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Scotland is one of the only countries that Rome does not control, protected by Hadrian's wall.
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Artist and sculptor Michelangelo creates the statue of David
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On September 8, 1504, the statue of David (created between 1501-1504) was unveiled in a public square in Florence.
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Michelangelo dies in Rome on February 18, 1564.
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Alexander Graham Bell is born this day in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone on March 10, 1876