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Post by johnmori on Jun 5, 2022 7:33:22 GMT -5
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June 5, 1975 The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
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Post by soutxed on Jun 5, 2022 8:20:22 GMT -5
June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene.
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 5, 2022 10:35:46 GMT -5
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NATIONAL GINGERBREAD DAY | June 5 The term “gingerbread” originally referred to preserved ginger, later referring to a confection made up of honey and spices.
Gingerbread is a sweet food that typically uses honey or molasses rather than just sugar and is flavored with ginger. Gingerbread foods range from a soft, moist loaf cake to something closer to a ginger biscuit.
It is believed that gingerbread was first brought to Europe in 992 by an Armenian monk. He lived there for seven years teaching gingerbread cooking to the French priests and Christians until his death in 999.
Sources indicate that in 1444, Swedish nuns were baking gingerbread to ease indigestion.
In the 17th century, gingerbread biscuits were sold in monasteries, pharmacies and town square farmers markets. During the 18th century, gingerbread became widely available.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 5, 2022 23:18:32 GMT -5
People aren't always praying for what you'd expect. According to a 2014 survey by a Christian retailer LifeWay in Nashville, 7 percent of Christian Americans pray for a parking spot! Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Jun 6, 2022 5:03:31 GMT -5
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June 6, 1944 Commencement of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
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Post by BillG on Jun 6, 2022 6:08:47 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 6th is "World Pest Day".
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Post by soutxed on Jun 6, 2022 8:01:04 GMT -5
June 6, 1944. American soldiers frantically wade toward Omaha Beach during the chaotic initial stage of the Normandy Invasion in France, and eventually defeat Adolf Hitler and the German Nazis during World War Two.
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 6, 2022 9:42:42 GMT -5
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June 6th National Eyewear Day On June 6th we can see clearly and look good doing it as we celebrate National Eyewear Day. Spectacles have been around for about seven centuries, but early versions were only worn by monks and scholars. It wasn’t until the invention of the printing press in 1452 and an increase in literacy that the demand for eyewear grew as well.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 6, 2022 23:14:46 GMT -5
We have musical roads. There's a highway in Lancaster, California, that plays the "William Tell Overture" — or the theme from "The Lone Ranger" — whenever cars drive over it at 55 mph. Yes, roads that sing! Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Jun 7, 2022 3:29:17 GMT -5
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June 7, 1975 Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.
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Post by BillG on Jun 7, 2022 7:14:12 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 7th is "National Chocolate Ice Cream Day."
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Post by soutxed on Jun 7, 2022 9:41:49 GMT -5
June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy, a “Creole of color,” was arrested for refusing to leave a whitesonly car of the East Louisiana Railroad. (Ruling on his case, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld “separate but equal” racial segregation, a concept it renounced in 1954.) Proof that the Scotus can reverse itself.
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 7, 2022 11:40:37 GMT -5
Who Knew???National Oklahoma Day on June 7th recognizes the 46th state to be granted statehood. The panhandled state of Oklahoma is a dotted series of granite mountain peaks, sloping sandstone ridges, rolling hills, and plains. In 1803, the land became part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase. Congress granted statehood on November 16, 1907.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 7, 2022 21:46:04 GMT -5
The U.S. is more prepared for a zombie invasion than you probably knew. The actual U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a real website devoted to "zombie preparedness." Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Jun 8, 2022 7:01:56 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 8th is "World Oceans Day".
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