On this day ......

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26 May 1650 – Birth of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough

 

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May 26, 1896 – Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.

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May 27, 1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.

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30 May 1757 – Birth of Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Addington,_1st_Viscount_Sidmouth

 

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May 30, 1917 – Alexander I becomes king of Greece.

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31 May 1923 – Birth of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_III,_Prince_of_Monaco

 

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May 31, 1819 – Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist was born.(d. 1892)

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June 1, 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress was born. (d. 1962)

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June 2, 1910 – Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.

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2 June 1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II

 

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4 June 1941 – Death of Wilhelm II, former German Emperor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor

 

[BillyT]

June 4, 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.

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6 June 1898 – Birth of Dame Ninette de Valois, OM, CH, DBE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninette_de_Valois

 

[BillyT]

June 7, 1654 – Louis XIV is crowned King of France.

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June 8, 1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater was born. (d. 1959)

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9 June 1845 – Birth of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, 36th Governor-General of India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,_4th_Earl_of_Minto

 

[BillyT]

June 9, 1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.

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June 10, 1921 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is born.

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11 June 1919 – Birth of Richard Todd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Todd

 

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June 11, 1944 – USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.

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