On This Day...

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 Mon 9 Jun 08
	9th June 1822 - False teeth are patented by Charles Graham.

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	5:03am Fri 6 Jun 08
	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 Thu 5 Jun 08
	5th June 1661 - Isaac Newton is admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a student.

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	5:58am Wed 4 Jun 08
	4th June 1896 - Henry Ford takes his first Ford automobile for a trial run around the streets of Detroit.

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	5:56am Tue 3 Jun 08
	3rd June 1940 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris

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	5:26am Mon 2 Jun 08
	2nd June 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.

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	5:18am Sun 1 Jun 08
	1st June 1533 - Anne Boleyn crowned Queen of England.

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	5:23am Sat 31 May 08
	31st May 1669 - Samuel Pepys gives up writing his diary, as his eyesight was failing.

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	5:21am Fri 30 May 08
	30th May 1848 - The ice-cream freezer is patented.

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