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Historical Events of the week

07/06/1982 - Graceland was opened to public 08/06/1783 - Volcano Laki in Iceland began an eight month eruption
09/06/1934 - Donald duck made his debut in the cartoon feature " The wise little hen"
10/06/1938 - Ball point pen was patented by Laszlo and George biro
11/06/1892 - The Limelight department, one of the world's first film studios was established in Melbourne, Australia
12/06/1981 - "Raiders of the Lost Ark", the 1st of the Indiana Jones triology was released
13/06/23BC - Alexander the great died in Babylon
14/06/68 - Robin knox-Johnson set sail on his solo voyage around the world
15/06/98 - The 2pond coin was introduced into circulation
16/06/61 - Rudolf Nureyev defected to the west
17/06/1631 - Mumtaz died. Her grieving husbnd Shah Jahan I set about building the Taj Mahal as a monument to his love for her
18/06/1815 - The battle of waterloo took place
19/06/1978 - Garfield first appeared in a comic
20/06/1837 - Victoria became Queen of England
21/06/1963 - Pope Paul VI was elected ; he was the last Pope to wear the papal tiara
22/06/1986 - Diego Marodona scored the 'Hand of God' goal against England in the world cup
23/06/1314 - The battle of Bannockbum began
24/06/1916 - Mary Pickford became the 1st actress to get a million dollar contract
25/06/1905 - The cullian diamond was discovered in South Africa, the largest gem diamond ever discovered
26/06/1284 - According to the legend, the day the Pied Piper led the children of Hamelin away, never to be seen again.
27/06/1746 - Flora MacDonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape the English by disguising him as a maid
28/06/1930 - Mick the Miller became the first dog to win the Greyhound derby twice(UK)
29/06/1613 - The original globe theatre was burnt down after the roof was accidently set on fire by a cannon being fired during a performance
30/06/1936 - 'Gone with the wind' by Margaret Michell was published
31/06/1912 - The first royalcommand performance took place at the the Palace theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London

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