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1607 – The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.; 1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.; 1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
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If you've had some cold weather recently, today's look back at history should make you shiver a little less. From Feb. 2-4, 1996, 29 years ago, a frigid arctic outbreak gripped the upper Midwest.
1377 – Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.; 1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of Queen LiliÊ»uokalani (pictured).
Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history. 1844 – Governor-general of the Philippines Narciso Claveria , signs a decree to reform the country's calendar by skipping Tuesday, December 31 , as a solution to anomalies that had existed since Ferdinand Magellan ...
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. [1] [2]1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.