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Snooker historian Chris Turner looks back on this week in history, with John Parrott receiving an MBE for his charity work.

14 June 1996 - JP IS HONOURED

John Parrott was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. The award was not however for his achievements on the snooker table but for his charitable work on Merseyside.

14 June 2008 - TRIPLE SUCCESS FOR ENGLAND AT EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS.

At the European Championships in Lublin, Poland, English players took all the titles.

David Grace beat Craig Steadman 7-6 to win the main title and earn a main tour place while Reanne Evans beat Emma Bonney 5-3 to take the ladies title for the second year running. In the Masters event, Alan Trigg beat Kieran McMahan 5-4.

15 June 1823 - BIRTH OF JOHN ROBERTS SR.

Recognised as the unofficial world billiards champion for more than 20 years, John Roberts Sr. was born in Liverpool. He never held the official world title losing to William Cook in the inaugural championship in 1870. He travelled to Australia and helped the growth of the game there. He died aged 67 in 1893.

15 June 1849 - BIRTH OF WILLIAM COOK

William Cook, who became the first official World Billiards champion when he took the title in February 1870, was born. By coincidence he shared his birth date with his opponent, John Roberts Sr., although he was 26 years younger. He lost the title two months later to John Roberts Junior but held it again from May 1871 to 1874. He made several unsuccessful further challenges for the title over the following ten years.

15 June 2006 - BORG, JANS & VIRTANEN WIN EUROPEAN TITLES

In the EBSA European Championships in Constanta, Romania, Alex Borg retained the men's title beating Jeff Cundy 7-5. Wendy Jans took the ladies title with a 5-0 victory over Isabelle Jonckheere of Netherlands while Jyri Virtanen bet Kimmo Lang in an all-Finnish senior final.

15 June 2007 - DARREN MORGAN TAKES EURO MASTERS TITLE AND REANNE IS LADIES CHAMPION

In Carlow, Ireland former world number eight Darren Morgan won the EBSA European Masters Championship beating Kieran McMahon 5-2 in the final. In the Ladies Championship, Reanne Evans beat defending champion Wendy Jans 5-2.

16 June 2007 - TERRY IS HONOURED

1979 World Champion, Terry Griffiths, was awarded the OBE for services to snooker in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

16 June 2007 - VAN HOVE WINS EUROPEAN TITLE

In Carlow, Ireland Kevin van Hove of Belgium won the EBSA European Championship with a 7-2 victory over Ireland's Rodney Goggins.

17 June 2007 - SAENLA IS ASIAN CHAMPION

Thailand's Supoj Saenla beat Yasin Merchant of India 7-0 in the final of the ACBS Asian Championship in Pakistan to ensure a return to the main tour after a gap of four years.

18 June 1917 - JACK KARNEHM BORN

One of snooker's best television commentators Jack Karnehm was born. Although he played both games, Jack was a better billiards player than a snooker one. He was English Amateur billiards champion in 1969 and went on to win the World Amateur later the same year. He was runner-up to Rex Williams for the World Professional title in 1973. He later became a national coach. At snooker he entered the world championship on three occasions but never won a frame. He also designed spectacles for several snooker players including Fred Davis, John Pulman and, most memorably, Dennis Taylor. Jack died in 2002.

19 June 1992 - FUTURE STARS BEGIN THEIR PRO CAREERS

Future world champions, John Higgins and Mark Williams, both made winning starts to their professional careers. In the first qualifying round of the UK Championships at Blackpool, John beat Ray van der Nouwlan 5-0, opening with a break of 99, while Mark beat Jason Greaves 5-2. There were also debuts for Dominic Dale and Ian McCulloch. Dominic beat Brent Wells 5-3 but Ian began with a 1-5 defeat against Richard Wheelhouse.

20 June 1992 - RONNIE MAKES HIS PRO DEBUT...

Ronnie O'Sullivan made his debut as a professional in the qualifying rounds of the UK Championship at the Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool. He opened with a 5-2 victory over Jason Scott which included a break of 115 and which was the first of a record run of 38 consecutive victories.

20 June 1992 - AND SO DOES STEPHEN LEE.

Stephen Lee also began his pro career on the same day. He began with a 5-0 victory over Alan Edmonds, also in the UK Championship qualifying.

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