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This Week in History

This week in history

Only 23 years after the beginning of the Hundred Years’ War, on April 13, 1360, a hail storm devastated English troops when it killed 1,000

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This week in history

On April 5, 1614, Matoaka married John Rolfe. Also known as Pocahontas, she was Chief Powhatan’s 13-year-old daughter. This name is actually a childhood nickname

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April Fools’ Day is speculated to have begun as early as ancient Rome with a festival called Hillaria, where people belonging to the cult of

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On Mar. 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on the Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound Alaska.  The damage to the hull resulted

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The Tri-State Tornado brought destruction to eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana on Mar. 18, 1925. Known as the deadliest tornado in U.S. history,

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On Mar. 3, 1863, Congress passed the Civil War Conscription Cct, also known as The Enrollment Act and the Civil War Military Draft Act. The

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On Feb. 24, 1886, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson due to his removal of the Secretary of War. This was

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On Feb. 20, 1792, George Washington signed the Postal Service Act to regulate the United States Post Office Department. This guaranteed inexpensive delivery of newspapers.

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On Feb. 10, 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov lost the first of six chess games with Deep Blue.  Kasparov is known as one of

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The first Groundhog Day took place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on Feb. 2, 1887. Thought up by a newspaper editor, Clymer Freas, it is now an

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On Jan. 25, 1906, a superintendent discovered what remains the world’s largest diamond while doing a routine inspection at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South

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On Jan. 9, 1493, Columbus mistook manatees for mermaids. Columbus claimed they were “not half as beautiful as they are painted.” This was the first

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