On today's date in 1377: King Richard II of England is crowned. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1251: Celebrated by the Carmelite Order-but doubted by modern historians-as the day when Saint Simon Stock had a vision of the Virgin Mary. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 756: An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang is ordered by his Imperial Guards to execute chancellor Yang Guozhong by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General An Lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1381: John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1381: John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1769: An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California). #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1643: English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire. 
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On today's date in 1973: Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators, White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret taping system (tape recorder pictured) in the Oval Office. 
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On today's date in 1973: Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators, White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret taping system (tape recorder pictured) in the Oval Office. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1863: Four days of rioting began in New York City in response to laws passed by the U.S. Congress to draft men to fight in the American Civil War. 
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On today's date in 1558: Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2007: Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad. 
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On today's date in 1470: The Ottomans capture Euboea. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1979: Rowdy fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago stormed the field during a Major League Baseball promotional event at which a crate of disco records was blown up. 
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On today's date in 1476: Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 911: Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1792: The Belfast Harp Festival, an early event in the Gaelic revival, began at the Assembly Rooms. 
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On today's date in 1966: Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured) led a rally in support of the Chicago Freedom Movement, one of the most ambitious civil-rights campaigns in the northern United States. 
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On today's date in 1086: King Canute IV of Denmark is killed by rebellious peasants. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1942: An American naval aviator discovered a downed Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island, Alaska, which was later rebuilt and flown to devise tactics against the aircraft during World War II. 
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On today's date in 1745: War of the Austrian Succession: French victory at the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent from the Austrian Netherlands. 
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