On This Day On This Day | 10 June

On This Day | 10 June

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On this day:1907: First commercially successful colored photography, Autochrome Lumière color photography, is introduced 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous is founded by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith  1967: The Six-Day War between Israel and Syria ends Born on this day:1921: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Greek/English husband of Elizabeth II

On This Day On This Day | 09 June

On This Day | 09 June

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On this day:1752: French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly, India 1928: Charles Kingsford Smith completes the world’s first trans-Pacific flight Gone on this day:1870: Charles Dickens, English author 1974: Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, poet, Nobel Prize laureate 2011: M. F. Husain, Indian artist, painter

On This Day On This Day | 08 June

On This Day | 08 June

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On this day:1949: George Orwell publishes Nineteen Eighty-Four, one of the best known English novels 1972: Nick Út takes his famous “napalm girl” Pulitzer winning photo 1987: New Zealand becomes a nuclear-free zone Born on this day:1916: Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate Gone on this day:1809: Read more…