On This Day in History | ||||||||
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Historical Events | ||||||||
768 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are both crowned King of the Franks | ||||||||
1000 Leif Ericson reaches "Vinland" (possibly L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada), reputedly becoming the first European to reach North America | ||||||||
1446 Korean Hangul alphabet is first published by King Sejong the Great | ||||||||
1941 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves an atomic program that would become the Manhattan Project | ||||||||
2006 North Korea conducts its first nuclear test with an estimated yield of between 0.4 and 2 kilotons | ||||||||
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Famous Birthdays | ||||||||
Also Emil Fischer and Alfred Dreyfus. | ||||||||
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Famous Deaths | ||||||||
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Lutine – The Ship That Refuses To Give Up Her Treasure | ||||||||
The British Navy ship HMS Lutine was carrying a fortune in silver and gold bullion when it foundered in a storm on this day. The treasure was lost forever. | ||||||||
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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