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Atlantis: The Lost Empire is the first science fiction film in Disney's animated features canon and the 41st overall. Set in 1914, the film tells the story of a young man who gains possession of a sacred book, which he believes will guide him and a crew of adventurers to the lost city of Atlantis. Linguist Marc Okrand created an Atlantean language for the film (letter "A" pictured). Atlantis made greater use of computer-generated imagery than any of Disney's previous animated features; it remains one of the few to have been shot in anamorphic format. Atlantis, which adopted the distinctive visual style of comic book creator Mike Mignola, is one of the few Disney animated features not to have songs. The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on June 3, 2001, and went into general release on June 15. Due to the film's poorer-than-expected box-office performance, Disney quietly canceled both a spin-off television series and an underwater attraction at its Disneyland theme park. Some critics praised it as a unique departure from typical Disney animated features, while others disliked it due to the unclear target audience and absence of songs. (Full article...)

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The United States Supreme Court unanimously rules that naturally occurring DNA sequences cannot be patented.

Scientists discover Dua's layer, a previously unknown part of the human cornea.

Japanese supercentenarian Jiroemon Kimura, the verified oldest man in history, dies at the age of 116 years, 54 days.

Greece announces the closure of its public broadcasting corporation, ERT.

China launches Shenzhou 10, the fifth manned mission of the Chinese space program.

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June 15: Flag Day in Denmark; Trooping the Colour and the Queen's Official Birthday in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries (2013)

1215 – King John of England put his seal to Magna Carta.

1878 – Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation pictured); the study became the basis of motion pictures.

1919 – After nearly 16 hours, the Vickers Vimy flown by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown crash-landed in County Galway, Ireland, to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight.

1978 – King Hussein of Jordan married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as Queen Noor of Jordan.

2001 – Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

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Experiments in the Revival of Organisms is a controversial 1940 motion picture that documents ostensible Soviet research into the resuscitation of clinically dead organisms, mostly dogs. Narrated in English by J. B. S. Haldane, the film credits Sergei Brukhonenko with the operations.

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