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Jun 01
    CredoFeaturedLibrariansTools and Resources

Credo Social Media Posts for June 2021

June 1, 2021
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At Credo we understand the need for libraries to write interesting social media content to engage your users and raise awareness of valuable resources and services. That’s why we’ve created this monthly blog post with social media posts featuring interesting observances, trivia, this-day-in-history, and humor that your library can copy/paste to your own feed with no attribution necessary.

P.S.: the images here are all in the public domain (mostly from Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons), so feel free to take advantage of them when you post!

1 June

In the Eurasian steppes near Dereivka, central Ukraine, the domestication of the horse occurred approximately #onthisday in 4000 BCE. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=horses

Horse at water

2 June

#Onthisday in 455, the sacking of Rome occurred, the looting lasting for 14 days. You can learn more about the Roman Empire with Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Rome  

Roman ruins

3 June

Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto’s Expedition claimed Florida for Spain #onthisday in 1539. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Hernando%20de%20Soto 

Hernando de Soto

4 June

It’s #NationalDonutDay! What’s your favorite type of donut?

Jelly donuts

5 June

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was first published in serial form #onthisday in 1851. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Harriet%20Beecher%20Stowe 

Title page for Uncle Tom's Cabin

6 June 

It’s #HigherEducationDay!

College student union

7 June

Louis XIV was crowned the King of France #onthisday in 1654. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Louis%20XIV 

8 June 

It’s #BestFriendsDay! Tell us your favorite memories with your BFF!

Best friends

9 June

Sioux Chief Red Cloud and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant met #onthisday in 1870. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Ulysses%20S.%20Grant 

Ulysses S Grant

10 June

Hanged for witchcraft, Bridget Bishop became the first victim of the Salem witch trials #onthisday in 1692. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Salem%20Witch%20Trials 

Salem Witch Trials

11 June

The sacking and burning of Troy occurred #onthisday in 1184 BCE. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Trojan%20War 

Sacking of Troy

12 June

#Onthisday in 1381, the Peasants’ Revolt began in England, sparked off by the attempt to levy a new poll tax in the village of Fobbing, Essex. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Peasants%27%20Revolt 

Peasants' Revolt

13 June

Military and political leader Simon Bolívar was proclaimed dictator #onthisday in 1828. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Simon%20Bol%C3%ADvar

Simon Bolivar

14 June 

Happy #FlagDay! Today we celebrate our nation’s flag. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=America  

Flags for Flag Day

16 June

Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison, Scotland #onthisday in 1567. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Mary%2C%20Queen%20of%20Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

17 June

The Night Attack, Vlad III the Impaler’s attempts to assassinate Mehmed II, the Ottoman Empire’s Sultan, happened #onthisday in 1462. The attack forced Vlad III to retreat from Wallachia. You can learn more about the Ottoman Empire with Credo Reference.  https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Ottoman%20empire

Vlad III ("The Impaler")

18 June

#Onthisday in 1541, Henry VIII was selected as King of Ireland by the Irish Parliament. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Henry%20VIII

Henry VIII

19 June

It’s #Juneteenth! Today we commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=African%20Americans

Juneteenth

20 June

Happy Father’s Day! What’s your favorite dad joke?

Father and son

21 June

Happy #FirstDayofSummer! What are your plans for the summer?

Books at the beach in summer

22 June

At the age of 13, “Little Stevie” Wonder released his first single “Fingertips” #onthisday in 1963. The single was the first live non-studio recording to go #1 on Billboard. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Stevie%20Wonder

Stevie Wonder

23 June

#Onthisday in 1868, the first commercially successful Sholes and Glidden typewriter was patented by Christopher Latham Sholes. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Typewriter 

Typewriter

24 June

Have you heard of dancing mania? #Onthisday in 1374, an outbreak of St. John’s Dance (dancing mania) caused people in Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and dance until they collapsed from exhaustion. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Medieval%20Europe

St. Vitus' Dance (or St. John's Dance)

25 June

The first woman to receive a Ph.D., philosopher and mathematician Elena Cornaro Piscopia was awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua #onthisday in 1678. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=philosophy

Elena Cornaro Piscopia

27 June

Iberian maritime explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo set sail from the Mexican port of Navidad to explore the west coast of North America #onthisday in 1542. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Mexico

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

28 June 

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France #onthisday in 1919. Not only did the treaty end WWI, but it also established the League of Nations. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Treaty%20of%20Versailles

Treaty of Versailles

29 June

During a performance of Henry VII, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, England, burned down #onthisday 1613. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Henry%20VIII 

Globe Theatre

30 June  

It’s #WorldSocialMediaDay! How has social media changed your life?

Woman at desk checking Facebook on her phone

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • Pinterest
  • Google+
  • LinkedIn
  • E-Mail

About The Author

Mecca-Amirah Jackson is a Sales Manager at Infobase. A writer and blogger based in New Jersey, she received her B.A. in English Literature and is currently pursuing her M.B.A. with a Concentration in Digital Marketing.
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