It happened today – this day in history – December 2
1547: Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who defeated the Aztec Empire and colonized large parts of Mexico, dies of pleurisy. 1697:
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It happened today – this day in history – April 19
1770: Captain James Cook first sights Australia. 1775: The American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts. 1824: Death of Lord Byron
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It happened today – on this day in history – February 21
1173: Pope Alexander III canonises Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. 1431: Joan of Arc’s first day of interrogation during her
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It happened today – this day in history – December 2
1697: St Paul’s Cathedral, designed by Christopher Wren after the previous one was destroyed in the Great Fire of London,
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