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On this date in 1543, Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius published "De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the…
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On this date in 585 BC a Solar eclipse, as predicted by Greek philosopher Thales, occurs while…
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On this date in 1692, William Phips, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony authorizes a special Court…
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On this date, 1849, Abraham Lincoln received a patent (only US President to do so) for a device…
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On this date in 1819 the first bicycles in the US, called swift walkers, were debuted in…
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On this date in 1609, William Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher…
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On this date in 1618, German astronomer Johannes Keplerdiscovered the third of his three planetary laws, the…
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On this date in 1607, English colonists led by John Smith establish Jamestown at a second landing…
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1780 William Herschel discovers the first binary star system, Xi Ursae Majoris. Xi Ursae Majoris . .…