This day in history

2002, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Sony loses “Walkman” trademark in Austria https://web.archive.org/web/20021004014248/https://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53040,00.html

#10yrsago Picturesque Austrian town secretly cloned in Chinahttps://www.news24.com/News24/Chinese-secretly-copy-Austrian-town-20120604

#10yrsago Print your own MAPO stickers, declare your goods to be of bespoke Disney manufacture https://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2012/06/made-in-glendale.html

#10yrsago Neil Gaiman remembers Ray Bradbury https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/06/ray-bradbury-neil-gaiman-appreciation

#10yrsago Russian unlicensed protest fines increased 15,000 percent https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0607/Russian-parliament-passes-bill-boosting-fines-for-protesters-150-fold

#10yrsago Amped: Daniel Wilson’s followup to Robopocalypse is a wild ride through the Singularity’s civil war https://memex.craphound.com/2012/06/07/amped-daniel-wilsons-followup-to-robopocalypse-is-a-wild-ride-through-the-singularitys-civil-war/

#5yrsago Donald Trump and Eric Trump defrauded donors to kids’ cancer charitieshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/