Sunday, June 24, 2007

This Week in History

June 25, 1840 Mendelssohn's Symphony #2 premiered in Leipzig.
June 26, 1909 The Victoria and Albert Museum opened in London.
June 27, 1987 A Van Gogh was auctioned in London for $20.4million.
June 30, 1857 Dickens gave his first public reading of A Christmas Carol in London.

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