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#OTD (Jul 10) in the year 1832: U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 10) in the year 1789: Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 10) in the year 1927: birth of David Dinkins, American soldier and politician, 106th Mayor of New York City (d. 2020) #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 10) in the year 1806: death of George Stubbs, English painter and academic (b. 1724) #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 10) in the year 1938: Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record. #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 10) in the year 420: Having usurped the throne of Emperor Gong of Jin, Liu Yu proclaims himself Emperor of the Liu Song dynasty. #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 10) in the year 1086: death of Canute IV, king of Denmark (b. 1043) #OTDIH #history ποΈ #Medievalsky
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#OTD (Jul 09) in the year 1777: birth of Paavo Ruotsalainen, Finnish farmer and lay preacher (d. 1852) #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 09) in the year 381: The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 09) in the year 1807: The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed between France and Prussia, ending the War of the Fourth Coalition. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 09) in the year 1815: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-PΓ©rigord becomes the first Prime Minister of France. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 09) in the year 1789: In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 09) in the year 1701: A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #EarlyModern #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 09) in the year 1790: The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 09) in the year 1944: birth of Tabassum, Indian actress and talk show host (d. 2022) #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 08) in the year 1283: Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #Medievalsky
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#OTD (Jul 08) in the year 1908: birth of Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (d. 1975) #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 08) in the year 1822: Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 08) in the year 1808: Promulgation of the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter Joseph Bonaparte intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 08) in the year 1709: Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #EarlyModern #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 08) in the year 1926: birth of John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2019) #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 08) in the year 1898: The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 08) in the year 1887: death of Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819) #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 07) in the year 1937: The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Lugou Bridge) provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War (China-Japan War). #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 07) in the year 1667: An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #EarlyModern #17thc
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#OTD (Jul 07) in the year 1777: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 07) in the year 1913: death of Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841) #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 07) in the year 1898: US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 07) in the year 1816: death of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and poet (b. 1751) #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 07) in the year 1908: birth of Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic (d. 1994) #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 07) in the year 1907: Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City. #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 06) in the year 1947: Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India. #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 06) in the year 1947: The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union. #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 06) in the year 1685: Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. Troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #EarlyModern #17thc
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#OTD (Jul 06) in the year 1791: At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis XVI's freedom. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 06) in the year 1892: Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 06) in the year 1348: Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #Medievalsky
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#OTD (Jul 06) in the year 1253: Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #Medievalsky
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#OTD (Jul 06) in the year 1939: Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises. #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 05) in the year 1946: Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris. #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 05) in the year 1719: death of Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (b. 1641) #OTDIH #history ποΈ #EarlyModern #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 05) in the year 1920: death of Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857) #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 05) in the year 1948: National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom. #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 05) in the year 1943: death of Karin SwanstrΓΆm, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873) #OTDIH #history ποΈ
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#OTD (Jul 05) in the year 1811: The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is adopted by a congress of the provinces. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 05) in the year 1770: The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c18th
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#OTD (Jul 05) in the year 1891: birth of Tin UjeviΔ, Croatian poet and translator (d. 1955) #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 04) in the year 1546: birth of Murad III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1595) #OTDIH #history ποΈ #EarlyModern
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#OTD (Jul 04) in the year 1827: Slavery is abolished in the State of New York. #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c19th
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#OTD (Jul 04) in the year 1761: death of Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689) #OTDIH #history ποΈ #c18th
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