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Post by midoro on Nov 24, 2013 14:24:15 GMT
5 January 1066 - Edward the Confessor dies childless, leading eventually to the Norman Conquest of England
31 July
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Nov 24, 2013 16:56:15 GMT
31 July 1954 – first ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.
7 February
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Post by midoro on Nov 24, 2013 18:35:47 GMT
7 February 1935 - The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
21 October
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Post by kissmekate on Nov 25, 2013 8:25:03 GMT
21 October 1945 – Women's suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time.
4 November
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Post by midoro on Nov 25, 2013 8:50:26 GMT
4 November 2008 - Barack Obama elected first African-American President of the US
15 March
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Nov 27, 2013 14:27:19 GMT
15 March 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke became a puppet Tsar.
22 October
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Post by midoro on Nov 27, 2013 15:00:48 GMT
22 October 1978 - Papal Inauguration of Pope John Paul II.
1 April
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Nov 27, 2013 15:17:17 GMT
1 April 528 – the daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei was made the "Emperor" as a male heir of the late emperor by Empress Dowager Hu, deposed and replaced by Yuan Zhao the next day; she was the first female monarch in the History of China, but not widely recognised.
8 November
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Post by midoro on Nov 27, 2013 18:35:33 GMT
8 November 1939 - In Munich Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes assassination attempt by Georg Elser
2 August
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Dec 2, 2013 23:39:15 GMT
2 August 1790 – the first US Census was conducted.
9 March
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Post by midoro on Dec 3, 2013 15:32:08 GMT
9 March 1842 - His third opera "Nabucco" premieres in Milan, establishing Giuseppe Verdi as one of Italy´s foremost opera writers.
2 December
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Dec 5, 2013 21:09:23 GMT
2 December 1697 – St Paul's Cathedral was consecrated in London.
9 July
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Post by midoro on Dec 6, 2013 8:01:59 GMT
9 July 2011 - South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
13 June
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Dec 6, 2013 20:10:26 GMT
13 June 1373 – Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal, which is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
20 January
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Post by midoro on Dec 7, 2013 16:06:01 GMT
20 January 2006 - Witnesses report seeing a bottlenose whale swimming in the River Thames.  14 April |
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