On This Day in History |
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366 The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. |
 | The Surrender of Granada by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz: Ferdinand II of
Aragon and Isabella I of Castile accept the surrender of Granada |
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1492 Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, ending both the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula |
1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible's march to Novgorod begins. |
1905 American anarcho-syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms. |
1942 World War II: The 28 nations at war with the Axis powers pledge to make no separate peace deals. |
1947 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East Bengal, India. |
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Erika Roe bounced into the history books on this day when, topless, she skipped onto the pitch at a rugby game to the roar of 60,000 cheering spectators. |
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