The U.S. Navy Hospital Corps was created on 17 June 1898, with hospital corpsman used as a generic name for the applicable personnel.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Blast From The Past: Statue Of Liberty
June 17, 1885
Statue Of Liberty Arrives In New York Harbour
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Sunday, 14 June 2026
Global Wind Day
The earliest known windmills appeared in the region of Sistan (present-day Iran and Afghanistan) between the 7th and 10th centuries CE. These were vertical-axis windmills, known as panemone mills, with sails made from reed mats or cloth. They were primarily used for grinding grain and pumping water.
Some of the oldest surviving windmills are the ancient Asbads of Nashtifan in Iran, which have operated for nearly a thousand years.
Windmill technology spread westward through the Islamic world and reached Europe during the 11th–12th centuries
Windmills became especially important in the Netherlands. From the 15th century onward, Dutch engineers used them to pump water and reclaim land from the sea, creating the famous polders.
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Blast From The Past: Magna Carta
On June 15, 1215, King John of England affixed his royal seal to the Magna Carta at Runnymede, a meadow near Windsor, to avert a civil war with rebellious barons.
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Echinococcus Granulosus
Echinococcus is a genus of tiny tapeworms that cause echinococcosis (hydatid disease) in humans and animals.
The history of Echinococcus spans more than two millennia, from ancient descriptions of hydatid cysts to modern molecular taxonomy.
Around the 4th century BCE, Hippocrates described fluid-filled cysts in the liver that are believed to have been hydatid cysts.
Life Cycle Of Echinococcus Granulosus
This dog–sheep cycle is the classic life cycle of Echinococcus granulosus and is responsible for most cases of cystic echinococcosis worldwide.
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