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Friday, January 27
On This Date In 630 The Battle of Hunain was fought between Muhammad and his followers against the Bedouin tribe of Hawazin and its subsection the Thaqif in a valley on one of the roads leading from Mecca to al-Ta'if. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, who captured enorm...
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Friday, January 13
On This Date In 1128 Pope Honorius II granted a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. On This Date In 1794 President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admiss...
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Friday, January 06
On This Date In 0871 England's King Alfred (Alfred the Great) defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown in Berkshire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/alfred_the_great.shtml On This Date In 1066 Following the death of Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwineson, head of the mos...
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Friday, December 30
On This Date In 1370 Pope Gregory XI (c. 1336 – March 27, 1378), born Pierre Roger de Beaufort in Maumont, in the modern commune of Rosiers-d'Égletons, Limousin around 1336, was elected Pope, and served from 1370 until his death in 1378. He succeeded Pope Urban V (1362–70) in 1370 as the sev...
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Friday, December 23
On This Date In 1597 Through January 4, 1598 the Siege of Ulsan was an unsuccessful Korean and Chinese attempt to capture Ulsan Castle from the Japanese late in the Imjin War. The Japanese suffered heavy losses during the siege.On This Date In 1620 One week after the Mayflower arrived at Plym...
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Friday, December 16
On This Date In 1653 Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599 – September 3, 1658), an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, became Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. On This Date In 1773 The B...