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On This Day 2 June

🕰 On This Day
🗓 02 June 1953
👑 Coronation
 
On this day the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey. RAF Canberras flew film recordings of the ceremony across the Atlantic, the first non-stop flights between the United Kingdom and the Canadian mainland so Canadians could watch it on the same day.
 
On This Day 2 June

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