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ON THIS DAY: The Rolling Stones release “(I can’t get no) satisfaction” (1965)

60 years ago, on 6 June 1965, The Rolling Stones released what would become one of the most influential and recognisable songs in rock...

ON THIS DAY: Federico García Lorca is born (1898)

On 5 June 1898, in the small town of Fuente Vaqueros near Granada, Spain, Federico García Lorca was born—destined to become one of the...

ON THIS DAY: Poet Allen Ginsberg is born (1926)

On 3 June 1926, in Newark, New Jersey, Allen Ginsberg was born — a poet whose name would come to define a cultural and...

ON THIS DAY: The Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public (1937)

On 27 May 1937, one of the most iconic landmarks in the United States—and indeed the world—opened to the public: the Golden Gate Bridge,...

ON THIS DAY: The State of Israel is proclaimed (1948)

On 14 May 1948, one of the most pivotal and controversial moments in modern Middle Eastern history unfolded: the State of Israel was formally...

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