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Tunguska event / First leap second added to UTC - June 30

Tunguska event / First leap second added to UTC - June 30

This Day in History Class

June 30, 202110m 57s

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On this day in 1908, an explosion occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Russia that was likely caused by a meteorite or comet bursting. / At 11:59 p.m. and 60 seconds, a leap second was added to Coordinated Universal Time to synchronize clocks with Earth’s decelerating rotation. 

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