Today is Tuesday June 28, the 180th day in the year 2016.
On this day:
1834 - Queen Victoria was crowned
1861 - the Irish born explorer, Robert Burke of Australia passed on
1930 - The aircraft, jet engine was patented by Frank Whittle
1939 - PAN AM began broadcasting from the United States to Europe
1950 - City of Seoul was captured by North Korean forces
1966 - The US Government broke her links with Argentina due to takeover in Argentina by military
1979 - Three new denominations of the national currency with portraits of Heroes such as; Herbert Macaulay, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Dr. Alvan Ikoku, became
1984 - Federal Government lost in the Lords over plans to scrap the GLC
1990 - Romanian Ion Iliesco became the President of Romania
BIRTHDAYS TODAY:
1721 - French writer , Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1918 - Viscount Whitelaw, Conservative politician
1927 - Mel Brooks, American comedy director & actor
1929 - British newspaper editor , Harold Evans
1936 - Cricketer , Sir Garfield Sobers
1936 - Comedy actor , John Inman
1946 - American actress ,Gilda Radner
1982 - Programmer ,Jennifer Freeman
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