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On this day.....

0240BC Erathosthenes Estimated the circumference of the earth using two sticks.

1584 English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC After failing to Establish americas first permanent settlement in america

1778- US General George washingtons troops finally left Valley forge after a winter of training

1821 The Ottomans defeated the Greeks at the battle of Dragasani.

1862 Us President Abraham Lincoln outlined his Emancipation proclamation , which outlawed slavery in US Territorys

1867 Mexican Emperor Maximillian was executed

1917 During world war 1, King george ordered the british royal family to dispense with German Titles and surnames. On July 17th the family took the name "Windsor"

1961 Kuwait regained gained complete independence from Britian

1978 Garfeild was printed in newspapers for the first time

 

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