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January 30, 2015

In 1649, King Charles I of England was beheaded. In 1835, Richard Lawrence attempted to assassinate President Andrew Jackson with a pistol. In 1847, the city of Yerba Buena in California was renamed...

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January 29, 2015

In 1845, "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe was published in New York's The Evening Mirror. In 1850, Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. In 1861, Kansas was admitted to...

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January 28, 2015

In 1547, King Henry VIII died and his 9-year-old son, Edward VI, ascended the throne. In 1727, the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in Saint Petersburg by Peter the Great. In 1813, Jane Austen's...

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January 27, 2015

In 1302, Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence, Italy. In 1606, the trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators in the "Gunpowder Plot" began. In 1785, the University of Georgia, the first public...

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January 26, 2015

In 1837, Michigan entered the Union as the 26th state. In 1838, Tennessee enacted the first prohibition law in the United States. In 1861, Louisiana seceded from the Union. In 1905, the world's...

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January 25, 2015

In 1533, King Henry VIII of England secretly married his second wife, Anne Boleyn. In 1554, the city of Sao Paulo, in Brazil, was founded. In 1858, the "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn was played...

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January 24, 2015

In 41, Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard. In 1848, James W. Marshall struck gold at Sutter's Mill, near Sacramento, sparking the beginning of the California...

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