On today's date in 1971: Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719. 
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On today's date in 1455: Traditionally the date of publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1820: Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1778: American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to help to train the Continental Army. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1316: The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece. 
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On today's date in 1371: Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1316: The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1371: Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1797: The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1440: The Prussian Confederation is formed. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1973: After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board. 
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On today's date in 1804: The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1828: Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1943: The Saturday Evening Post published the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms, among the most widely distributed paintings ever produced, in support of U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms. 
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On today's date in 1685: René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1797: French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2010: In a coup d'état, military rebels attacked the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger, and replaced President Mamadou Tandja with a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1332: Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1985: The Lebanese Shia political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah released a manifesto describing its ideology and goals. #history #grownostr