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Monday, June 07, 2010

Today In History...

"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"
George Santayana

  • 1993 Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  • 1989 For one second this morning; the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89.
  • 1981 Israeli F-15's and F-16's destroy Iraqi plutonium production facility.
  • 1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem.
  • 1965 Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional.
  • 1954 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
  • 1946 U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel.
  • 1938 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown.
  • 1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state.
  • 1887 Monotype typecasting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington D.C.
  • 1775 United Colonies change name to United States.
  • 1692 Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000. Not to mention it illuminated the town.

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