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by **Paul** Thu 29 Jun 2023, 6:20 am

This Day in History: June 29

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2007

Apple Inc.'s first mobile “smartphone,” the iPhone, went on sale, and it revolutionized the industry.

iPhone, series of smartphones produced by Apple Inc., combining mobile telephone, digital camera, music player, and personal computing technologies. After more than two years of development, the device was first released in the United States in 2007. The iPhone was subsequently released in Europe in 2007 and Asia in 2008. Apple designed its first mobile smartphone to run the Mac OS X operating system, made popular on the company’s personal computers. The device’s most revolutionary element was its touch-sensitive multisensor interface. The touchscreen allowed users to manipulate all programs and telephone functions with their fingertips rather than a stylus or ...(100 of 843 words)

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Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
president of Sri Lanka

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Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, (born June 29, 1945, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]), member of a prominent Sri Lankan political family, who was the first woman to serve as the country’s president (1994–2005).
Chandrika Bandaranaike was the daughter of two former prime ministers. Her father was S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, founder of the socialist Sri Lanka Freedom Party and prime minister from 1956 until his assassination in 1959. Her mother was Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who took control of the party upon his death and who served as prime minister from 1960 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1977. Their daughter was educated at the Universities of Paris and London, where she studied political science, economics, law, and journalism. She turned to politics in 1984 and, with her husband, Vijaya Kumaratunga, a former actor, helped establish the Sri Lanka People’s Party. When her husband was assassinated in 1988, she formed the United Socialist Alliance. After a period in London she returned to Sri Lanka in the early 1990s and in 1993 formed the leftist coalition People’s Alliance.

[url=Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, (born June 29, 1945, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]), member of a prominent Sri Lankan political family, who was the first woman to serve as the country’s president (1994–2005). Chandrika Bandaranaike was the daughter of two former prime ministers. Her father was S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, founder of the socialist Sri Lanka Freedom Party and prime minister from 1956 until his assassination in 1959. Her mother was Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who took control of the party upon his death and who served as prime minister from 1960 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1977. Their daughter was educated at the Universities of Paris and London, where she studied political science, economics, law, and journalism. She turned to politics in 1984 and, with her husband, Vijaya Kumaratunga, a former actor, helped establish the Sri Lanka People’s Party. When her husband was assassinated in 1988, she formed the United Socialist Alliance. After a period in London she returned to Sri Lanka in the early 1990s and in 1993 formed the leftist coalition People’s Alliance.]SEE ALL RELATED CONTENT[/url]