π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1988
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉDid You Know?
Christmas carol "Silent Night" composed by Franz Xaver Gruber is first sung at St Nicholas Parish Church in Oberndorf, Austria
December 24, 1818
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1812 "Grimm's Fairy Tales" or "Children's and Household Tales" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is first published
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12/20/2025, 1 engagement
π° [ oN This Day ] πΉFun Fact
Theresa Vaughn, 24, confesses in court in Sheffield, England, to being married 61 times over 5 years in 50 cities in three countries
December 19, 1922
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1989 "The Simpsons," created by Matt Groening, premieres on Fox TV as a full animated series with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Homer Simpson
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1773 Boston Tea Party incident β Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston Harbor to protest the British-imposed Tea Act and escalating taxation without representation in the British Parliament
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1577 Francis Drake sets sail from England on an epic three-year circumnavigation of the world aboard the "Pelican," later renamed the "Golden Hind"
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉFun Fact
The deepest point on land on Earth is identified under Denman Glacier, East Antarctica, at 3.5 km (11,500 ft) below sea level
December 12, 2019
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12/11/2025, 1 engagement
π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1520 Martin Luther publicly burns Pope Leo X's papal bull 'Exsurge Domine' which demanded that Luther recant his writings
1517 copy of Martin Luther's 95 theses, the publication of which began the Protestant Reformation in Europe
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1854 Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences
The battle at Eureka Stockade in Australia, crucial to developing democracy in the country
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉFun Fact
Delmonico's, one of New York's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee, and half a pie for 12 cents
November 25, 1834
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1963 US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in an open-topped motorcade in Dallas, Texas
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉDid You Know?
Maxim Gorky calls Vladimir Lenin a blind fanatic and unthinking adventurer
November 21, 1917
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1916 British General Douglas Haig finally calls off the First Battle of the Somme in World War I after more than 1 million soldiers are killed or wounded
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1894 Serial killer H. H. Holmes is arrested in Boston after being tracked there from Philadelphia by the Pinkertons
Serial Killer H. H. Holmes
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11/17/2025, 1 engagement
π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1969 An estimated 2 million people take part in the Vietnam War Moratorium demonstration across the United States
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉDid You Know?
The Great Bell of Big Ben first chimes at the foot of the still-unfinished clock tower outside the Palace of Westminster
November 13, 1856
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1918 World War I Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect, with hostilities ending at 11 a.m., "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1989 East Berlin opens its borders at the Bornholmer Strasse crossing when thousands arrive after East German government official GΓΌnter Schabowski mistakenly announces that restrictions on travel to the West will be lifted "immediately, without delay"
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1974 Ted Bundy victim Debi Kent disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah
Serial Killer Ted Bundy
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1917 October Revolution in Russia; Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace and overthrow the Provisional Government
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉDid You Know? CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender in the American Civil War after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise that sinks or captures 38 vessels
November 6, 1865
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1605 Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot. The plot is discovered, and Guy Fawkes is caught, tortured, and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks.
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1841 The first wagon train arrives in California after a five-and-a-half-month, 1,730-mile journey over the Sierra Nevada from Missouri
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1922 Mustafa Kemal AtatΓΌrk takes Constantinople from Mehmed VI, proclaiming the Republic of Turkey and bringing an end to the Ottoman Empire
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1992 Roman Catholic church apologizes for its treatment of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei after 359 years, acknowledging he had been right about the Earth revolving around the Sun
Astronomer and Physicist Galileo Galilei
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10/31/2025, 1 engagement
π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1998 Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 with 39 passengers and crew is hijacked by a Kurdish militant, who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland; the pilot lands in Ankara, tricking the hijacker into believing he is landing in Sofia to refuel
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10/29/2025, 1 engagement
π° [ oN This Day ] πΉDid You Know?
St. Louis police try a new investigative method: fingerprints π«
October 28, 1904
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10/28/2025, 1 engagement
π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1904 The first section of the New York subway, running from Lower Manhattan to Broadway Harlem for a fare of one nickel and built by the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), opens
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10/27/2025, 1 engagement
π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1944 US forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines with the landing of the US 6th Army on Leyte
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1900 First modern submarine is commissioned by the US Navy as the USS Holland, named for its designer John Philip Holland
USS Holland (Submarine Torpedo Boat #1) underway in 1900
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1939 FDR and advisor Alexander Sachs meet to discuss Albert Einstein's letter warning about the possibilities of an atomic bomb
Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ2014 Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Human Rights Activist Malala Yousafzai
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1883 The Orient Express departs on its first official journey from Paris to Istanbul
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ2018 Saudi American journalist Jamal Khashoggi enters the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen again, prompting a diplomatic crisis
Dissident, Author and Columnist Jamal Khashoggi
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ331 BC Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
Macedonian King and Conqueror of Persia Alexander the Great
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1946 Twenty-two Nazi leaders, including Joachim von Ribbentrop and Hermann Goering, are found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death or prison at the Nuremberg war trials
Hermann Goering on trial at the Nuremberg Trials. He would later be sentenced to death, but committed suicide the night before his sentence was to be carried out.
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A member of a minstrel group reacts as they sing and dance in the streets of Cape Town during Heritage Day celebrations in Cape Town, South Africa.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Esa Alexander
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1789 US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights
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Damaged cars lie piled up in mud, following flooding brought by Super Typhoon Ragasa in Hualien, Taiwan.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Ann Wang
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Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian mission to the United Kingdom, raises his hand as the Palestinian flag is raised during a ceremony after the British government announced on Sunday the country's formal recognition of a Palestinian state, at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Toby Melville
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Good morning #Nostr In today's headlines, Israel's military has intensified its operations in Gaza City, a stark reminder that even as the world discusses the recognition of a Palestinian state, the realities of war continue to unfold.
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9/23/2025, 4 engagements
π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1875 Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time and jailed after receiving clothing stolen from a Chinese laundry but escapes two days later
Frontier Outlaw Billy the Kid
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A protester uses a pole to break a window at Milano Centrale railway station, during a demonstration that is part of a nationwide "Let's Block Everything" protest in solidarity with Gaza, with activists also calling for a halt to arms shipments to Israel, in Milan, Italy.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Claudia Greco
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1692 The last eight people - Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker - are hanged for allegedly practicing witchcraft as a result of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts Bay Colony; 19 are hanged overall, with six other deaths caused by the hysteria
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1915 Cecil Chubb buys the prehistoric monument Stonehenge for Β£6,600 and later donates it to the British nation
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1604 Siege of Ostend ends after Dutch and English forces surrender the city, allowing Ambrosio Spinola's Spanish army to recapture the devastated city and end one of the bloodiest sieges in history that caused an estimated 100,000 casualties
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1858 Abraham Lincoln supposedly says in a speech "You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you canβt fool all of the people all the time"
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1918 Fanya Kaplan attempts but fails to assassinate Lenin, the new leader of Soviet Russia
Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader Vladimir Lenin
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Competitors take part in a jousting display at England's Medieval Festival, a three-day event of immersive activities and re-enactments from the Middle Ages, near Nutley, Britain, August 23.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Toby Melville
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A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off on its 10th test flight at the company's launch pad in Starbase, Texas.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Steve Nesius
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1944 German commander Dietrich von Choltitz surrenders Paris to the Free French forces of Philippe Leclerc, disobeying Adolf Hitler's orders to destroy the city. President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle gives a famous speech at the HΓ΄tel de Ville.
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Costumed fans dressed as Stormtroopers walk through the Painted Hall during a press preview ahead of an upcoming Guinness World Record attempt at the Old Royal Naval College in London, Britain, August 19.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Hannah McKay
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1968 250,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia at night to suppress the Prague Spring
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Finland's President Alexander Stubb amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, at the White House.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Alexander Drago
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1945 V-J Day, the Empire of Japan surrenders unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War II (August 15 in Japan and other countries depending on the time zone)
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A flak jacket and a Palestinian flag are placed on the body of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif, during the funeral for him, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and another colleague, who were killed in an Israeli strike, in Gaza City.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Dawoud Abu Alkas
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ3114 BC 3114-08-11 BCE is traditionally considered the start date of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1914 WWI: Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
An artist captures the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
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An attendee arrives in costume for the opening day of Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, July 24, 2025.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Mike Blake
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ762 City of Baghdad founded by Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur, just north of ancient Baghdad
The minaret of the Al Khalufa mosque in Baghdad, showcasing the minaret from the Abbasid era of the city
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The sun sets over north Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Amir Cohen
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1588 The "Invincible" Spanish Armada is sighted approaching England, and several skirmishes follow forcing the invading fleet to make a long and costly retreat around Scotland and Ireland
English and Spanish fleets clash in the Battle of Gravelines in this historic painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1866 First transatlantic telegraph cable comes ashore at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, after being laid out 1,686 miles by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern steamship
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A child holds a pot as Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 22.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Dawoud Abu Alkas
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1969 NASA's Apollo 11 lunar module, carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, lands on the surface of the Moon. Seven hours later, Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the moon at 10:56 pm EDT, and Aldrin joins him shortly after. Michael Collins remains in orbit in the command module.
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A man stands on Cave Hill to view bonfires burning across the city during the 'eleventh nightβ, a symbolic gesture to usher in the Twelfth of July celebrations held by loyalists during the annual commemoration of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 12.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Clodagh Kilcoyne
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1334
Bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by artist Giotto di Bondone
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1410
Battle of Grunwald (First Battle of Tannenburg, Battle of Ε½algiris), one of Medieval Europe's largest battles during Poland-Lithuanian Teutonic War. Polish King WΕadysΕaw JagieΕΕo and Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas defeat Teutonic Ulrich von Jungingen
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1789
Bastille Day - the French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris, now celebrated as France's national day
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π° [ oN This Day ] πΉ1861
"Wild Bill" Hickok legend is born as he reputedly shoots and kills David McCanles in Rock Creek, Nebraska Territory; Hickok later acquitted of murder as court finds he acted in self defense.
Folk Hero of the American Old West Wild Bill Hickok
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Palestinian girl reacts as she asks for food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City.
πΈ [ #Picstr ] Ebrahim Hajjaj
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π° On this day πΉ1789
French Revolution: The Third Estate of the French Estates-General swears the Tennis Court Oath at the Palace of Versailles, swearing not to disband until a new constitution is formed
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Dancers dressed as devil-angels perform the Diablada dance during the Gran Poder parade, in La Paz, Bolivia, June 14.
πΈ #Picstr Claudia Morales
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π° On this day πΉ1991
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
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A service member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a howitzer towards Russian troops at a front line in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.
πΈ #Picstr REUTERS/Stringer
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π° On this day πΉ1815
Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon Bonaparte and France defeated by British forces under Duke of Wellington and Prussian troops under Field Marshall von BlΓΌcher
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Palestinians gather to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip.
πΈ #Picstr Dawoud Abu Alkas
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π° On this day πΉ1631
Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal
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π° On this day πΉDid You Know?
America's 1st purpose-built roller coaster ride, the Switchback Railway, opens at Coney Island, New York, built by LaMarcus Thompson
June 16, 1884
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π° On this day πΉ1215
King John of England signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede near Windsor in Surrey, limiting royal authority and establishing the principle that the king and his government are not above the law
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π° On this day πΉ1982
Argentina surrenders to the United Kingdom, ending the 74-day Falklands Islands conflict
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Missiles launched from Iran are intercepted as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel June 13.
πΈ #Picstr Jamal Awad
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π° On this day πΉ1373
Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Perpetual Alliance (world's oldest still in existence) signed in London between King Edward III of England and King Ferdinand I of Portugal
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Fire burns near a demonstrator as riots continue in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, June 12. Violence first flared on Monday after two 14-year-old boys were arrested and appeared in court, accused of a serious sexual assault on a teenage girl in the town. The charges were read via a Romanian interpreter to the boys, whose lawyer told the court that they denied the charge, the BBC reported.
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π° On this day πΉ1964
Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
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Palestinian collects aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
πΈ #Picstr Hatem Khaled
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π° On this day πΉ1776
Continental Congress creates committee to draft a Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston as members
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A man waves a Mexican flag as smoke and flames rise from a burning vehicle during a protest against federal immigration sweeps, near Los Angeles City Hall in downtown Los Angeles, June 8.
#Picstr David Swanson
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π° On this day πΉ2003
The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission
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Muslim pilgrims hold their evening prayers in the grand mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 6.
πΈ #Picstr via Saudi Press Agency
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π° On this day πΉFun Fact
The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. First legal corporation in the Americas.
June 9, 1650
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π° On this day πΉ1789
James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the US House of Representatives
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π° On this day πΉ1753
British Museum is founded by an Act of Parliament with royal assent from King George II, opens in 1759
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People play with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in Sutamarchan, Colombia June 1.
πΈ #Picstr Luisa Gonzalez
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