REDVIKING57 
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1585 - A group of 108 colonists,led by Sir Richard Grenville, reached Roanoke Island,NC.
Reply #641. Jul 13 11, 6:46 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1789: The French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille prison during a popular uprising in Paris.
Reply #642. Jul 14 11, 12:37 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1799: The Rosetta Stone - key to the translation of heiroglyphs - is discovered in Egypt by a French soldier.
Reply #643. Jul 15 11, 5:56 AM
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boxjaw
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1918 - Second Battle of the Marne begins. Last major German offensive in WWI.
Reply #644. Jul 15 11, 11:20 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1918: Tzar Nicholas II of Russia and his family are killed by a Bolshevik firing squad at Ekaterinburg, Siberia.
Reply #645. Jul 16 11, 3:53 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1936: The Spanish Civil War begins when generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola lead a right-wing uprising.
Reply #646. Jul 17 11, 4:09 AM
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romeomikegolf
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64: A fire breaks out in Rome near the Circus Maximus and much of the city is destroyed.
Reply #647. Jul 18 11, 12:34 AM
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boxjaw
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"Mein Kampf" is first published in 1925.
Reply #648. Jul 18 11, 10:47 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1545: The Tudor warship 'Mary Rose' capsizes and sinks off Portsmouth with the loss of up to 500 men.
Reply #649. Jul 19 11, 2:05 AM
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MsKreant
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July 19th
In 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the moon.
Reply #650. Jul 19 11, 6:45 AM
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boxjaw
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Are you sure MsKreant? Just kidding, of course they did. :^)
Reply #651. Jul 19 11, 10:01 AM
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boxjaw
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1870 - France declares war on Prussia starting the Franco-Prussian War. The culmination being the total unification of the Germanic states.
Reply #652. Jul 19 11, 10:07 AM
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REDVIKING57
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1553 - Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary 1 as Queen of England. She had held the title for just 9 days. She was executed,along with her husband,on 12th.February,1554.
Reply #653. Jul 19 11, 10:31 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka becomes world's first elected woman prime minister.
Reply #654. Jul 20 11, 2:27 AM
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Matthew_07
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The Father of Genetics, Gregor Mendel was born. :)
(Thanks for the peas featured on the google search engine homepage.)
Reply #655. Jul 20 11, 2:39 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1969: US astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon, stepping down from Apollo 11.
Reply #656. Jul 21 11, 12:35 AM
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July 21st 1861...........First Battle of Manassas
Reply #657. Jul 21 11, 1:29 AM
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boxjaw
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Space shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center this morning. Last mission for the space shuttle fleet.
Reply #658. Jul 21 11, 5:46 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1403: Henry IV defeats Henry Percy ('Hotspur'), a rebel and ally of Owain Glyndwr, at the Battle of Shrewsbury.
1588: The Armada - an invasion fleet sent by Philip II of Spain - is sighted off the coast of Cornwall.
Reply #659. Jul 21 11, 9:52 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1298: Edward I of England defeats Scottish rebels under William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk.
Reply #660. Jul 22 11, 12:36 AM
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