Overview
About the event
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� National Camera Day
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� World Industrial Design Day
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� International Mud Day
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� St Peter�??s Day
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� Hug Holiday
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� International Day of the Tropics
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� International Fisherman Day
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?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1613 �?? The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground
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?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1620 �?? English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound.
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1922 �?? France grants "one square kilometer" at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1927 �?? The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
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?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1952 �?? The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952.
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1976 �?? The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1976 �?? The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1987 �?? Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1995 �?? Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 2007 �?? Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone
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?�Birth Anniversary
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1893 �?? Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian economist and statistician (died 1972)
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1945 �?? Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1954- Oprah Winfrey's birthday
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?�Death Anniversary
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 1990 �?? Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (born 1916)
?�?�?�?�?�?�?� 2022 �?? Hershel W. Williams, American Marine Corps warrant officer, last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II (born 1923)