On today's date in 1979: Spores of anthrax were accidentally released from a military research facility near the city of Sverdlovsk, causing at least 68 deaths. 
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On today's date in 1801: French Revolutionary Wars: In the Battle of Copenhagen a British Royal Navy squadron defeats a hastily-assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer Dano-Norwegian Navy at high cost, forcing Denmark out of the Second League of Armed Neutrality. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey, an epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick (pictured), premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C. 
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On today's date in 1900: Prince George becomes absolute monarch of the Cretan State. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1833: Mexican Texans met at San Felipe de Austin to begin the Convention of 1833. 
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On today's date in 1933: English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual score in Test cricket of 336 not out during a match against New Zealand. 
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On today's date in 1146: Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1146: French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux preached a sermon to a crowd at a council in Vézelay, with King Louis VII in attendance, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. 
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On today's date in 1999: Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica. 
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On today's date in 1946: The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons. 
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On today's date in 1999: Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1814: War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 37: Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2015: Himeji Castle (pictured), the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work. 
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On today's date in 2020: North Macedonia became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 
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On today's date in 1850: San Diego, the first European settlement in present-day California, was incorporated as a city. 
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On today's date in 2009: A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang, Indonesia, caused floods that killed at least 100 people. 
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On today's date in 1782: The Second Rockingham ministry assumes office in Great Britain and begins negotiations to end the American War of Independence. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1552: Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 590: Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. #history #grownostr