On today's date in 1999: The first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of Currency. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1966: Queen Elizabeth II opened the Severn Bridge, suggesting that it marked the dawn of a new economic era for South Wales. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1900: The Great Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, struck Galveston, Texas, with estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (215 km/h) at landfall, killing at least 6,000 people. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1198: Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans) #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1198: Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans) #history #grownostr

On today's date in 70: A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1999: Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a second earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy". #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1191: Third Crusade: Crusaders under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf in present-day Israel. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 878: Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1997: An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide watched the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, on television. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2003: Mahmoud Abbas resigned as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority after a power struggle with President Yasser Arafat. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1492: Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1698: In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 917: Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the state of Southern Han at his capital of Panyu (present-day Guangzhou) in southern China. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1816: Facing rising discontent in France, Louis XVIII was forced to dissolve the Chambre introuvable, the legislature dominated by Ultra-royalists. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1977: The Golden Dragon massacre took place in Chinatown, San Francisco, leaving five dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in the city. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1977: The Golden Dragon massacre took place in Chinatown, San Francisco, leaving five dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in the city. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 476: Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1650: Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2017: North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake. #history #grownostr