JUN
1875
02
Alexander bell makes the first voice transmission on a telephone During the testing, no intelligible words were transmitted, but sounds resembling human speech were heard at the receiving end.
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JUN
1997
05
The Apple II, one of the first useful PCs, goes on sale The Apple II was an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products.
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JUN
1929
07
Vatican City becomes a sovereign state The dispute between the Italian govt. and the Catholic Church ended in 1929 with the signing of the Lateran Pacts, which allowed the Vatican to exist as its own sovereign state.
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JUN
1934
09
Donald Duck makes his first-ever appearance Donald Duck's first film appearance in a cartoon film series called The Wise Little Hen, The film's release date of June 9 is officially recognized as Donald's birthday
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JUN
1770
11
Captain James Cook lands in Australia Captain James Cook 'discovered' the Great Barrier Reef the hard way when his ship Endeavour ran into it on 11 June 1770 and nearly sank.
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JUN
1942
14
Anne Frank begins to keep a diary “On Friday, June 12th, I woke up at six o’clock and no wonder; it was my birthday.” -Anne’s first diary entry, June 14, 1942
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JUN
1752
15
Benjamin Franklin shows that lightning is electricity Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm and collects electrical charge in a jar, enabling him to demonstrate the connection between lightning and electricity.
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JUN
1815
18
Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo Defeat of Napoleon ended the 23 years of recurrent warfare between France and the other powers of Europe.
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JUN
1978
22
A moon of the planet Pluto called Charon is discovered The largest of Pluto's five moons, Charon, was discovered on June 22, 1978, by James Christy and Robert Harrington
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JUN
1983
24
The first female American astronaut, Sally Ride, returns to earth On June 18, physicist Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space. She safely returned to Earth onboard Space Shuttle Challenger
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JUN
1979
26
Muhammad Ali retires from boxing Ali retired from professional boxing at the age of 37. His retirement did not last long and he returned to boxing before his final retirement in 1981.
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JUN
1919
28
World War I ends with the signing of the controversial Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles' so-called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I.
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JUN
1905
30
Einstein publishes “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies'' In 1905 (age 26), while a class 3 clerk, Albert Einstein published five papers that shocked the physics community and drastically transformed our view of the universe.
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