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1692: First “witch” hanged in Salem Village
Being found guilty of “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries,” Bridget Bishop on this day in 1692 became the first person to be hanged during the Salem witch trials in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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1907: Autochrome Lumière color photography is introduced
The process was invented by the legendary Lumière brothers in 1903. It was the first practical and commercially successful technology for the production of color photos.
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1935: Alcoholics Anonymous is founded
Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith established the Mutual Aid Fellowship to battle alcoholism. Today, the organization is active in many countries around the world.
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1936: The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is established
The film studio produced a total of 1530 movies, among them some of the best-known films of the Soviet era, such as Hedgehog in the Fog and The Bremen Town Musicians.
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1940: With Italy’s declaration of war against Britain and France, the North African Campaign of World War II begins today. Britain will drive allies fascist Italy and Nazi Germany from the region in an operation that will successfully conclude in 1943. Combat will take place under the Western Desert Campaign (Egypt and Libya, a.k.a. the Desert War), Operation Torch (Algeria and Morocco) and the Tunisia Campaign. (pic: Ethiopians are made to salute Italian dictator Benito Mussolini).
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1967: The Six-Day War ends – srael and Syria agreed to observe a ceasefire mediated by the United Nations, ending six days of armed conflict. On the previous day, Israel had occupied the Golan Heights.
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1975: Having reopened the Suez Canal on 5 June after an eight-year closure during the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition against Israel, Egypt allows Israeli ships to again use the canal.
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1980: Nelson Mandela’s first major political statement from prison is published. In South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) publishes a statement by Nelson Mandela, the long-imprisoned leader of the anti-apartheid movement. The message, which Mandela had written in response to the 1976 Soweto uprising, had been smuggled out of Robben Island prison years later under great risk. It ends with the rallying cry: “UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! Between the anvil of united mass action and the hammer of the armed struggle, we shall crush apartheid and white minority racist rule.”
1990: In 1990 the South African Black activist Nelson Mandela, who had just been released from his extended imprisonment, encouraged Makeba to return to South Africa, and she performed there in 1991 for the first time since 31 years in exile.
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1993: The Abuja High Court, with Justice Bassey Ikpeme presiding, issues an order restraining NEC from conducting the presidential election on June 12, 1993. This follows a suit brought by a largely ‘shadowy organization’, the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN), headed by Chief Arthur Nzeribe, a disqualified presidential aspirant. Michael O’Brien of the US Information Agency in Lagos states that postponement of the elections is ‘unacceptable’ to the US government.
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1999: The Kosovo War ends – Slobodan Milošević, then President of Serbia, agreed to withdraw his troops from the disputed territory following a massive NATO bombing campaign. NATO’s involvement has been criticized for its lack of a U.N. mandate.
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2004: Death of Ray Charles
American musical icon Ray Charles died on this day Thursday of complications from liver disease at his home in Beverly Hills.
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BIRTHS ON THIS DAY: June 10
Prince Philip, the former Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II was born; as Philippos Schleswig-Holstein Soenderburg-Glücksburg on the Greek island of Corfu. On his death (9th April 2021) the title passed to Prince Charles.
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Elizabeth Hurley, 59 years
Elizabeth Jane Hurley is an English actress and model. As an actress, Hurley’s best-known film roles have been as Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and as the Devil in Bedazzled.