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On June 8, 1783
Iceland’s Laki volcano erupted and continued to spew lava for eight months. 9,350 people were killed and famine started and lasted until 1790. |
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On June 9, 1934
Donald Duck made his debut in the Silly Symphonies cartoon "The Wise Little Hen." |
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On June 10, 1993
It was announced by scientists that genetic material was extracted from an insect that lived when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. |
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On June 13, 1983:
The unmanned U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system. It was launched in March 1972. The first up-close images of the planet Jupiter were provided by Pioneer 10. |
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On June 14, 1951
"Univac I" was unveiled. It was a computer designed for the U.S. Census Bureau and billed as the world's first commercial computer. |
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On June 15, 1752:
Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark that showed the relationship between lightning and electricity. |
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June 16, 1911 - IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
Yes. It's been exactly 100 Years. View IBM’s 100 Icons of Progress - http://www.ibm.com/ibm100/us/en/icons/ |
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Today is a Public Holiday in South Africa (Youth Day) to commemorate the uprising by the youth of Soweto on this day in 1976.
----------------------------------------It is generally acknowledged that this marked the beginning of the end for the Apartheid regime and the ultimate unbanning of the ANC, release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 and democratic elections in 1994. Soweto Uprising
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Father´s day in Chile and in many Countries
I do care -we care , unfortunaly many don´t .. |
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