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Dingwad's Emporium of Dumbdom: June 10:

1692
Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".

1829
First Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge.

1846
The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.

1854
The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.

1869
Machine-frozen food was transported a significant distance in the U.S. for the first time. A shipment of frozen Texas beef had been processed by refrigeration equipment invented by John Gorrie, and delivered by the steamship Agnes in New Orleans, La.

1871
Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 Marines in naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island Shinmiyangyo, Korea.

1881
Count Leo Tolstoy sets off on a pilgrimage to a monastery disguised as a peasant. Tolstoy had already produced his two greatest masterpieces War and Peace (1865-1869) and Anna Karenina (1875-1877).

1886
Eruption of Mount Tarawera in New Zealand, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.

1890
Black American inventor Daniel Johnson received a patent for "Grass Receivers for Lawn Mowers", a grass catcher.

1902
An "Automatic Air Brake" patent was issued to black American inventor Granville T. Woods, which was an important safety device for the railroads.

1924
The first U.S. portable electrical stethoscope was demonstrated in Chicago, Ill. to amplify the sounds of the human body.

1940
Norway surrenders to Germany.

1943
The ball point pen was patented by Laslo Biro

1945
Australian Imperial Forces landed in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.

1947
Saab produces its first automobile.

1952
Mylar® was registered as a DuPont trademark for an extraordinarily strong polyester film that grew out of the development of Dacron® in the early 1950s.

1954
General Motors announced their GM Turbocruiser, a modifed GMC coach powered by a gas turbine.

2003
The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.