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| | June 7 - Today in Science History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | In 1958, a seminal article that launched the widespread use of ultrasound in medical diagnosis was published in The Lancet by Ian Donald, an English physician. |
 | | In 1753, the British Museum was founded, the world's oldest public national museum, when King George II gave his royal assent to an Act of Parliament to accept the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, a London-based physician, following his death. |
 | | In his will, he had offered the British nation the collection he built over his lifetime: 71,000 objects, mostly plant and animal specimens. |
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