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On this date in history a Flemish woman introduced something that has caused undue hardship…
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On this date in 1140, the Palatine Chapel, commissioned by Roger II and one of Norman Sicily's most…
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On this date in 1667, blind and impoverished, English poet John Milton sold the copyright of "Paradise Lost"…
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On this date in 1954, Bell Labs announced the first solar battery made from silicon with about 6%…
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On this date in 1516, Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria endorsed “The German Beer Purity Law"…
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On this date in 1876, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky completed his ballet "Swan Lake". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Wrs2RE0fI
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On this date in 1506, the cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica was laid in the Vatican…
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On this date in 1387, the fictional characters in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" began their pilgrimage to Canterbury (according to scholars).…
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On this date in 1854, Franz Liszt's symphonic poem "Mazeppa" premiered in the Court Theatre in Weimar. . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHKK0gathww