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June 2: Robert E. Lee Takes Command, Marconi's Radio and the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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June 2, 2020

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455  King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome - Rome looted for 14 days

1862  Robert E. Lee takes command of Confederate armies of North Virginia during the American Civil War

1896  Guglielmo Marconi applies to patent the radio, accepted 2 July 1897

1953  Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England

1989  10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy

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