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Friday, December 09
On This Date In 1779 The Battle of Great Bridge was fought in the area of Chesapeake, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War. The victory by the Continental Army was responsible for removing Lord Dunmore and any other vestige of British Government for the Colony of Virginia during the ea...
Pearl Harbor Day - 70th Anniversary Commemoration
Wednesday, December 07
Pearl Harbor Day - 70th Anniversary Commemoration at World War II Memorial Features Senator Jim Webb As Keynote Speaker Wednesday, December 7, 2011at 1:53 P.M. “The purpose of the national World War II Memorial is to honor, inspire, and commemorate. It acknowledges the bravery of our ...
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Friday, December 02
On This Date In 1763 Members of the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island witnessed the dedication of the Touro Synagogue, the first synagogue in what became the United States. Designed in the Georgian style by English architect Peter Harrison, the synagogue was named for Isaac Touro, its fi...
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Friday, November 11
On This Date In 1417 Pope Martin V (c. 1368 – February 20, 1431), born Oddone Colonna was Pope from 1417 to 1431. His election effectively ended the Western Schism (1378–1417). On This Date In 1620 The Mayflower Compact was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower when they landed in what is now ...
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Friday, October 14
On This Date In 1066 King Harold II of England was defeated by the Norman forces of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, fought on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, England. At the end of the bloody, all-day battle, Harold was killed-shot in the eye with an arrow, according to...
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Friday, October 07
On This Date In 1571 The Battle of Lepanto took place when a galley fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Spain (including their territories of Naples, Sicily and Sardinia), the Republic of Venice, the Papacy (under St. Pope Pius V), the Republic of Genoa, the Duchy of Savoy, the Knights Hosp...