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Jenova Chen

Cloud is a 2005 puzzle video game developed by a team of students in the University of Southern California's Interactive Media Program. The indie team began development of Cloud in January 2005 with a US$20,000 grant from the school; the game was released as a free download that October. By July 2006, the hosting website had received 6 million visits, and the game had been downloaded 600,000 times. Players fly through a dream world and manipulate clouds to solve puzzles. The concept was partially based on the childhood daydreams of lead designer Jenova Chen (pictured), who had often been hospitalized for asthma. Cloud won a Student Showcase award at the 2006 Independent Games Festival. The game was well received by critics, who cited its visuals, music, and relaxing atmosphere as high points. Chen and producer Kellee Santiago went on to co-found the studio Thatgamecompany, which has considered remaking Cloud as a commercial video game. (Full article...)

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Trump and Kim shaking hands in the summit room

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet (pictured) in Singapore.
In Thoroughbred horse racing, Justify wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the thirteenth United States Triple Crown winner.
The G7 summit takes place in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, with the United States refusing to endorse the joint statement.
In basketball, the Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the NBA Finals.
NASA reports the discovery of complex organic molecules in samples collected by Curiosity from Gale crater on Mars.

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June 12: Dia dos Namorados in Brazil; Loving Day in the United States

Dominic Savio

1240 – The Disputation of Paris began in the court of King Louis IX, in which four rabbis defended the Talmud against Nicholas Donin's accusations of blasphemy.
1775 – Governor Thomas Gage of the Province of Massachusetts Bay offered a general pardon to colonists who remained loyal to Britain.
1954 – Dominic Savio (pictured), who was 14 years old when he died, was canonised by Pope Pius XII, making him the youngest non-martyr saint in the Roman Catholic Church until 2017.
1978 – American serial killer David Berkowitz, popularly known as the "Son of Sam", was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison for each of six killings.
2001 – Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month long letter bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.

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Cosimo I de' Medici (1519–1574) was the Duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany. Part of the junior branch of the Medici dynasty, Cosimo came to power after the assassination of Alessandro de' Medici marked the end of the senior branch's rule. Although several hoped to rule through the 17-year-old Cosimo, he proved strong-willed, astute and ambitious. Over time, he established himself as an authoritarian ruler who backed the military while simultaneously serving as a lavish patron of the arts. His descendants ruled Florence for much of two centuries, ending with the death of Gian Gastone de' Medici in 1737.

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