
I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002)
This Week in History:
June 22nd - 27th
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What the BBC ignored:
June 22 - 2002: The 6.5 magnitude Bou'in-Zahra earthquake kills 261 people and injures 1,300 leading to public anger because of the slow government response
June 23 - 1991: Sonic the Hedgehog is released in the U.S.
June 23 - 2016: The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
June 24 - 1916: Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
June 24 - 2002: The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
June 24 - 2012: Lonesome George dies.
June 25 - 1947: The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
June 25 - 1975: Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
June 26 - 1960: Madagascar gains its independence from France.
June 27 - 1978: During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
June 27 - 2007: Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.
Would you have swapped any of the events above for any of the events chosen by the BBC?
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