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1066 - William the Conqueror's troops set sail for England.
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1854: The first great disaster involving a passenger vessel on the trans-Atlantic route. SS Arctic sinks off Newfoundland after colliding with the French steamer Vesta which had watertight bulkheads and made it to safety. Of 400 people only 86 survived!. "Arctic's lifeboat capacity was around 180, enough for less than half those on board; the boats were launched in an atmosphere of panic and disorder, and the principle of "women and children first" was ignored. From around 400 on board (250 passengers, 150 crew). Captain Luce's first thought was to give assistance to the stricken Vesta, which appeared in danger of sinking, but when he was told that his own ship was holed beneath the waterline, he decided to make for the nearest land. As attempts to plug the leaks failed, Arctic's hull steadily filled with sea water. In accordance with the maritime regulations then in force, Arctic carried six lifeboats, the total capacity of which was around 180. Luce ordered these launched, but a breakdown in discipline among the crew meant that most places in the boats were taken by members of the crew or by the more able-bodied passengers. The rest were left with makeshift rafts, or were unable to leave the ship and went down with her when she sank, four hours after the collision.
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1066: William Duke of Normandy
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If imitation is the sincere form of flattery, William's invasion was closely studied for the Allies D-Day invasion. The Overlord Embroidery at the Portsmouth D-Day museum, emulates the nearly thousand year old Bayeux Tapestry panels. Watercolors, from which the embroidery was made, hang in the Pentagon. The work was five painstaking years in creation; the brilliance speaks for itself! IMHO good things don't go outta style!
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935 - Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia.
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480 BC: Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I. One of recorded history's top five critical naval battles... After Salamis, up to Alexander the Great's conquest, things never go well for the Persian Empire in wars with Greece.
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522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
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1939: British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Later that day, Chamberlain flew home to Britain, where he addressed a jubilant crowd in London and praised the Munich Pact for bringing "peace with honor" and "peace in our time." We've been happy ever since; with a little 'blood, toil, tears, and sweat' along the way...
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331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
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1964 - Tōkaidō Shinkansen opened the first Shinkansen line in japan marking the beginning of the high speed Rail.
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1187 - Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders.
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1950: the comic strip Peanuts created by Charles M. Shultz, A (fellow)Minneapolis MINNESTOA boy of German-Norwegian extraction
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2333 BC - The state of Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea) founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao.
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