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1914: French forces at the First Battle of the Marne

It happened today – this day in history – September 6

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1492: Christopher Columbus’ fleet leaves Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. 1620: The Mayflower departs Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims and

1960: Cassius Clay wins gold at the Rome Olympics

It happened today – this day in history – September 5

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1548: Death of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII. 1638: Birth of Louis XIV in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.

1945: Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, formally ending the Second World War

It happened today – this day in history – September 2

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44BC: Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. 1192: Sultan Saladin and Richard I of