The pillory

 On 30 June 1837, the pillory (a wooden frame your head and arms were locked into) was abolished in Britain. This is my history of punishments.

Waffle Iron Day

 29 June is National Waffle Iron Day. For hundreds of years, people heated waffles over a fire. The first modern waffle iron was invented by a man named Cornelius Swartwout in 1869. An electric waffle iron went on sale in 1918.

Henry VIII

 Henry VIII was born on 28 June 1491. I wrote a short biography.

Pictures of Botley

 I took some pictures of the charming village of Botley, in Hampshire 

Happy Greenland National Day

 21 June is Greenland's National Day. Nuannertoq inuiaqatigiittut ullorsiorfik. Here is my history of Greenland.

Sack of Baltimore

 The sack of Baltimore happened on 20 June 1631. People from North Africa often raided Europe for slaves. On this day in 1631, they raided Baltimore in Ireland and they took many slaves. 

Elastic

 A man named Thomas Hancock invented elastic in 1820. At first, it was used for boots and gloves. It wasn't normally used for underwear till the 1920s.