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June 8

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  1. 218 CEGraeco-Roman

    Forces backing the young Elagabalus defeated the emperor Macrinus near Antioch, ending Macrinus's reign and returning the Severan house to power.

  2. 1916 CEScience · born

    Francis Crick, the biophysicist who with James Watson proposed the double-helix structure of DNA, was born in Weston Favell near Northampton, England.

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