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30 June 2018

  • 00:00, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
Falcon 78 rpm A459, "El Jornalero"
Falcon 78 rpm A459,
"El Jornalero"

29 June 2018

  • 00:00, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
Maria Bengtsson
Maria Bengtsson

28 June 2018

  • 00:00, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
City of New York icebound, 1930
City of New York icebound, 1930

27 June 2018

  • 00:00, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Flensing a whale at Neah Bay, Washington, 1910

26 June 2018

  • 00:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Digital restoration of Atlanticopristis, based on relatives
Digital restoration of Atlanticopristis, based on relatives

25 June 2018

  • 00:00, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
Leiden Law School
Leiden Law School

24 June 2018

  • 00:00, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
View onto the caldera and its ice
View onto the caldera and its ice

23 June 2018

  • 00:00, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
Pierre Boulez in 1968
Pierre Boulez in 1968

22 June 2018

  • 00:00, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Low-key photograph
Low-key photograph

21 June 2018

  • 00:00, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Dry bed of the Rio Grande
Dry bed of the Rio Grande

20 June 2018

  • 00:00, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Alma M. Grocki
Alma M. Grocki

19 June 2018

  • 00:00, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Bar-bellied cuckooshrike
Bar-bellied cuckooshrike

18 June 2018

  • 00:00, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente (1620)
The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente (1620)

17 June 2018

  • 00:00, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
Vickers Valiant XD818
Vickers Valiant XD818
  • ... that Vickers Valiant XD818 (pictured) dropped the first British hydrogen bomb as part of Operation Grapple?
  • ... that Japanese voice actress Hikaru Akao initially did not wish to pursue that career as she "hated her voice"?
  • ... that despite having a wide distribution in shallow seas, the pufferfish Arothron multilineatus was not described until 2016?
  • ... that hailing its "pioneering" approach, Professor John G. Hawthorne lauded the University of Chicago for ending a student sit-in "without bloodshed, beatings, or other violent acts"?
  • ... that a former streetcar powerhouse in New York City is now a library building for Baruch College?
  • ... that Roza Papo, who nearly lost an eye in an air raid in 1942 after refusing to take shelter, later became the first woman general in the Balkans?
  • ... that the Phipps Bridge housing estate has been described as "one of south London's most notorious crime vortexes"?
  • ... that WSFN, "Which Stands for Nothing", was created to control robots?

16 June 2018

  • 00:00, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
Buckwalter's 1896 X‑ray of a hand
Buckwalter's 1896 X‑ray of a hand

15 June 2018

  • 00:00, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Caricature of Robert Proust
Caricature of Robert Proust

14 June 2018

  • 00:00, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
Relief of Gilgamesh slaying the Bull of Heaven
Relief of Gilgamesh slaying the Bull of Heaven

13 June 2018

  • 00:00, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
Hercules' dog
Hercules' dog

12 June 2018

  • 00:00, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
Mebold Organ in Idstein
Mebold Organ in Idstein

11 June 2018

  • 06:00, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
Buick XP-300
Buick XP-300

10 June 2018

  • 11:11, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
Benjamin Franklin, Issue of 1904
Benjamin Franklin,
Issue of 1904

9 June 2018

  • 11:26, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
Hinulugang Taktak National Park
Hinulugang Taktak National Park

8 June 2018

  • 05:50, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Tony Appleton in 2010
Tony Appleton in 2010

7 June 2018

Knee dislocation
Knee dislocation

6 June 2018

  • 03:45, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Flag of the British South Africa Company
Flag of the British South Africa Company

5 June 2018

  • 04:00, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Milena Mrazović in 1899
Milena Mrazović in 1899

4 June 2018

  • 04:15, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
15th-century Indian manuscript of Al-Mumtahanah
15th-century Indian manuscript of Al-Mumtahanah

3 June 2018

  • 04:30, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Castillo de Coca
Castillo de Coca

2 June 2018

  • 05:16, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
Leptinella filiformis
Leptinella filiformis

1 June 2018

  • 05:31, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage
Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage