On today's date in 2006: An earthquake registering 6.4 Mw struck near the city of Yogyakarta on the southern side of the Indonesian island of Java, killing more than 5,700 people. 
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On today's date in 1254: Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1200: King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1349: Dušan's Code, the constitution of the Serbian Empire, is enacted by Dušan the Mighty. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 879: Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1674: The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 878: Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabids after a nine-month siege. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1946: While working with a mass of plutonium known as the demon core, Manhattan Project physicist Louis Slotin accidentally exposed himself to a lethal dose of hard radiation. 
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On today's date in 1520: Hernando Cortes defeats Panfilo de Narvaez, sent by Spain to punish him for insubordination. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1498: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India when he arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1943: The Luttra Woman, a bog body from the Early Neolithic period, was discovered near Luttra, Sweden. 
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On today's date in 1965: While attempting to land at Cairo International Airport, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 crashed for unknown reasons, killing all but 6 of the 121 people on board. 
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On today's date in 332: Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1996: Ireland won the Eurovision song contest for the seventh time, the highest number of wins for any country before Sweden tied it in 2023. 
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On today's date in 332: Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1756: Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1521: Edward Stafford, whose father had been beheaded for rebelling against King Richard III of England, was himself executed for treason against King Henry VIII. 
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On today's date in 1395: Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1960: American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu. 
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On today's date in 1929: The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. 
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