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1154: The Only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

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1154: The Only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

On this day, the only English pope in the whole history of the Catholic Church was elected. His birth na ...

On this day, the only English pope in the whole history of the Catholic Church was elected. His birth name was Nicholas Breakspear, and as pope he took the name of Adrian IV. He succeeded Pope Anasta ...

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1878: A Mystery: Who was actually the Last Russian Emperor?

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1878: A Mystery: Who was actually the Last Russian Emperor?

Grand Duke Michael Romanov – according to some the real last emperor of the Russian Empire – was born on ...

Grand Duke Michael Romanov – according to some the real last emperor of the Russian Empire – was born on this day. It is well known that the famous Tsar Nicholas II Romanov abdicated during the Russia ...

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1951: Double-decker Bus Runs over 24 Children

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1951: Double-decker Bus Runs over 24 Children

On this day in 1951, the toughest traffic accident in the UK thus far occurred. A double-decker bus drove ...

On this day in 1951, the toughest traffic accident in the UK thus far occurred. A double-decker bus drove that night on a country road near Gillingham, Kent, and ploughed into the rear of a company of ...

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1872: Mystery of the Mary Celeste

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1872: Mystery of the Mary Celeste

The ship Mary Celeste is the greatest maritime mystery in history. Namely, on this day in the year 1872, ...

The ship Mary Celeste is the greatest maritime mystery in history. Namely, on this day in the year 1872, that ship was found in the Atlantic Ocean in pristine condition, but without a single crew memb ...

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1829: Burning Widows at Stake Banned

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1829: Burning Widows at Stake Banned

For centuries there was a custom in India of burning widows on the funeral pyre of their deceased husband ...

For centuries there was a custom in India of burning widows on the funeral pyre of their deceased husband. At first, the widows were not required to do so, but that act was highly appreciated because ...

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1154: The only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

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1154: The only Englishman Ever Elected Pope

On this day, the only English pope in the whole history of the Catholic Church was elected. His birth nam ...

On this day, the only English pope in the whole history of the Catholic Church was elected. His birth name was Nicholas Breakspear, and as pope he took the name of Adrian IV. He succeeded Pope Anastas ...

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