1932 Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita was born. A Japanese American actor, one of his roles was Arnold, cook and owner of Arnold’s Drive In restaurant on the TV show ‘Happy Days’ (1974-1984).

1988 The poisoned olive oil trial. The longest trial in Spanish history ended after 15 months. 1,500 witnesses were questioned to help decide who was responsible for poisoning 25,000 Spaniards in the toxic olive oil case. More than 600 died from the cheap olive oil, and thousands more were left partially paralyzed or suffering from other ailments in one of the worst public health disasters in modern history.

1997 Boxer Mike Tyson bites a big chunk off Evander Holyfield’s ear in the 3rd round of a boxing match. He was disqualified.

Uncle of my last ex-girlfriend. Really nice guy.

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Posted: Jun 28, 2013 - 4:32pm
Lazy8 wrote: winter wrote: Wikipedia says an FN instead of a Browning? Designed by Browning. When he began manufacturing under his own name (much later) manufacturing was done in Belgium by FN, who now own the Browning brand. But the name on the side in 1910 would have been FN. Ah. That makes sense.

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Posted: Jun 28, 2013 - 4:31pm
winter wrote: Wikipedia says an FN instead of a Browning? Designed by Browning. When he began manufacturing under his own name (much later) manufacturing was done in Belgium by FN, who now own the Browning brand. But the name on the side in 1910 would have been FN.

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Posted: Jun 28, 2013 - 2:56pm
cc_rider wrote: Using a Browning Model 1910. Six of that model were purchased by the conspirators. None of the six have ever been recovered. And that may not be totally out of the ballpark either. I tell ya what, I know a guy who knows all about this, let me get him down here and maybe we can make a deal.....(insert dumb comment by Chumlee here).

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Posted: Jun 28, 2013 - 2:46pm
cc_rider wrote: Using a Browning Model 1910. Six of that model were purchased by the conspirators. None of the six have ever been recovered. Wikipedia says an FN instead of a Browning?

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Posted: Jun 28, 2013 - 2:00pm
Proclivities wrote: 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, is assassinated in Sarajevo by 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip. Using a Browning Model 1910. Six of that model were purchased by the conspirators. None of the six have ever been recovered.

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National Tapioca Day

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1491 Henry VIII of England born. He had a reputation for being self indulgent, and was frequently represented eating a large drumstick.

1887 Coca-Cola syrup and extract were patented.

1932 Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita was born. A Japanese American actor, one of his roles was Arnold, cook and owner of Arnold’s Drive In restaurant on the TV show ‘Happy Days’ (1974-1984).

1997 Boxer Mike Tyson bites a big chunk off Evander Holyfield’s ear in the 3rd round of a boxing match. He was disqualified.

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Posted: Jun 28, 2013 - 11:08am
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, is assassinated in Sarajevo by 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip.

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1898 - Joshua Slocum becomes the first man to sail single-handedly around the world in the Spray - a 36-foot-9-inch (11.20 m) oyster sloop.

"...on June 27, 1898, he returned to Newport, Rhode Island, having circumnavigated the world, a distance of more than 46,000 miles (74,000 km). Slocum's return went almost unnoticed. The Spanish-American War which had begun two months earlier dominated the headlines. After the end of major hostilities, many American newspapers published articles describing Slocum's amazing adventure."

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Posted: Jun 26, 2013 - 9:54am
Battle of Mechanicsville

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Posted: Jun 26, 2013 - 5:50am
1927: The Cyclone roller coaster opens at Coney Island

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Posted: Jun 26, 2013 - 5:49am
1906: The first French Gran Prix is held

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Posted: Jun 25, 2013 - 5:59am
1876: George Custer five companies of the 7th Cavalry to their deaths

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Posted: Jun 24, 2013 - 11:38am
Red_Dragon wrote: 1846: Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone ....but, fortuitously, decided against calling it the Adolphophone in a move that saved a lot of subsequent embarrassment in the 1930's.

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Posted: Jun 24, 2013 - 11:00am
the BBC was talking about 75 years since the Kinder Transport on the breakfast news this morning. I'm not sure though that this is the exact date, more of a midpoint. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7742888.stm

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Posted: Jun 24, 2013 - 10:49am
1846: Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone

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Posted: Jun 23, 2013 - 9:33am
Okinawa marks 68th anniversary of bloody WWII battle

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Posted: Jun 15, 2013 - 5:43am
Benjamin Franklin flew a kite!

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