28th June 1838: Queen Victoria crowned at Westminster Abbey following the death of her uncle, William IV
2026/06/28
For many observers, Victoria’s appearance and behaviour during the coronation ceremony contributed positively to perceptions of the monarchy as her youth and visibility contrasted with the image of earlier Hanoverian ...
27th June 1905: Mutiny on board the Russian battleship Potemkin
2026/06/27
Seven of the ship’s eighteen officers, including Giliarovsky and the Captain, were killed in the mutiny before the Tsar's forces launched a crackdown at the Odessa ...
26th June 1974: World’s first barcode scanned on a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum
2026/06/26
Sharon Buchanan, a cashier at the Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio, scanned the world’s first Universal Product Code (better known as a barcode) on a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit ...
25th June 1967: Our World, live global television production, broadcast using satellite technology
2026/06/25
Organised by the BBC in cooperation with broadcasters from around the world, the Our World programme connected participants in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia using satellite ...
24th June 1374: Dancing Plague breaks out in the German city of Aachen and continues for many weeks
2026/06/24
Known variously as St John's Dance, St Vitus' Dance, or the ‘dancing plague’, the occurrence in Aachen was neither the first nor the last outbreak but is one of the best ...
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