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July 17 posts

Great Fire of London 1212 – Southwark in Flames Martin Frobisher Mistakes Greenland For Frisland 1576 Nuremberg Chronicle 1493 – Illustrating World History Treaty of Berlin 1878 – Settling the Eastern Question Mario Bros. (1983) – History & Legacy Emil Kraepelin: The Pioneer of Modern Psychiatry Hijrah – Muhammad's Migration from Mecca to Medina Potsdam Conference – Shaping the Post-War World Intel Corporation – Powering the Digital Age Since 1968 Bombing of Rome 1943–44 – Allied Air Raids on San Lorenzo Apollo 11 Moon Landing July 1969 – First Steps on the Moon Scopes Monkey Trial Verdict – July 21, 1925 Slavery Abolition Act – July 22, 1833 – End of Slavery in the British Empire Telstar 1 – First Live Transatlantic TV via Satellite Concorde Crash – Air France Flight 4590 Disaster The Cuban Revolution Ignites – July 26, 1953 England Wins the World Cup – July 30, 1966

August 12 posts

Founding of the Swiss Confederacy – August 1, 1291 Christopher Columbus Sets Sail – August 3, 1492 First Picture of Earth from Orbit – August 7, 1959 Nagasaki Bombing – August 9, 1945 Battle of Konzer Brucke – August 11, 1675 East Germany Begins Building the Berlin Wall – August 13, 1961 Elvis Presley Dies – The King of Rock and Roll Death of Genghis Khan – Founder of the Mongol Empire First Africans in English America – August 20, 1619 Execution of William Wallace – August 23, 1305 Battle of Manzikert – August 26, 1071 Battle of Lake Poyang – August 30, 1363

September 9 posts

The End of World War II – September 2, 1945 Birth of Freddie Mercury – September 5, 1946 Michelangelo's David Unveiled – September 8, 1504 September 11, 2001 – Twin Towers Attacks September 15, 1440 – Gilles de Rais Arrested September 18, 1931 – The Mukden Incident September 22, 1359 – The Battle of Araviana September 26, 1983 – Nuclear War Prevented by Stanislav Petrov September 29, 480 BCE – The Battle of Salamis

October 5 posts

October 2, 1187 – Saladin Captures Jerusalem October 5–6, 1789 – Women's March on Versailles October 13, 1307 – Arrest of the Knights Templar October 21, 1984 – Niki Lauda's Final Championship October 28, 1636 – Harvard College is Established

November 1 post

November 3, 1957 – Laika Becomes the First Living Creature in Orbit

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