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5:01am Tuesday 10th June 2008
10th June 1752 - Benjamin Franklin conducts his famous lightning experiment during a thunderstorm.
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5:54am Monday 9th June 2008
9th June 1822 - False teeth are patented by Charles Graham.
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5:03am Friday 6th June 2008
6th June 1844 - London's YMCA is founded by George Williams - a draper's assistant who is appalled by conditions many young apprentices live in.
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5:01am Thursday 5th June 2008
5th June 1661 - Isaac Newton is admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a student.
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5:58am Wednesday 4th June 2008
4th June 1896 - Henry Ford takes his first Ford automobile for a trial run around the streets of Detroit.
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5:26am Monday 2nd June 2008
2nd June 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
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5:23am Saturday 31st May 2008
31st May 1669 - Samuel Pepys gives up writing his diary, as his eyesight was failing.
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