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1948: The Olympic Games open in London

It happened today – this day in history – July 29

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904: Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli. 1221: Emperor Go-Horikawa, aged only 10 years

2005: Suicide bombers strike in London

It happened today – this day in history – July 7

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1307: Edward I dies aged 68. 1456: A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after she

1958: Emotional teenager Pele celebrates Brazil winning the World Cup in Sweden

It happened today – this day in history – June 28

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1461: Edward IV is crowned king of England. 1491: Birth of Henry VIII in London. 1577: Birth of Flemish Baroque

1923: First aerial refueling over the skies of Rockwell Field, California

It happened today – this day in history – June 27

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1462: Louis XII is born in Château de Blois, France. 1550: Charles IX is born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. 1542: Conquistador

1982: John Belushi

It happened today – this day in history – March 5

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1133: Birth of Henry II. 1496: Henry VII grants John Cabot a commission to explore for new lands. 1558: Smoking

1967: Otis Redding

It happened today – this day in history – December 10

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1896: Death of Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel 1901: The first Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded

1993: Frank Zappa

It happened today – this day in history – December 4

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1123: Death of Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician and philosopher Omar Khayyám. 1154: Nicholas Breakspear is elected Pope Adrian IV –