On today's date in 1975: SS Edmund Fitzgerald (pictured) sank in Lake Superior with the loss of 29 lives. 
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Today In History
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Events from today in history
On today's date in 1599: Åbo Bloodbath: Fourteen gentries who opposed Duke Charles were decapitated in the Old Great Square of Turku (Swedish: Åbo) for their involvement in the power struggle between King Sigismund and Duke Charles and the related peasant revolt known as the Cudgel War. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1729: Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1277: The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement forced on Llywelyn ap Gruffudd by King Edward I of England, brings a temporary end to the Welsh Wars. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1967: The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published. 
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On today's date in 1520: Following a successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces under Christian II, scores of Swedish leaders in Stockholm were imprisoned and later executed despite Christian's promise of general amnesty. 
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On today's date in 1602: The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 960: Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1620: The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 680: The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1665: The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1426: Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động - Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1775: John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2012: Tammy Baldwin (pictured) became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. 
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On today's date in 1794: French Revolutionary Wars: Two British ships were intercepted by a French squadron, leading to the French seizure of HMS Alexander. 
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On today's date in 1977: The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed; the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in damages. 
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On today's date in 1780: French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1990: Ultra-Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman. 
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On today's date in 1138: Lý Anh Tông was enthroned as the emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1964: Ruhollah Khomeini was arrested by SAVAK, the Iranian secret police, and exiled to Turkey. 
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