On today's date in 863: Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine Empire decisively defeated the Emirate of Melitene at the Battle of Lalakaon, beginning the era of Byzantine ascendancy. 
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On today's date in 1885: White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, attacked Chinese-American immigrants, killing at least 28 Chinese miners and causing approximately $150,000 in property damage. 
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On today's date in 1666: The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1752: Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1529: The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1355: King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1529: The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1420: A 9.4 MS-strong earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region causing tsunamis in Chile as well as Hawaii and Japan. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris. 
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On today's date in 1422: King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of nine months. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1876: Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness. 
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On today's date in 1959: A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia. 
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On today's date in 1942: British and Australian prisoners of war in Singapore revolted against their Japanese captors, who required them to pledge not to escape. 
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On today's date in 1363: The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1942: Second World War: German field marshal Erwin Rommel launched the last major Axis offensive of the Western Desert campaign, attacking British positions near El Alamein, Egypt. 
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On today's date in 1261: Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV, becoming the 182nd pope. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1498: Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1996: Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board. 
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On today's date in 1914: In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight. 
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On today's date in 1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States. #history #grownostr