On this day
Published Date:
19 June 2008
June 26
1284 - According to legend, the Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin, Germany, away.
1483 - Richard III becomes king of England. He reigned for just over two years, until his death in 1485.
1974 - The Universal Product Code was scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The Universal Product Code is the barcode system used in the U.S and Canada.
1976 - The CN Tower was opened. The CN Tower held its record of being the tallest free standing building for 31-years, until an even taller building was opened in Dubai in 2007.
1996 - Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin was shot dead in her car in Dublin. The journalist had received numerous death threats after revealing many drug dealers in the area.
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