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Old 06-16-2011, 07:30 PM
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June 17th
1631 ~ Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Her husband, Shah Jahan I, build her a tomb, the Taj Mahal.

1885 ~ The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York.

1898 ~ Birthday of M.C. Escher, Dutch Artist.

1928 ~ Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.

1945 ~ Birthday of Ken Livingstone, English politician (first Mayor of London).

1961 ~ Rudolf Nureyev defected at Le Bourget airport in Paris.

1966 ~ Birthday of Christy Canyon, former Porn Actress.

1974 ~ The Irish Republican Army bombed the UK’s House of Parliament.

1975 ~ Birthday of Chloe Jones, former Porn Actress.

1996 ~ Death of Thomas Kuhn, Philosopher of science (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions).
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