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30 June 2021

  • 00:00, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
Coxiella burnetii, which causes Q fever
Coxiella burnetii, which causes Q fever

29 June 2021

  • 00:00, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Carolyn Huntoon
Carolyn Huntoon

28 June 2021

  • 00:00, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Campaign button from Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign
Campaign button from Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign

27 June 2021

  • 00:00, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
Marie André Cantillon
Marie André Cantillon

26 June 2021

  • 00:00, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
Bush Tower
Bush Tower

25 June 2021

  • 00:00, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Françoise Hardy
Françoise Hardy

24 June 2021

  • 00:00, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
Male hooded visorbearer
Male hooded visorbearer

23 June 2021

  • 00:00, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
Esplanade Mansions
Esplanade Mansions

22 June 2021

  • 00:00, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
Poster for Run, Little Chillun
Poster for Run, Little Chillun

21 June 2021

  • 00:00, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
Sculpture of Indrani
Sculpture of Indrani

20 June 2021

  • 00:00, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
Current chancery of the Philippine embassy in Berlin
Current chancery of the Philippine embassy in Berlin

19 June 2021

  • 12:00, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
  • ... that the 1976 "Britain Awake" speech by Margaret Thatcher (pictured) led to her being nicknamed the "Iron Lady" by a Soviet newspaper?
  • ... that after Nurhajizah Marpaung unsuccessfully defended Butar Butar against human rights violations, she became the first woman to serve as vice governor of North Sumatra?
  • ... that Helene P. Foley's Sather Lecture on the reception of Greek theatre in the United States was described as "something of a milestone" in bringing the subject closer to the mainstream?
  • ... that Iskaq Tjokrohadisurjo decided against working for the Dutch colonial government because he was treated well in the Netherlands?
  • ... that TRW Vidar was a technological pioneer in a business that its parent company soon decided to leave?
  • ... that the first translation of the
    Mufti Faizul Waheed
    ?
  • ... that an improperly dismantled orphan radiation source injured three lumberjacks and killed one of them in the Lia radiological accident?
  • ... that German-Chilean research psychologist Susana Bloch created a technique actors have been using to access their basic emotions?
  • 00:00, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
Hall of mirrors at Amna Suraka
Hall of mirrors at Amna Suraka

18 June 2021

  • 12:00, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
Tomlinson Hall
Tomlinson Hall
  • 00:00, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
17th-century painting of Kripa
17th-century painting of Kripa

17 June 2021

  • 12:00, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Annie Åkerhielm
Annie Åkerhielm
  • 00:00, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Priest-King, circa 2000–1900 BCE
Priest-King, circa 2000–1900 BCE

16 June 2021

  • 12:00, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Alte Handelsbörse
Alte Handelsbörse
  • 00:00, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Edwards Davis
Edwards Davis

15 June 2021

  • 12:00, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
American kestrel being treated at the Wild Bird Fund
American kestrel being treated at the Wild Bird Fund
  • 00:00, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Gallagh Man
Gallagh Man

14 June 2021

  • 12:00, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
Artist's rendering of IDCSP satellites being deployed
Artist's rendering of IDCSP satellites being deployed
  • 00:00, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
Los Campitos Reservoir
Los Campitos Reservoir

13 June 2021

  • 12:00, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
Mary Custis Lee
Mary Custis Lee
  • 00:00, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
111 West 57th Street
111 West 57th Street

12 June 2021

  • 12:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Print made with the Bodleian Plate
Print made with the Bodleian Plate
  • 00:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Fanny Howie
Fanny Howie

11 June 2021

  • 12:00, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
Rummer with engraving attributed to Maria Tesselschade Visscher
Rummer with engraving attributed to Maria Tesselschade Visscher
  • 00:00, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
Interior of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Interior of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

10 June 2021

  • 12:00, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
Polymastia boletiformis
Polymastia boletiformis
  • 00:00, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
The Law Is Too Slow, 1925 lithograph by George Bellows
The Law Is Too Slow, 1925 lithograph by George Bellows

9 June 2021

  • 12:00, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Portrait of Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc
Portrait of Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc
  • 01:30, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Charles Nolte as Billy Budd
Charles Nolte as Billy Budd

8 June 2021

  • 12:00, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Sharon Choi
Sharon Choi
  • 00:00, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Altarpiece by Gerda Höglund
Altarpiece by Gerda Höglund

7 June 2021

  • 12:00, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Flame-colored tanager
Flame-colored tanager
  • 00:00, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Self-portrait of Kendall
Self-portrait of Kendall
  • ... that after buying a view camera in the 1880s, Marie Hartig Kendall (pictured) took over 30,000 photographs?
  • ... that the four-year history of radio station WUCI-FM included the revelation of the founder as a convicted felon and a station staffer threatening another with a revolver?
  • ... that despite being sick and ordered to return to the rear, Hughie Miller fought on the front lines in the Battle of Belleau Wood and single-handedly captured two German soldiers?
  • ... that Lord Byron lay in state for two days at a house in Great George Street, Westminster?
  • ... that due to
    Richa Chadda
    filmed themselves through their own devices?
  • ... that in translating the short story "Xianü" by Pu Songling, Herbert Giles omitted the protagonist's homosexual relationship with a fox spirit?
  • ... that the sculptor and schoolteacher Arvīds Brastiņš led a group of Latvian pagans in the post-war United States?
  • ... that Hercules hosted a live-streamed talk show during the COVID-19 pandemic?

6 June 2021

  • 12:00, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
Schools at War poster
Schools at War poster
  • 00:00, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
Shrine of St. Paulina
Shrine of St. Paulina

5 June 2021

  • 12:00, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
Flag of FR Yugoslavia
Flag of FR Yugoslavia
  • 00:00, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
St. George's Basilica
St. George's Basilica

4 June 2021

  • 12:00, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
Portrait of Dante by Botticelli
Portrait of Dante by Botticelli
  • 00:00, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
HMS Racehorse and HMS Carcass stuck in ice
HMS Racehorse and HMS Carcass stuck in ice

3 June 2021

  • 12:00, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Astrolabe in the Khalili Collection
Astrolabe in the Khalili Collection
  • 00:00, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Jim Hayes
Jim Hayes

2 June 2021

  • 12:00, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Eye of Horus symbol
Eye of Horus symbol
  • 00:00, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Meredith Clark
Meredith Clark

1 June 2021

  • 12:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
Deportation of Jews from Ioannina, Greece
Deportation of Jews from Ioannina
  • 00:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
Kid Canfield
Kid Canfield