History
On this day in 1844: Charles Goodyear received a patent for the process of rubber vulcanization.
On 15 June 1844, American inventor Charles Goodyear was granted US Patent No. 3,633 for the process of vulcanising rubber...
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On this day in 1947: India Congress accepted the British plan for the partition of India
On a sweltering summer day in New Delhi, the All-India Congress took a decision that would forever alter the course...
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On this dai in 1940: German forces march into Paris
On the morning of 14 June 1940, the sounds of German-accented voices echoed through the streets of Paris as loudspeakers...
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On this day in 1865: Irish poet William Butler Yeats was born.
Few literary figures embody the soul of a nation quite like William Butler Yeats. A poet, dramatist and political voice,...
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On this day in 1991: Jeltsin’s victory ushers in a new era for Russia
On 12 June 1991, history tilted on its axis as Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin became the first democratically elected president of...
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AA: Two desperate men create history’s most successful recovery programme
On 10 June 1935, in a modest home in Akron, Ohio, two strangers sat down for a conversation that would...
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On this day: Margaret Thatcher secures second term in decisive 1983 election
On 9 June 1983, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party achieved a resounding victory in the United Kingdom’s general election, securing a...
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On this day in 1949: George Orwell’s ‘1984’ published
When George Orwell published "Nineteen Eighty-Four" on 8 June 1949, he could hardly have imagined how prophetic his dystopian vision...
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ON this day in 1967: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem during the Six-Day War
In June 1967, the world watched as the Middle East erupted into a brief but transformative conflict known as the...
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Robert F. Kennedy dies from from shot wounds
On 6 June 1968, the United States awoke to the devastating news that Senator Robert F. Kennedy had died, succumbing...
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