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30 June 2020

  • 00:00, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
dark brown cocktail on ice in a tall glass
Glass of fernet con coca

29 June 2020

  • 00:00, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Siad Barre
Siad Barre

28 June 2020

  • 00:00, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Tourtière with Canadiens flag
Tourtière with Canadiens flag

27 June 2020

  • 00:00, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Pascal, c. 1900
Pascal, c. 1900

26 June 2020

  • 00:00, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Ribblesdale in top hat, Chesterfield coat, and jodhpurs, carrying a riding whip
Lord Ribblesdale (1902)


25 June 2020

  • 00:00, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Boie's frog
Boie's frog

24 June 2020

  • 00:00, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Devo performing in 1978
Devo performing in 1978

23 June 2020

  • 12:00, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Sidi Darghut Mosque in 2012
Sidi Darghut Mosque
  • 00:00, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Strawberries and Cream Tree in full bloom in April 2020
Strawberries and Cream Tree
in full bloom in April 2020

22 June 2020

  • 12:00, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Lady Henrietta Berkeley
Lady Henrietta Berkeley
  • 00:00, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Location of the hum in Times Square, New York City
Location of the hum in Times Square, New York City

21 June 2020

  • 12:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Deep-sea Antipathes dendrochristos
Deep-sea Antipathes dendrochristos
  • 00:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
The Great Lunacy Case of Mr. W. F. Windham (1862)
The Great Lunacy Case of Mr. W. F. Windham (1862)

20 June 2020

  • 12:00, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
C. brasiliensis, a species in the C. major complex
C. brasiliensis, a species
in the C. major complex


  • 00:00, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Loyola's Vic Rouse shoots over Mississippi State's Aubrey Nichols
Loyola's Vic Rouse
shoots over Mississippi
State's Aubrey Nichols


19 June 2020

  • 12:00, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Crown House in 2015
Crown House in 2015
  • 00:00, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron

18 June 2020

  • 12:00, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Fonthill Casket, from the Khalili Collection of Spanish metalwork
Fonthill Casket, from the Khalili Collection of Spanish metalwork
  • 00:00, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Depiction of the 1831 Bristol riots
Depiction of the 1831 Bristol riots

17 June 2020

  • 12:00, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
  • 00:00, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Skittles
Skittles

16 June 2020

  • 12:00, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Walkiria Terradura
Walkiria Terradura
  • 00:00, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
La Parka Jr.
La Parka Jr.

15 June 2020

  • 12:00, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
The Burning of the United States steam frigate Missouri at Gibraltar, 1843
The Burning of the United States steam frigate Missouri at Gibraltar, 1843
  • 00:00, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

14 June 2020

  • 12:00, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Tilly Bébé with lions in 1905
Tilly Bébé with lions in 1905
  • 00:00, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Exit ramp going through the Gate Tower Building
Exit ramp going through the Gate Tower Building

13 June 2020

  • 12:00, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
Gold-striped frog
Gold-striped frog
  • 00:00, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
SS Dongola
SS Dongola

12 June 2020

  • 12:00, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
Portia White
Portia White
  • 00:00, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
Heuglin's gazelle
Heuglin's gazelle

11 June 2020

  • 12:00, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
James Dunn in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
James Dunn in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • 00:00, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Drużbart card
Drużbart card

10 June 2020

  • 12:00, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
MetLife Tower with lantern in fog
MetLife Tower with lantern in fog
  • 00:00, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Painted and gilded bowl by Yabu Meizan, c. 1910
Painted and gilded bowl by Yabu Meizan, c. 1910

9 June 2020

  • 12:00, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Thatbyinnyu Temple
Thatbyinnyu Temple
  • ... that King Sithu I of Burma founded and donated "boatloads of rubies" to the Thatbyinnyu Temple (pictured) in Bagan?
  • ... that during World War II, Royal Air Force ace Thomas Wallace lost his commission but nonetheless joined the volunteer reserve, where he downed seven enemy aircraft in three weeks?
  • ... that the historic Modern Art Foundry operates in what used to be the carriage house of the Steinway Mansion in New York City?
  • ... that Lisa Piccirillo solved a half-century-old mathematics problem in less than a week during her free time in graduate school?
  • ... that members of the Infrastructure Client Group account for 40 per cent of all spending on infrastructure in the United Kingdom?
  • ... that food writer Vir Sanghvi called Indigo "one of the most important establishments in Indian restaurant history"?
  • ... that the Alpha Michigan Brewing Company describes its location as the "smallest village in America with a brewery"?
  • ... that Irish milliner Philip Treacy said of the controversy surrounding his "pretzel hat" for Princess Beatrice, "I thought I would find myself with my head on a spike outside the Tower of London"?
  • 00:00, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Marie Bernays
Marie Bernays

8 June 2020

  • 12:00, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Ambay pumpwood
Ambay pumpwood
  • 00:00, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Pinhas Rutenberg caricatured in Punch on 7 June 1922
Pinhas Rutenberg caricatured in Punch on 7 June 1922

7 June 2020

  • 12:00, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
Reginald Heber, c. 1822
Reginald Heber
  • 00:00, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
Primary Jain symbol
Primary Jain symbol
  • ... that the ancient Indian religion Jainism (primary symbol pictured) holds that the universe was not created?
  • ... that the grand marble staircase entrance to Sony Hall was restored in 2013, but painted to appear more dilapidated than it truly was?
  • ... that Joe Davis, champion from 1927 to 1946, remains the only undefeated player at the World Snooker Championship?
  • ... that medical supply company Prestige Ameritech offered to manufacture millions of N95 masks in January, but was rebuffed by the U.S. government?
  • ... that "Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem" has been described as the "only medieval resurrection hymn still widely sung"?
  • ... that the 1964 Elektron satellites, launched in pairs to simultaneously measure the upper and lower Van Allen belts, marked the first time multiple satellites were orbited on a single Soviet rocket?
  • ... that Maria Paasche helped Jews and intellectuals escape Nazi Germany by taking them to Prague on her motorcycle?
  • ... that American rapper 6ix9ine requested permission from a judge to record the music video for "Gooba" while under house arrest?


6 June 2020

  • 12:00, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
Ping Yuen (foreground) in San Francisco
Ping Yuen (foreground) in San Francisco
  • 00:00, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
Laura Judd and her daughter in 1850
Laura Judd and her daughter in 1850

5 June 2020

  • 12:00, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Culture of S. aureus
Culture of S. aureus
  • 00:00, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Heinrich Schütz House
Heinrich Schütz House

4 June 2020

  • 12:00, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
40 Wall Street
40 Wall Street
  • 00:00, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Airmail by Edwin Boyd Johnson
  • ... that Airmail (pictured), a fresco featuring a barefoot and barechested flying mailman, was commissioned to commemorate one of the first American airmail facilities?
  • ... that 414 Tank Battalion, a mixed Dutch-German military unit, has been described as a step towards a European army?
  • ... that Oakland Athletics fans coined the chant "I believe in Stephen Vogt!", inspired by a similar U.S. men's national soccer team chant?
  • ... that Keep was the most downloaded fitness app in China between July and September 2018, with 38.8 million downloads?
  • ... that the B46 has been called "the most dangerous bus route" in New York City?
  • ... that a monument in Moscow honoring North Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh has been nicknamed the "flying saucer monument" by locals?
  • ... that Julian Wylie, known as the King of Pantomime, "never took to drink, he took to ice-cream"?
  • ... that Florida radio station WEBY received three threats to blow it up if it did not stop criticizing the sheriff of Okaloosa County?

3 June 2020

  • 12:00, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds
  • 00:00, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Jagdschloss Kranichstein in 1852
Jagdschloss Kranichstein in 1852

2 June 2020

  • 12:00, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Blue calamintha bee
Blue calamintha bee
  • 00:00, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem

1 June 2020

  • 12:00, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Rouen bust of Apollo, c. 1730
Rouen bust of Apollo, c. 1730



  • 00:00, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Junko Tabei
Junko Tabei