On today's date in 1872: A small British force commanded by a surgeon fought off a surprise attack by the Maya on Orange Walk Town, British Honduras. 
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On today's date in 1888: The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (pictured), was found in Buck's Row, London. 
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On today's date in 1218: Al-Kamil becomes sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1776: William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 0070: Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1721: The Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia ends in the Treaty of Nystad. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1282: Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1282: Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1885: Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen. 
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On today's date in 1475: The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1885: Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1475: France signed the Treaty of Picquigny with England, freeing Louis XI to deal with the threat posed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. 
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On today's date in 475: The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1789: William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world. 
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On today's date in 1963: American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. 
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On today's date in 1928: The first three of more than sixty nations signed the Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. 
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On today's date in 410: The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 410: The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days. 
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On today's date in 1071: The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1346: At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size. #history #grownostr