June 8th thru June 14th

What Happened This Week in History?

• June 8, 1786- Mr. Hall, NYC first advertised commercially made ice cream
• June 9, 1989- Prince released the song "Batdance"
• June 10, 1944-  Fifteen year old Joe Nuxhall was youngest to pitch in major league baseball
• June 11, 1895-  Charles E Duryea patents a gas driven automobile
• June 12, 1942- Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday.  She used this diary to record events, while she was in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
• June 13, 1983-  US space probe Pioneer 10 became the first human-made object to leave the central solar system