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December 25 1642: English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian Sir Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England. 1643: Christmas Island was…
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December 18 1788: New Jersey ratified the U.S. Constitution. 1915: America’s 28th president, Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), married Edith Galt at her home. He became…
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December 11 630: Muhammad (570-632) led an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca. 1775: Martha Washington (1731-1802) joined her husband George (1732-1799) in Cambridge,…
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December 4 1918: President Woodrow Wilson became the first U.S. president to travel to Europe while in office, when he set sail from New…
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November 27 1895:, Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) signed his last will and testament in Paris, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after…
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November 20 1820: An 80-ton sperm whale attacked and sank the Essex, a whaling ship from Nantucket, Mass., 2,000 miles from the western coast…
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November 13 1833: Thousands of meteors fell during a shower that lasted several hours over the East Coast of the United States. 1841: James…
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November 6 2948 B.C.: Noah of Noah’s Ark fame was born. November 7 1492: The oldest meteorite with a known date of…
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October 30 1864: Four prospectors founded Helena, Mont., after discovering gold at “Last Chance Gulch.” 1938: Orson Welles (1915-1985) caused a nationwide panic…
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October 23 1899: The first stage play featuring the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), opened at the Star…