On today's date in 1746: War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1407: Ming-Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1963: Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space. 
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On today's date in 1972: English musician David Bowie released his breakthrough album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. 
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On today's date in 1246: With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1878: Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation pictured), which became the basis of motion pictures. 
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On today's date in 1920: Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States. 
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On today's date in 1645: English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1971: Emerson, Lake & Palmer released the progressive rock album Tarkus. 
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On today's date in 1667: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1404: Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies himself with the French against King Henry IV of England. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1644: First English Civil War: Prince Maurice abandoned his siege of Lyme Regis in Dorset after learning of the approach of a Parliamentarian relief force. 
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On today's date in 1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1969: Preston Smith, Governor of Texas, signed a law converting a research arm of Texas Instruments into the University of Texas at Dallas. 
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On today's date in 1774: Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1777: American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1381: Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1418: Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1798: Following the successful French invasion of Malta, the Knights Hospitaller surrendered Malta to Napoleon, initiating two years of occupation. 
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