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1905 - The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy…
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1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and pioneer in psychology (Nobel Prize 1904), born in Ryazan, Russia. 1946 - 1st edition of…
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1820 - French Physicist Francois Arago announces electromagnetism in his discovery that a copper wire between the poles of a voltaic cell…
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1692 - Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 20 hanged overall during Salem Witch Trials. 1792 - The French…
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1840 While experimenting with gallic acid, a chemical he was informed would increase the sensitivity of his prepared paper, William Henry Fox…
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1863 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist, folklorist and editor of “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”, dies at 78. 1870 – Italian troops occupied Rome,…
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1893 – New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote. 1940 – Witold Pilecki is voluntarily…
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1821 Central Americans granted independence. Central American notables accepted a plan drafted by the Mexican caudillo Agustin de Iturbide that brought independence…
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1812 Great Fire of Moscow begins as Napoleon approaches the city and retreating Russians burn it – fire continues to burn for…
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1224 Francis of Assisi is afflicted with stigmata after a vision praying on Mount Verna. 1906 1 st airplane flight in Europe…
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1940 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France, discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings. 1977…
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1885 English writer D.H.Lawerence is born. 1875 First newspaper cartoon slip. 1940 George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.…