On today's date in 1796: French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1828: Nullification crisis: American vice president John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest, written to protest the Tariff of Abominations, was presented to the South Carolina House of Representatives. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1828: Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun sparks the Nullification Crisis when he anonymously publishes the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1828: Nullification crisis: American vice president John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest, written to protest the Tariff of Abominations, was presented to the South Carolina House of Representatives. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1793: Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1854: The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes the seigneurial system. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1787: New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1622: Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1583: Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 920: Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1990: American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu, leading to the eventual legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. 
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On today's date in 1989: The Simpsons, the longest running American prime-time entertainment series, made its debut on the Fox television network with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". 
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On today's date in 1761: Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, Russian forces captured Kolberg, the last major Prussian port on the Baltic Sea. 
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On today's date in 1761: Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, Russian forces captured Kolberg, the last major Prussian port on the Baltic Sea. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1575: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5Mw strikes Valdivia, Chile. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1689: Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1025: Constantine VIII became the sole Byzantine emperor, 63 years after being crowned co-emperor. 
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On today's date in 1651: Castle Cornet in Guernsey, the last stronghold which had supported the King in the Third English Civil War, surrenders. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 687: Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodore. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1791: The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified. 
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