On This Day, June 17

1986: Madonna's "Live to Tell" went #1.

1998: "The Lion King" swept the Tony awards.

2012: We celebrated Sam's birthday!

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On This Day, June 7

1972: The musical, "Grease", opened on Broadway.

2009: Singer, Bret Michaels, fractured his nose and cut his lip when a piece of scenery hit him on the Tony Awards.

2011: We celebrated Sam's birthday!

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On This Day, June 7

1991: Mt. Pinatubo exploded generating an ash column 4.3mi high.

1993: Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol.

2010: We celebrated Sam's birthday!

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On this Day, June 7 (yesterday)

1869: Inventor, Ives McGaffey, receives a U.S. patent for a "sweeping" machine" — the first vacuum cleaner.

2009: We celebrated Sam's birthday!

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