Today in Johnson City History, Thursday, June 11, 2026
June continues!
Sunday, June 11, 1752: Two hundred and seventy-four years ago today, “Benjamin Franklin sent a kite soaring into a thunderstorm, brought his knuckle near a key he had tied to the string, and watched a spark leap out. He then proceeded to touch the key to a Leyden jar and charge it – thus proving his theory of ‘’the sameness of electrical matter with tha…