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On This Day in History ~ June ~ juin ~ giugno ~ jśnius
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Jun16
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1963 |
Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space |
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| 1960 | 'Psycho' was premiered in New York | ||
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1959 |
Liberace won £8,000 libel charges from The Daily Mirror for implying that he was a homosexual |
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| 1939 | The last public execution in France by guillotine took place | ||
| 1860 | Brunel's ship The Great Eastern began her maiden voyage | ||
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1910 |
Father's Day was initiated in the USA | |
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1960 |
Nan Winton became the first woman to read the news on BBC tv | |
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1970 |
Tony Jacklin became the first Englishman for 50 years to win the US Open golf championship |
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| 1854 | Charles Lucas won the first Victoria Cross when he retrieved and disposed of an unexploded enemy bomb | ||
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1867 |
Barbed wire was patented | |
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Jun23 |
1924 |
The seeding system was introduced to the Wimbledon tennis championships | |
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