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This day in history (June 10)

671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.

Inyo County June 5, 2018, Primary

This day in history (June 3)

350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.

What you might have missed last week

TUESDAY

• Chalfant resident sentenced to life in prison

• State agency board to visit Bishop

•Inyo National Forest welcomes district ranger

THURSDAY

• County to begin enforcing short-term rental law

• Fairground seeking donations for sun shades

County to begin enforcing short-term rental law

Since the Inyo County Board of Supervisors approved the county’s short-term rental ordinance and the Planning Department began taking applications for them on April 20, the county has allowed some time for those running such businesses to submit applications for the new process.

Fourty-nine years of Mule Days

A packer with Reds Meadow Pack Station races for the finish line during a Mule Days competition.
Photo by Gayla Wolf/The Honey Bee

This day in history (May 20)

325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.

This day in history (May 13)

1780 – The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee.
1787 – Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.

What you might have missed this week

TUESDAY

• Supervisors to hear reports on filming, agriculture

• OVUSD board answers bond questions

• Lady Broncos softball finishes season against Frazier Mountain

THURSDAY

• Ag production goes up, still below pre-drought levels

This day in history (May 6)

January 1 - Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
January 5 – Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, is drowned in the Limmat in Zürich, by the Zürich Reformed state church.