Today in History
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1099 The first Crusaders capture and pillage Jerusalem. God told them to do it.
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte is captured.
1870 Georgia is the last confederate state readmitted to the U.S.
1876 St. Louis' George W. Bradley throws baseball's first no hitter against Hartford.
1922 First duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited at the NY zoo. Next is going to be Big Foot.
1952 First transatlantic helicopter flight begins.
1954 First commercial jet (Boeing 707) is built and tested.
1965 "Mariner IV" sends back first pictures of Mars. They didn't discover the Sandals Resort there till later.
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