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Happy birthday, Trajan!

in AD 53, the emperor Trajan was born in Italica, Spain. During his reign, the Empire would reach its largest extent after his conquest of Dacia and much of Parthia.

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2019-09-18

September 17, 1995, "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Two)" first aired on the Fox network. Dir: Wes Archer. Wr: . EP: .

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2019-09-17

This pencil drawing on card is of Potter Heigham, Norfolk and was drawn in 1928, by King's Lynn artist Walter Dexter.

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2019-09-17

in 1620, the Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England.

https://t.co/sQ7iy2mHTe

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2019-09-16

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, -invented the thermometer-, died in 1736.

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2019-09-16

Today in Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy. (668 CE)

Read more: https://t.co/HjprZRQV4v

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2019-09-15

Maria Branwell, mother of the Brontës, died in 1821. Maria was just 28 when she died.

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2019-09-15

🎨 Anselm Feuerbach, "Paolo and Francesca", 1863

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2019-09-13

2010
Explorers discover the wreck of the legendary City of Everett in the Gulf of Mexico. The whaleback freighter, the first steamship to circle the globe, sank while hauling Cuban molasses to in 1923.

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2019-09-11

🗓 in 2011, made his Arsenal debut

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2019-09-10

in 1939, the Principal said "If we can, we shall go on with our University duties... Both during and after the war our country and the world will have need, more than ever, of the best service of well trained minds and characters." More: https://t.co/YEWrdVtO6E

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2019-09-07

in 1857, Joseph Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay and chairman of the shipping company Maclay & Macintyre, was born. After the death of two of his sons in World War I, Maclay gifted what today is Maclay Halls of Residence to the University in their memory.

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2019-09-05

in 1666, the Great Fire of London broke out.

It burned more than 10,000 buildings, which represented the 80% of the city. However, just 16 people perished.

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2019-09-03

The Great Fire of broke out 1666.
Lord Craven was one of those to help fight the blaze & afterwards appointed himself unofficial 'fire marshal' for the city. He also offered to fund rebuilding the Royal Exchange out of his own pocket

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2019-09-02

Born 1Sep1789 Marguerite Power, Countess of forced to marry Cpt. Maurice St. Leger Farmer, a drunk who died when he fell out a window. Four months later, she married ... More: https://t.co/HgNkJfKb29

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2019-09-01

The artist Kyffin Williams died 2006. Learn more about his work, and the collection which was bequeathed to the Library:

Kyffin project blog: https://t.co/PwP37o2qPS
The bequest: https://t.co/NRlDMGQ5y5

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2019-09-01

83 years ago, Australia changed for ever with appearing in the Australian Woman’s Mirror for the first time. If you look at the scans of an original Woman’s Mirror magazine, the first two days are missing & start straight away with Fats hijacking the ship

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2019-09-01