On This Day in History | ||||||||
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Historical Events | ||||||||
31 The first Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus. | ||||||||
1436 Florence Cathedral, Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, consecrated by Pope Eugene IV, the largest dome in the world (then) by Filippo Brunelleschi with support from Cosimo de' Medici (begun 1296). | ||||||||
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1807 British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 per slave introduced for ship captains. | ||||||||
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) | ||||||||
1960 First guided missile launched from a nuclear powered submarine (USS Halibut) | ||||||||
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Famous Birthdays | ||||||||
Also Arturo Toscanini, A. J. P. Taylor and David Lean. | ||||||||
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Famous Deaths | ||||||||
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Rebel With a Cause: The Life of Shameless Shelley | ||||||||
A born rebel, the celebrated poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled on this day from the University of Oxford. He would go on to lead a short and tragic life. | ||||||||
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Monday, March 25, 2024
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