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June 10

3 sourced moments from June 10 in history: The liner Slavonia sent one of the first SOS calls (1909); Alcoholics Anonymous Was Founded in Ohio (1935); and The Nazi massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane (1944).

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3 things happened on June 10

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1944 History · War & Conflict

The Nazi massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane

Four days after D-Day, an SS company wiped out a French village and left its ruins standing as evidence.

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1935 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

Alcoholics Anonymous Was Founded in Ohio

Two struggling alcoholics met in Akron in 1935 and built a global recovery movement on one simple idea: talk to someone who understands.

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1909 Language & Communication · Media & Communication

The liner Slavonia sent one of the first SOS calls

A Cunard liner aground in the Atlantic fog gave the new three-letter Morse signal one of its earliest real-world outings.

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