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Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1723 Adam Smith (in Kirkcaldy, Scotland), economist, born.
In 1783 Joseph Jaques Montgolfier becomes the first to fly (10 minute) in a hot-air balloon.
In 1833 Ada Lovelace (future first computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage.
In 1849 Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy.
In 1875 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens.
In 1883 John Maynard Keynes (in Cambridge, England), another economist, born.
In 1900 Dennis Gabor, inventor of holography (3D laser photography), born.
In 1940 Battle of France begins in WW II.
In 1940 First synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron, OH.
In 1944 First B-29 bombing raid one plane lost; engine failure.
In 1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt begin Six-Day War.
In 1968 Sen. Robert F. Kennedy assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles (by Sirhan Sirhan) after winning the Democratic Primary.
In 1975 Suez Canal reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close).
In 1977 Revolution in the Seychelles Islands.
In 1980 Soyuz T-2 is launched.
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