July 17 1821 Spain ceded Florida to the United States. 1898 Spain surrendered to the United States at Santiago, Cuba, ending the Spanish-American War. 1917…
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July 13 1793 French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday. 1863 The draft riots, protesting…
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July 12 1543 England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr. 1690 Protestant William of Orange defeated Roman Catholic James II…
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Know Your Candidates: Barbara Wasinger
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July 11 1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England’s King Henry VIII. 1804 Former vice president Aaron Burr fatally wounded former secretary of the treasury Alexander…
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