On today's date in 1776: American Revolutionary War: British forces made an unopposed amphibious landing at Kips Bay on Manhattan, the American defenders having fled due to artillery fire. 
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On today's date in 1530: Appearance of the miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano in Soriano Calabro, Calabria, Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the Roman Catholic Church 1644-1912. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1607: Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1943: World War II: Nazi forces began a mass extermination campaign against the civilian residents of around 20 villages on the Greek island of Crete, eventually killing more than 500 men. 
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On today's date in 1960: At a conference held in Baghdad, the governments of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela founded OPEC to help coordinate their petroleum policies and influence global oil prices. 
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On today's date in 1992: The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be unconstitutional. 
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On today's date in 1501: Italian Renaissance: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1848: An explosion drove an iron rod through the head of railroad foreman Phineas Gage; his survival and recovery influenced 19th-century discussion of psychology and neuroscience. 
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On today's date in 1541: After three years of exile, French theologian John Calvin returned to Geneva to reform the church under a system of Christian theology later known as Calvinism. 
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On today's date in 1948: The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign, the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War. 
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On today's date in 1995: Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country. 
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On today's date in 1952: Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO. 
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On today's date in 1893: Swami Vivekananda (pictured) gave a speech introducing Hinduism on the opening day of the first Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago. 
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On today's date in 1697: Great Turkish War: Forces led by Prince Eugene of Savoy decisively defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Zenta in present-day Serbia, ending the Turkish threat to Europe. 
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On today's date in 1758: Seven Years' War: France repelled an invasion attempt by the British in the Battle of Saint Cast. 
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On today's date in 1990: Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. 
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On today's date in 1419: John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1419: John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 337: After disposing of all relatives who possibly held a claim to the throne, Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans became Roman co-emperors. 
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On today's date in 9: During the Germanic Wars, an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius engaged Roman forces at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, defeating three legions within a few days. #history #grownostr