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Monday 16 June 2008

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On this day in history.

1961 - Russian dancer in freedom dash.

1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbour.

1939 - Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre.

1940 - World War II: the British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.

1970 - Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera.

1972 - Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.

1987 - With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.

1994 - Following a televised low-speed highway chase and a failed attempt at suicide, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

2000 - Alan Shearer scores the only goal of the game for England v Germany in Euro 2000.

2000 - The happiest day of our lives as ILuvNUFC Junior was born. Happy 8th birthday son. :)

Geordie Bart

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