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1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Blondin

1953 – workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon. Source:  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/workers-assemble-first-corvette-in-flint-michigan

1901 – The first exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work opens. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_24

1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for the Typewriter. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes

1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services–known as G.I.s–for their efforts in World War II. Source – http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-gi-bill

1948 – Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_album

1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Taxi

1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend more than 20 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_Mahal

1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova

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