On This Day in History |
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455 King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome, looting continues for 14 days |
1862 Robert E. Lee takes command of Confederate armies of North Virginia during the American Civil War. |
1896 Italian engineer and inventor Guglielmo Marconi applies for the first ever patent for a system of wireless telegraphy in the United Kingdom. |
1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London. |
 | Hundreds of thousands of Chinese protest around a 10-meter replica of the Statue of Liberty they called the Goddess of Democracy |
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1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy. |
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Also Helen Jacobs and Bo Diddley. |
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Princess Elizabeth was in Africa when her father died and she became Queen. Her coronation, on this day in history, could be described as a magnificent washout. |
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