On today's date in 1944: World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy. 
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On today's date in 1944: World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1083: Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric celebrated as a National Day in Hungary. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 14: Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards under mysterious circumstances while in exile. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 14: Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards under mysterious circumstances while in exile. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 917: Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Bulgarian forces led by Tsar Simeon I drove the Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive victory at the Battle of Achelous. 
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On today's date in 1467: The Second Battle of Olmedo takes places as part of a succession conflict between Henry IV of Castile and his half-brother Alfonso, Prince of Asturias. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2003: A Hamas suicide bomber killed 23 people and wounded more than 130 others, including many Orthodox Jewish children, on a crowded public bus in Shmuel HaNavi, Jerusalem. 
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On today's date in 1153: Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1153: Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1634: Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1634: Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1572: Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1959: American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time. 
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On today's date in 682: Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 963: Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1792: Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1513: War of the League of Cambrai: English and Imperial forces defeated French cavalry, forcing them to retreat. 
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On today's date in 1998: The Troubles: A car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army killed 29 people and injured approximately 220 others in Omagh, Northern Ireland. 
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On today's date in 747: Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1018: Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria. #history #grownostr