat Titans in the final (player of the match Virat Kohli pictured). Pope Leo XIV issues his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, which expresses concerns about artificial intelligence. The Democratic Rally, led by Annita Demetriou, wins the most seats in the Cypriot legislative election. American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins dies at the age of 95. Ongoing: Central Africa Ebola epidemic Iran war (Lebanon war) Russo-Ukrainian war timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Raymond Berry Ilie Ciocan Alec Penstone Mohammed Odeh Dragoljub Mićunović Honoré Traoré Did you know... Detail of the Palermo Quran ... that the Palermo Quran (detail pictured) has been described as "the single most important artifact so far known to survive from Muslim Sicily"? ... that Tao Siliang led efforts to promote iodized salt in China? ... that nearly 100,000 donors contributed towards the creation of a statue of Booker T. Washington? ... that, when he visited Surabaya, Indonesian defense minister Sulyoadikusumo was arrested by a local military commander who proceeded to claim his title? ... that an old gravel pit in Eagle Creek Park in Indiana is now part of an Important Bird Area? ... that in college Mark Cooney was a defensive end, center, and defensive tackle, but upon joining the NFL he was told to try a position that he had never played before? ... that the extinct Maipure language had a separate category of nouns for things that cannot be possessed, such as astronomical objects? ... that a university class inspired Else Went to write a five-hour-long play based on Dungeons & Dragons? ... that nobody knows where the Metland Egg is?
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