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AncientPages.com - The Allies of World War II held the Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 on 7 September 1945 in Berlin, the capital of defeated Nazi Germany, shortly after
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AncientPages.com - On Sep 6, 1522, one of Ferdinand Magellan's five ships–the Vittoria–finally arrived at Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, thus completing the world's first circumnavigation. Discovery of the
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AncientPages.com - On Sep 5/6, 1666, the Great Fire of London that started on September 2 ended. A fire started on September 2 in the King's bakery in
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AncientPages.com - A highly controversial theory put forward by a Professor suggests ancient Egyptians were founders of Chinese civilization. This may sound very odd and surprising to many because
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - The mysterious priesthood known as the Druids shared a number of ancient secrets. The Druids can be traced back to a distant past in
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AncientPages.com - On September 4, 476, Emperor Romulus Augustus (461 - 476 AD) who ruled over the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer, the Germanic warlord. Romulus
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AncientPages.com - On September 4, 476, Emperor Romulus Augustus (461 - 476 AD) who ruled over the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer, Germanic warlord. Romulus Augustus was
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AncientPages.com - On September 3, 36 BC, the fleets of Sextus Pompeius and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, off Naulochus, near Messina, Sicily, met in the naval Battle of Naulochus.
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AncientPages.com - On September 2, 31 BC, a significant historical event occurred outside the Gulf of Actium in Greece. The fleets of Roman Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Queen of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Stele of the Vultures is a Sumerian historical and literary work dated to the Early Dynastic III period (2600–2350 BC). Also known
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AncientPages.com - On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland on land and from the air. World War II had begun. The German invasion of Poland was a primer
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AncientPages.com - On 31 August 12 AD, Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) was born. Caligula was the Roman Emperor (37–41 AD). Still, there are few surviving sources
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AncientPages.com - On August 30, 1400, Vlad II, Vlad Dracul ('Vlad the Dragon'), was born. He reigned from 1436 to 1442 and again from 1443 to 1447. He
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AncientPages.com - The Solar Storm, known as the Carrington Event, lasted from August 28 to September 2, 1859. During this period, numerous sunspots were observed on the Sun.
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AncientPages.com - On August 27, 1783, the first experimental hydrogen-filled balloon left Champs de Mars, Paris. The balloon had a diameter of 13ft (4m) and was made of
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AncientPages.com - On the afternoon of August 26, 1883, Krakatoa erupted 1883 in one of the most powerful natural eruptions in recent time. Krakatoa is an island volcano
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AncientPages.com - On 25 August 1609, precisely 410 years ago today, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new invention, a telescope, an important instrument
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - According to a new study the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex has been misunderstood. An ancient astronomer, a Mayan version of ‘Copernicus’ observed
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AncientPages.com - On August 23, 1305, great Scottish hero William Wallace was hanged, drawn, and cut into pieces. It was a traitor's death. On this day, William Wallace was
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AncientPages.com - On 22 August 1572, "Earl of Northumberland" Thomas Percy was executed because he was Catholic. Thomas Percy was a Catholic and lived when the Protestant Queen Elizabeth
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AncientPages.com - On August 21, 1680, Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from the Spanish.Pueblo Indians were peaceful people who managed to endure much after New Mexico's colonization in
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AncentPages.com - On August 20, 1940, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was fatally stabbed by a pick of an ice axe in his skull. The next day Leon Trotsky
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AncientPages.com - On August 19, 1759, the naval Battle of Lagos between the Royal Navy of Britain and France, which began one day earlier, continued. This historical event happened
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AncientPages.com - On August 18, 1227, Genghis Khan died during the siege of Ningxia. The cause of his death remains unknown and has been attributed to being slain in
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AncientPages.com - On August 17, 1970, Venera 7, a Soviet spacecraft, was launched from Earth as part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed
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AncientPages.com - On August 16, 1896, while camping near Rabbit Creek near the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon Territory, George Carmack reportedly spotted nuggets of gold in a
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AncientPages.com - On 15 August 1057, Macbeth was killed at the Battle of Lumphanan in 1057 by forces loyal to the future Malcolm III. He was buried on
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AncientPages.com - On August 14, 1720, the Spanish Villasur expedition was wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska. In June 1720, a Spanish military force
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AncientPages.com - On Aug. 13, 1792, the National Tribunal in Paris formally arrested King Louis XVI of France and the royal family, including Queen Mary Antoinette, the king’s son
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