It happened today – this day in history – January 16
1493: Christopher Columbus leaves the New World for Spain. 1547: Ivan the Terrible declares himself first Tsar of Moscow. 1581:
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It happened today – this day in history – December 10
1896: Death of Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel 1901: The first Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded
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It happened today – this day in history – November 22
1675: Charles II adjourns Parliament. 1718: Death of the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach) in battle. 1830: Earl Charles Grey becomes
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It happened today – this day in history – November 20
1272: Edward I is proclaimed king after the death of his father Henry III. It took two years for him
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It happened today – this day in history – November 6
1528: Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas. 1844:
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It happened today – this day in history – October 23
42BC: Second Battle of Philippi. Brutus commits suicide after his army is defeated by Marc Antony and Octavian. 1091: A
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It happened today – this day in history – October 13
54AD: Nero succeeds Claudius as Emperor of Rome. 1628: The Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies.
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It happened today – this day in history – September 29
1564: Robert Dudley becomes Earl of Leicester. 1650: Henry Robinson opens the first marriage bureau in the UK 1793: Tennis
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