On today's date in 1790: The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. #history #grownostr
Today In History
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What happened today in history
On today's date in 1904: President Theodore Roosevelt announced the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, justifying the exercise of "international police power" by the U.S. in the Western Hemisphere. 
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On today's date in 1496: King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree ordering the expulsion of Jewish "heretics" from the country. #history #grownostr
On today's date in -63: Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1928: Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years. 
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On today's date in 1881: The first issue of Tamperean daily newspaper Aamulehti ("Morning Paper") is published. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1999: NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared. 
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On today's date in 1942: Manhattan Project scientists led by Enrico Fermi initiated the first self-sustaining chain reaction in the experimental nuclear reactor Chicago Pile-1. 
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On today's date in 1923: The Gleno Dam in the Italian province of Bergamo failed due to poor workmanship, flooding the downstream valley and killing at least 356 people. 
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On today's date in 1718: Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 903: The Abbasid Caliphate captured the Qarmatian leadership at the Battle of Hama in Syria, opening the way for the reconquest of Tulunid Egypt. 
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On today's date in 1972: Atari announced the release of Pong (screenshot pictured), one of the first video games to achieve widespread popularity in both the arcade and home-console markets. 
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On today's date in 1864: American Indian Wars: A 700-man Colorado Territory militia attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho, killing 133 men, women, and children. 
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On today's date in 587: Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1520: An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1925: Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee. 
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On today's date in 1809: The Berners Street hoax is perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2009: A bomb exploded under, and derailed, a Russian high-speed train travelling between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, killing 28 passengers. 
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On today's date in 395: Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1939: The Soviet Red Army shelled the village of Mainila and then claimed that the fire originated from Finland, giving them a casus belli to launch the Winter War a few days later. 
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