On this day - 15 June
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Stephen Hawking's ashes interred
Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist who widely published his research throughout his lifetime. He suffered from motor neurone disease and spent a lot of his life in a wheelchair and spoke via computer due to progressive paralysis. His book ""A Brief History of Time"" was a bestseller.
On June 15th 2018 the ashes of Stephen Hawking were interred between the graves of Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey. He died aged 76 on March 14th 2018.
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