It happened today – this day in history – January 19
1419: Rouen surrenders to Henry V in the Hundred Years War. 1806: Britain re-occupies the Cape of Good Hope following
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In a decade of music dominated by the melodically challenged posturing of Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West there were some
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It happened today – this day in history – January 1
1651: Charles II is crowned king of Scotland. 1660: First entry in Samuel Pepys’ diary. On the same day, Thomas
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It happened today – this day in history – December 30
1460: The Duke of York is killed at the Battle of Wakefield in the War of the Roses. 1730: About
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It happened today – this day in history – December 26
1492: The first Spanish settlement, La Navidad, in the New World (Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti) is founded by Christopher Columbus. 1606: The
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It happened today – this day in history – December 5
771: Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 1492: ChristopherColumbus discovers Hispanola.
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It happened today – this day in history – December 3
1586: Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia. 1828: Andrew Jackson is elected President of the US. 1854:
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It happened today – this day in history – November 26
1476: Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes
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It happened today – this day in history – November 24
1434: The River Thames freezes over. 1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovers Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). 1655: Lord Protector Oliver
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It happened today – this day in history – November 8
392: Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christianity the state religion. 1431: Birth of Vlad The Impaler of Wallachia in Transylvania. 1674:
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