On today's date in 476: Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire. #history #grownostr
Today In History
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What happened today in history
On today's date in 301: San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2017: North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake. 
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On today's date in 1411: The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1789: The United States Department of the Treasury is founded. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1985: Hurricane Elena, an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast, made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 3 major hurricane. 
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On today's date in 1604: The Guru Granth Sahib (folio depicted), the religious text of Sikhism, was installed in the Golden Temple in Amritsar. 
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On today's date in 1715: At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV. #history #grownostr
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
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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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