Template:Selected anniversaries/June 7

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  1883: Archaeologist and spy Sylvanus Morley born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death.

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  1884: Signed first edition of Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess sells for eighty thousand dollars.

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  1910: Mathematical physicist Charles Critchfield born. He will work on the Manhattan Project, designing and testing the "Urchin" neutron initiator which provides the burst of neutrons that kick-starts the nuclear detonation of the Fat Man weapon.

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  1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.

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  1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion.

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  1960: An explosion in a helium tank causes a fire in a liquid-fueled, nuclear-tipped BOMARC missile.

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  1961: Brainiac Explains magazine published detailed plans for simulating the BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion.

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  2017: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.