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June 4

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  1. 2005 CEBuddhist · died

    The influential Chinese scholar-monk Yin Shun, a leading exponent of Humanistic Buddhism and mentor of Cheng Yen, died in Hualien, Taiwan.

  2. 1783 CEScience

    The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrated a hot-air balloon at Annonay, France, sending an unmanned linen-and-paper craft aloft before an assembly of local officials.

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