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June 15Happy Birthday to American actress, director and producer Helen Hunt (1963). In 1985, at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Rembrandt's painting Danae is attacked by a man who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife. |
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June 16Until July 19 at Ardel Gallery of Modern Art on Boromrachonanee Road, see Heaven Made, an exhibition of paintings that explore ideas if belief and faith by local artist Patcharapong Meesilp. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 422 2092. In 1967, the Monterey Pop Music Festival begins. The festival featured the first major US concert appearances by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who and Ravi Shankar. |
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June 17In 1987, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow, a small bird found in Florida, USA, becomes extinct largely due to pollution and pesticides. In 1967, The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. |
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June 18In 1996, American singer-songwriter Beck releases fifth album, Odelay. The album goes on to win numerous awards and is later included on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2006, the first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat, is launched. |
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June 19See renowned Bakery Music songwriters Sukie, Boyd and Somkiat reunite for their B Day Dance Party concert. Enjoy performances by guest artists like Ben Chalatit, Moderndog, Yokee Playboy, Burin, Nop Pornchamni, Gene Kasidit, Boy Trai, Triumph Kingdom, Be Peerapat and more from 7 pm at Royal Paragon Hall. Tickets are 1,500 to 3,000 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. In 1978, Garfield makes its debut. It goes on to become the world's most widely syndicated comic strip. |
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June 20Birthday wishes go out to Australian actress Nicole Kidman (1967). In 1840, Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph. |
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June 21In 2004, SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight. In 1948, Columbia Records introduces the new long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. |
