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1689 Oddly trueThe Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
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2016 First everIn the first meeting between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed the Havana Declaration at José Martí International Airport in Cuba.
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2016 First everPope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
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Vintage clipping · 1920
Vashon Island news-record (Vashon, Wash.), January 29, 1920
Page 5 · mentions "bizarre"
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