On this day in history: Abolition Speech
On this day in history: Super Mario Bros
On this day in history: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon
On this day in history: Anglo-Zulu War
On this day in history: Frederick Douglass escapes slavery
On this day in history: Micrographia is published
On this day in history: Battle of Berlin ends
On this day in history: Britains first hydrogen bomb
On this day in history: Franz Ferdinand assassinated
On this day in history: Kuthadown inscriptions
On this day in history: Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans
On this day in history: Hershey Park opens
On this day in history: De Soto crosses the Mississippi
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On this day in history: Elon Musk increases wealth
On this day in history: John Deere invents steel plough
On this day in history: U.S. first naval ship
On this day in history: First Farmers Almanac
On this day in history: First telegraph message
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