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Luton Town Football Club (home stadium pictured) is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National. Formed in 1885, it was the first club in southern England to turn professional, making payments to players as early as 1890 and turning fully professional a year later. It did not reach the top division of English football until 1955–56, and did not reach a major final until the 1959 FA Cup Final. Relegated from the top division in 1959–60, the team was demoted twice more in the following five years, reaching the Fourth Division for the 1965–66 season, before being promoted back to the top level by 1974–75. Luton Town's most recent successful period began in 1981–82, when the club won the Second Division and was promoted to the First Division. Winning the League Cup in 1987–88, Luton remained a First Division club until relegation in 1991–92 signalled the end of major success. More recently, financial difficulties have caused the club to fall, in just three years, from the second tier of English football to the fifth, ending its 89-year spell as a member of The Football League. (more...) Recently featured: Ancient Egyptian literature – Phil Hartman – Providence, Rhode Island Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Indian painter M. F. Husain (pictured) dies in London at the age of 95. Soyuz TMA-02M is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying a three-person crew to the International Space Station. An IUPAC committee acknowledges the discovery of the transuranium elements ununquadium and ununhexium. Security firm RSA announces that a breach in its SecurID authentication system will necessitate the replacement of almost 40 million electronic tokens. Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, is re-elected for a third consecutive term in office. Israeli forces open fire on demonstrators trying to cross into the Golan Heights, producing the deadliest clash in the Golan since 1973. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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June 10: Portugal Day (Portugal's National Day and the date of Luís de Camões' death) 1190 – The Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia. 1805 – The United States signed a treaty with Yusuf Karamanli, the Pasha of Tripoli, ending the First Barbary War and agreeing to pay him US$60,000 in exchange for American prisoners of war. 1918 – World War I: Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István off the Dalmatian coast. 1957 – In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservative Party led by John Diefenbaker (pictured) won a plurality of the seats in the Canadian House of Commons, bringing an end to 22 years of Liberal Party rule. 1961 – The last service trains ran on the Hawkhurst Branch Line in Kent, England. More anniversaries: June 9 – June 10 – June 11 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now June 10, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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A portolan chart from 1492, the oldest known signed and dated chart of Portuguese origin. Cartography technologies greatly advanced during the Age of Discovery. Iberian mapmakers in particular focused on practical charts to use as navigational aids. Unlike Spanish maps which were regarded as state secrets, Portuguese ones were used by other countries, and Portuguese cartographers drew upon the skill and knowledge of other cultures as well.

Map: Jorge de Aguiar

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