On this day in history.

[leelai]

20th June, 2013. The Queen's horse Estimate won the gold cup at Ascot. It's the first time that a Royal steed has won the cup. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/22985971

Her delight is wonderful viewing.

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Saw this on the News tonight Richard.....she was certainly so happy!

It was very nice to see her in a moment of pure joy!

 

[Richard Brown]

Saw this on the News tonight Richard.....she was certainly so happy!

It was very nice to see her in a moment of pure joy!

Yes, isn't it just wonderful. I think HRH's radiant joy has been so welcome here in the UK.

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[scifan57]

20th June, 2013. The Queen's horse Estimate won the gold cup at Ascot. It's the first time that a Royal steed has won the cup. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/22985971

Her delight is wonderful viewing.

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Here's another photo from The Times showing the Queen meeting Estimate after the victory.

 

[twerppoet]

Here's another photo from The Times showing the Queen meeting Estimate after the victory.

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Looking at the death grip the groom has on the halter, I suspect Estimate's manners may lag behind his racing skills. Then again, it may just be the groom has a very good idea of how bad it would look if Estimate knocked over the Queen, even by accident.

 

[leelai]

Looking at the death grip the groom has on the halter, I suspect Estimate's manners may lag behind his racing skills. Then again, it may just be the groom has a very good idea of how bad it would look if Estimate knocked over the Queen, even by accident.

Lol....I think you're right here TP! That would be just horrifying to see anything happen to our Queen!

 

[J. A.]

June 21, 1978: Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy.




Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)

 

[J. A.]

June 24, 1987: Lionel Andrés Messi, Argentine footballer, is born.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi

 

[squib]

TP - I was thinking the same thing, LOL

 

[scifan57]

June 25, 1876; native Americans, led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull attack the 7th cavalry, led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle at Montana's Little Big Horn River. Within an hour, Custer and all his men were dead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn

 

[J. A.]

June 25, 1741: Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_of_Austria

 

[KevinJS]

June 25, 1903

Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell, was born in India.

He shares his birthday with Ricky Gervais, English comedian.

 

[J. A.]

June 26, 1730: Charles Messier, French astronomer, is born.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Messier




M 31 (Andromeda galaxy), today's APOD, NASA

 

[J. A.]

June 27, 1985: The U.S. Route 66 is closed.





Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66

 

[Richard Brown]

June 27, 1985: The U.S. Route 66 is closed.

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Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66

Was this the decommissioning of the route? The road itself remained in use?

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[J. A.]

Was this the decommissioning of the route? The road itself remained in use?

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Wikitravel:

In the 1980s, the aging highway was decommissioned. Much of its stretch had been overlaid or routed around by broader, newer interstate highways. But the embedded idea of Route 66 refuses to die &ndash; as demonstrated by the 2006 Disney/Pixar movie Cars &ndash; and thousands of kicks-seekers continue to follow the remnants of the road from Chicago to Los Angeles to this day.