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Friday, 26 June 2020

ON THIS DAY JUNE 26th - JUST FOR FUN

1925  -"The Gold Rush", directed, starring and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released

1870-  Richard Wagner's opera "Valkyrie", second in his Ring Cycle premieres in Munich, featuring "Ride of the Valkyries"

1977 - "The Yorkshire Ripper" Kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne McDonald in Leeds. This saw a change in public perception as she was the first victim that wasn't a prostitute.

1974- The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio


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