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1328 – Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice 1733 – Maria Theresa crowned Queen of Bohemia in Prague 1835 – Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile 1908 – Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield 1926 – Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over North Pole 1932 – Body...

1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire 1494 – On second voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica 1780 – Second oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms in Boston 1809 – Mary Kies is first woman issued a US patent  for a ‘weaving straw’ 1855 – NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used...

37 – The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Caligula emperor. 1314 – Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake. 1673 – Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers 1881 – Barnum & Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth opens in Madison Square Garden 1891 – Britain is...

837 – 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet 1807 – The U.S. Congress passed an act to “prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States… from any foreign kingdom, place, or country.” 1814 – Ludwig von Beethoven’s 8th Symphony in F premieres 1854 – Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt...