A bit of June 11th history…
1184 BC - Troy is sacked and burned according to calculations of Eratosthenes
1742 - Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
1776 - Continental Congress creates committee (Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Sherman and Livingston) to draft a Declaration of Independence
1963 - President Kennedy says segregation is morally wrong and that it is “time to act”
1963 - Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc immolates himself at a Saigon intersection, creating a Vietnam War iconic image (pictured)
2009 - WHO declares H1N1 swine flu to be a global pandemic - the 1st in 40 years
2018 - Net neutrality is officially repealed by Federal Communications Commission in the US
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