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1324 – Death of Marco Polo

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|Date: January 08, 2020
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1324 – Death of Marco Polo

Marco Polo spent a long time in prison in Genoa, and dictated the stories from his famous journey to a co ...

Marco Polo spent a long time in prison in Genoa, and dictated the stories from his famous journey to a colleague named Rustichello da Pisa. This day in 1324 marked the death of the famous medieval tr ...

January 08, 2020
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72: One of Jesus’s Apostles Died in India

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72: One of Jesus’s Apostles Died in India

According to tradition, St. Thomas the Apostle died a martyr’s death on this day. That saint is often kno ...

According to tradition, St. Thomas the Apostle died a martyr’s death on this day. That saint is often known as “Doubting Thomas” because he didn’t believe the other apostles when they told him about t ...

December 21, 2019
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1515: Admiral who Founded the First European Colonial Empire in Asia

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1515: Admiral who Founded the First European Colonial Empire in Asia

On this day the famous Portuguese sailor and army commander – Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque – died. His r ...

On this day the famous Portuguese sailor and army commander – Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque – died. His role in world history was very important because he founded the first European colonial empire i ...

December 16, 2019
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Saddam Hussein Arrested in Spider Hole – 2003

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Saddam Hussein Arrested in Spider Hole – 2003

When the American soldiers came to the hole, they intended to throw a grenade into it, but Saddam appeare ...

When the American soldiers came to the hole, they intended to throw a grenade into it, but Saddam appeared saying that he wanted to surrender. He was armed with a pistol and two AK-47 assault rifles, ...

December 13, 2019
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1917: British Capture Jerusalem from the Turks?

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1917: British Capture Jerusalem from the Turks?

On this day in 1917, a Christian army occupied Jerusalem for the first time after it had been in Muslim h ...

On this day in 1917, a Christian army occupied Jerusalem for the first time after it had been in Muslim hands for 673 years. Namely, the last time Jerusalem was a Christian city was back in 1244, when ...

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1552: St. Francis Xavier Dies in China Trying to Convert the Chinese

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1552: St. Francis Xavier Dies in China Trying to Convert the Chinese

The famous St. Francis Xavier – one of the greatest missionaries in the history of the Catholic Church – ...

The famous St. Francis Xavier – one of the greatest missionaries in the history of the Catholic Church – died on this day. By birth he was probably Basque, a member of the perhaps the oldest indigenou ...

December 03, 2019
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1984: Largest Poisoning in History – Gas poisons 558,125 People

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1984: Largest Poisoning in History – Gas poisons 558,125 People

One of the worst environmental and human disasters in history happened on this day. In the city of Bhopal ...

One of the worst environmental and human disasters in history happened on this day. In the city of Bhopal in India, toxic gas leaked from a plant, poisoning over half-a-million people in the area. The ...

December 03, 2019
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1177: Leper King of Jerusalem and Knights Templar Defeat Saladin

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1177: Leper King of Jerusalem and Knights Templar Defeat Saladin

On this day in 1177, one of the most famous battles between the Crusaders and the Muslims took place in t ...

On this day in 1177, one of the most famous battles between the Crusaders and the Muslims took place in the Holy Land. Namely, that was the time when the Kingdom of Jerusalem existed in Palestine. It ...

November 25, 2019
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