It happened today – this day in history – June 23

930: The Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi, the world’s oldest parliament, is established. 1547: Champion of the Protestant Reformation, Philip I,

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It happened today – this day in history – January 31

1606: Guy Fawkes is hanged for his part in the Gunpowder Plot. 1747: The first venereal diseases clinic opens at

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It happened today – this day in history – January 31

1606: Guy Fawkes is hanged for his part in the Gunpowder Plot. 1747: The first venereal diseases clinic opens at

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It happened today – this day in history – January 1

49: Roman emperor Claudius marries his niece Agrippina. 1502: Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro. 1515: Francis I succeeds Louis

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