One Day Like This : November 14
One Day Like This One Day Like This : November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 47 days remaining until the end of the year. One Day Like This : Events 1533 – Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Empire 1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile 1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside’s plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg. 1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two days. 1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first take off from a ship in…
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Un Día Como Hoy : Noviembre 13
Un Día Como Hoy Un Día Como Hoy : El 13 de noviembre es el 317o (tricentésimo decimoséptimo) día del año en el calendario gregoriano y el número 318 en los años…
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One Day Like This : November 11
One Day Like This One Day Like This : November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days remaining until the end of the year. One Day Like This : Events 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor emeritus Diocletian confers with Galerius, Augustus of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to restore order to the Roman Empire. 1215 – The Fourth Lateran Council meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ. 1500 – Treaty of Granada – Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them. 1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. 1634 – Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.…
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Un Día Como Hoy : Noviembre 10
Un Día Como Hoy Un Día Como Hoy : El 10 de noviembre es el 314o (tricentésimo decimocuarto) día del año en el calendario gregoriano y el número 315 en los años…
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