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.
1882 - The electric iron is patented by Henry Seeley.
1907 Persil - the world's first household detergent - is launched.
1936 - Gatwick Airport opens.
2001 - A man from Essex stuns doctors after his heart stops 13 times - and he makes a full recovery.
2005 - Russell Crowe, who starred in Gladiator', is arrested in New York for allegedly throwing a telephone at a hotel employee where he was staying.
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