The bulk of the world's knowledge is an imaginary construction.
Helen Keller (1880-1968)
The Five-sensed World (1910)
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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