It happened today – on this day in history – December 20
1192: Richard The Lionheart is captured in Vienna. 1606: The English colonial expedition to America, consisting of the ships Discovery,
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It happened today – this day in history – January 1
1651: Charles II is crowned king of Scotland. 1660: First entry in Samuel Pepys’ diary. On the same day, Thomas
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It happened today – on this day in history – September 5
1826: John Wisden, original compiler of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack of cricket statistics, price one shilling (5p), was born in Brighton.
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