Monday, 8 June 2015

Today in History 8th June

Hello gentle reader, lets hike into the wilderness of history and try not to stray from the path....you may get lost.

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630: The Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies in Medina.


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1867: Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect is born.


 

1949: George Orwell's novel 1984 is published in the UK.


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1955: Tim Berners Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web is born in London.

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1972: Phon Thi Kim Phuc is burned by napalm. 
The photograph of her running along a road won a Pulitzer Prize 
and became an iconic image of the Vietnam War.

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1992: The first World Ocean Day.

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#muhammad #georgeorwell #1984 #phantimkimphuc #vietnamwar #worldoceanday #franklloydwright #timbernerslee

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