Sistorically_Accurate
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Sistorically_Accurate
@SistoricallyA
Two sisters and a history podcast!
Katılım Temmuz 2020
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Toady in #History - 1619
The first group of twenty Africans is brought to Jamestown, Virginia.

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Today in #History - 1991
Communist hard-liners place President Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest in an attempted coup that failed two days later.

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Today in #History - 1692
Five women are hanged in Salem, Massachusetts after being convicted of the crime of witchcraft. Fourteen more people are executed that year and 150 others are imprisoned.

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Today in #History - 1833
The first steam ship to cross the Atlantic entirely on its own power, the Canadian ship Royal William, begins her journey from Nova Scotia to The Isle of Wight.

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Today in #History - 2001
Astronomers announce the first solar system discovered outside our own; two planets had been found orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.

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Today in #History - 1986
Ignoring objections from President Ronald Reagan's Administration, US Senate approves economic sanctions against South Africa to protest that country's apartheid policies.
(I couldn't find a good picture for this one)
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Today in #History - 1598
Hugh O'Neill, the Earl of Tyrone, leads an Irish force to victory over the English at Battle of Yellow Ford.

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Today in #History -1969
British troops arrived Northern Ireland in response to sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
(battle of the bogside pictured below)

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Today in #History - 1457
The first book ever printed is published by a German astrologer named Faust. He is thrown in jail while trying to sell books in Paris. Authorities concluded that all the identical books meant Faust had dealt with the devil.

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Today in #History - 1989
The wreckage of a plane that carried U.S. congressman Mickey Leland and others on a humanitarian mission is found on a mountain side in Ethiopia; there are no survivors.

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Today in #History - 1963
Thich Quang Duc, a 17 year-old Buddhist monk burns himself to death in Saigon, South Vietnam.

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Today in #History - 1961
Construction begins on Berlin Wall during the night, leading to the official separation between East and West Berlin.

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Today in #History - 1791
Black slaves on the island of Santo Domingo rise up against their white masters, leading to the establishment of Haiti.

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Today in #History - 30BCE
Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, commits suicide.
Known for her love affairs with Julius Ceaser and Mark Anthony, these romances were but a short part of her extraordinary life.
Causing a huge stir in the known world she has left a big impact on history.

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