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Post by marcus on Jun 5, 2011 6:00:44 GMT
On this day ......
5 June 1968
Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
Senator Robert Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 5, 2011 12:43:53 GMT
On this day 5 June
1956 - Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" was released.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 6, 2011 11:54:32 GMT
On this day 6 June
1972 - David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars" was released.
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Post by marcus on Jun 6, 2011 15:02:27 GMT
On this day
6th June 1944
D-Day landings in Normandy - World War II.
Start of the liberation of Europe from German occupation.
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Post by marcus on Jun 7, 2011 6:38:48 GMT
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7th June 1982
Graceland is opened to the public for the first time, almost five years after the death of Elvis Presley.
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Post by marcus on Jun 8, 2011 9:52:01 GMT
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8th June 1949
George Orwell's novel ' Nineteen Eighty-Four' was published.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 8, 2011 18:50:13 GMT
On this day 8 June
1961 - Elvis Presley's seventh film, "Wild in the Country" premiered.
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Post by marcus on Jun 9, 2011 6:19:06 GMT
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9th June 1873
Alexandra Palace, in London, burns down after being open for only 16 days.
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Post by nocky2 on Jun 9, 2011 9:43:54 GMT
On this day in history, 9th June1822. The first false teeth patent was awarded to American Charles Graham.  |
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 9, 2011 18:30:10 GMT
On this day 9 June
1969 - Brian Jones announced he was leaving The Rolling Stones because he didn't agree with the band's musical direction.
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Post by marcus on Jun 10, 2011 6:03:24 GMT
On this day .....
10th June 1935
Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 10, 2011 18:34:42 GMT
1998 - DMX was arrested in New York on charges of rape, sodomy and unlawful imprisonment. DMX denied the charges.
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Post by marcus on Jun 11, 2011 17:52:51 GMT
On this day ....
11th June 1907
George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismissed Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 11, 2011 18:17:37 GMT
On this day 11 June
1969 - David Bowie's single, "Space Oddity," was released to coincide with the first lunar landing.
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Post by marcus on Jun 12, 2011 7:32:39 GMT
On t65his day ....
12 June 1965
The Beatles are awarded MBE.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 12, 2011 12:15:18 GMT
On this day 12 June
1959 - The album "Chuck Berry on Top" was released by Chuck Berry.
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Post by marcus on Jun 13, 2011 6:49:56 GMT
On this day .....
13 June 1981
At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fired six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 13, 2011 13:14:29 GMT
On this day 13 June
1989 - Jerry Lee Lewis got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Post by marcus on Jun 14, 2011 17:28:59 GMT
On this day .....
14th June 1982.
Surrender to the British of the Argentine Armed Forces in East & West Falkland.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 14, 2011 18:18:27 GMT
On this day 14 June
1965 - Bob Dylan recorded "Like A Rolling Stone."
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Post by marcus on Jun 15, 2011 6:26:11 GMT
On this day ....
14th June 1215
King John sealed the Magna Carta.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 15, 2011 18:27:36 GMT
On this day 15 June
1958 - The Platters sang "Twilight Time" on Ed Sullivan.
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Post by marcus on Jun 16, 2011 6:45:27 GMT
On this day .....
16 June 1903
The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 16, 2011 13:44:23 GMT
On this day 16 June
1993 - The U.S. Postal Service released a set of seven stamps that featured Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Clyde McPhatter, Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Dinah Washington and Elvis Presley.
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Post by marcus on Jun 17, 2011 5:59:40 GMT
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17th June 1885
The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City harbour, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, on board the French frigate Isere. Officially known as "Liberty Enlightening the World," the statue was proposed by French historian Edouard Laboulaye to commemorate the Franco-American alliance during the American Revolution and also to celebrate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 17, 2011 18:18:50 GMT
On this day 17 June
1972 - Paul McCartney released "Mary Had a Little Lamb." What? 
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Post by marcus on Jun 18, 2011 6:03:24 GMT
On this day ....
18th June 1984
A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners took place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners' strike.
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Post by elvisuk on Jun 18, 2011 13:23:30 GMT
On this day 18 June
1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its debut performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in California.
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Post by marcus on Jun 19, 2011 7:05:25 GMT
On this day ......
19th June 1910
The first 'Father's Day' was celebrated in the town of Spokane, USA
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Post by marcus on Jun 20, 2011 7:27:28 GMT
On this day ....
20th June 1975
‘Jaws' a film directed by Steven Spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opened in theatres around America on this day in 1975. The story of a great white shark that terrorised a New England resort town became an instant blockbuster and was the highest-grossing film in movie history until it was bested by 1977's ‘Star Wars’...
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