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- Enraged Cow Injures Farmer With AxHall of Fame◆
- 1984STATE SENATOR DECLARED WINNER IN TEXAS DEMOCRATIC RECOUNTThe New York Times◆
- 2023California seizes enough fentanyl in San Francisco to kill city’s population three times overThe Guardian◆
- 2017Wife of Virginia shooter who targeted Republicans: 'I can't believe he did this'The Guardian◆
- -763Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.Wikipedia◆
- 1520Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subsequent writings, and threatening him with excommunication unless he recanted.Wikipedia◆
- 1567Mary, Queen of Scots, and her new husband Bothwell are confronted by disgruntled Scottish nobles in the encounter at Carberry Hill. The stand-off ends with the surrender of queen Mary.Wikipedia◆
- 1520Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.Wikipedia◆
- 1944World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began the first air raid of its strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was caused.Wikipedia◆
- 1921Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.Wikipedia◆
- 1920Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.Wikipedia◆
- -763The Bur-Sagale eclipse was observed in Assyria, the earliest solar eclipse mentioned in historical sources that has been successfully identified.Wikipedia◆
- 1972Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.Wikipedia◆
- 1919John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.Wikipedia◆
- Enraged Cow Injures Farmer With AxHall of Fame◆
- 1984STATE SENATOR DECLARED WINNER IN TEXAS DEMOCRATIC RECOUNTThe New York Times◆
- 2023California seizes enough fentanyl in San Francisco to kill city’s population three times overThe Guardian◆
- 2017Wife of Virginia shooter who targeted Republicans: 'I can't believe he did this'The Guardian◆
- -763Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.Wikipedia◆
- 1520Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subsequent writings, and threatening him with excommunication unless he recanted.Wikipedia◆
- 1567Mary, Queen of Scots, and her new husband Bothwell are confronted by disgruntled Scottish nobles in the encounter at Carberry Hill. The stand-off ends with the surrender of queen Mary.Wikipedia◆
- 1520Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.Wikipedia◆
- 1944World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began the first air raid of its strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was caused.Wikipedia◆
- 1921Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.Wikipedia◆
- 1920Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.Wikipedia◆
- -763The Bur-Sagale eclipse was observed in Assyria, the earliest solar eclipse mentioned in historical sources that has been successfully identified.Wikipedia◆
- 1972Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.Wikipedia◆
- 1919John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.Wikipedia◆
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763 BC Oddly trueAssyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
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1520 Oddly trueLeo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subsequent writings, and threatening him with excommunication unless he recanted.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1567 Oddly trueMary, Queen of Scots, and her new husband Bothwell are confronted by disgruntled Scottish nobles in the encounter at Carberry Hill. The stand-off ends with the surrender of queen Mary.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1520 Oddly true
Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1944 First everWorld War II: The United States Army Air Forces began the first air raid of its strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was caused.
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2023The GuardianCalifornia seizes enough fentanyl in San Francisco to kill city’s population three times overGovernor’s office says over 4kg of drug seized in city since May – enough to cause deadly overdoses of more than 2m p…
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2017The GuardianWife of Virginia shooter who targeted Republicans: 'I can't believe he did this'Sue Hodgkinson struggled for words as she made her first public statement since her husband attacked a Republican con…
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The Texas Democratic Executive Committee today certified a recount of the votes in the June 2 runoff for the United S…
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Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
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- 1520 Oddly true
Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subsequent writings, and threatening him with excommunication unless he recanted.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1567 Oddly true
Mary, Queen of Scots, and her new husband Bothwell are confronted by disgruntled Scottish nobles in the encounter at Carberry Hill. The stand-off ends with the surrender of queen Mary.
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Kobe Bryant dies
Kobe Bryant, professional basketball player, died on this day in 2020. Helicopter crash. Remembered as: Five-time NBA champion with the LA Lakers.
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Death of Mahatma Gandhi
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