This Week in History

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25th June 1947: Anne Frank's diary is published for the first time.
24th June 1374: People begin dancing uncontrollably in the city of Aachen, Germany, in what comes to be known as St John's Dance
26th June 1974: A packet of gum becomes the first product to be sold using a barcode.

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18 June 1984 - 'The Battle of Orgreave' sees police officers clash with striking miners.
16 June 1824 - The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (now known as the RSPCA) is formed.
21 June 1948 - The world’s first stored-program computer is switched on in Manchester.

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8th June 793: A Viking raid on the island of Lindisfarne marks the beginning of the Viking Age in Europe.
9th June 1975: The first live transmission from the House of Commons is broadcast on the radio.
9th June 1898: China leases Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.

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6 June 1944: Allied forces begin their assault on Nazi occupied France in an invasion officially called Operation Overlord but more commonly known as D-Day.
5 June 1963: Scandal erupts at Westminster, when John Profumo resigns from government after confessing to an affair with the model Christine Keeler.
5 June 1833: Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage meet at a party at Babbage's London townhouse. The two friends' work laid the foundation for modern computing.

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25th May 1895: Oscar Wilde is sentenced to two years hard labour for the crime of gross indecency.
27th May 1703: St Petersburg is founded on the banks of the Neva River
25th May 1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector, leading to the restoration of the monarchy. Charles II lands at Dover exactly one year later.