On This Day in History |
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1076 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV (for the 1st time) |
 | British ships with captured Spanish vessels in the foreground and the rest of the British fleet in pursuit of the fleeing Spanish |
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1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeats larger Spanish fleet under Admiral Don José de Córdoba y Ramos near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Captain Horatio Nelson distinguishes himself. |
 | The original drawing filed with Thomas Edison's patent application for the telephone |
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1876 Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents, the Supreme Court eventually rules Bell the rightful inventor |
1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, seven gangsters are killed, allegedly on Al Capone's orders. |
1971 President Richard Nixon installs a secret taping system in the White House. |
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Also Babur, Jack Benny and Danai Gurira (46) |
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Explorer James Cook was the first European to set foot on Hawaii, where he was thought to be a god. But he would never leave the island alive. |
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