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Nov 12, 1035
Fallen Leader
Viking Leader Canute the Great Died. -
Oct 30, 1270
End of an Era
The Eighth and final crusade occurs on this date. -
Nov 20, 1272
I crown thee!
Edward I crowned King of England. -
Nov 19, 1302
Papal Decree
Pope Boniface VIII decrees the Unam Sanctum, declaring that there is only one holy person on earth, the pope. -
Nov 15, 1492
Agricultural Discovery
Christopher Columbus notes on tobacco growing on the Carribean Islands. -
Oct 31, 1517
Reformation
Martin Luther nails 95 theses on Castle Church door in Wittenburg, Germany. -
Nov 18, 1558
Succession
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England after her sister, Queen Mary, dies. -
Busted!
King James of England learns of gunpowder plot to kill him. -
Medical Advance
Samuel Depys reports on first blood transfusion. -
Peace Promise
US President Woodrow Wilson says the United States will never attack another country. -
Economic Downturn
Stock Market Crashes, plunging US into the Great Depression -
Vandalized!
Nazis Launch Kristallnacht, a raid on Jewish shops to demean them. -
Unprecedented!
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt re-elected to 4th term in office. -
Evolutionary Falsehood!
Piltdown Man hoax discovered. -
Illegal, but not our problem
UN condemns aparthied in South Africa, but refuses to get involved. -
Tragedy! Horror!
President John F. Kennedy Assasinated in Dallas, TX as he rode in his motorcade. The President was just 46 years old and was succeded by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
No freedom!
Emperor Theodisius bans all pagan worship throughout the Roman Empire.