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This week in history: Annie Edson Taylor
On October 24th 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to “raft” over Niagara Falls in a...
This week in history: Louis XIII
On this day in 1610, Louis XIII was crowned King of France, following the assassination of his...
This week in history: Theodore Roosevelt
This week in 1910, former President Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. chief executive to...
This week in history: The Rosetta Stone
On this day in 1822, Jean-Francois Champollion announced that he had deciphered the Rosetta Stone,...
This week in history: Wright Flyer II
This week in 1904, Wilbur Wright achieved humanity’s first “circular flight.” He did this in the...
This Week in History: David & Michelangelo
This week in 1501, Michelangelo began work on his statue of David, one of Renaissance Italy’s most...
Magellan: This Week in History
This week in history, in 1522, the Spanish carrack Victoria returned home with just eighteen...
This Week in 30 BC: Augustus in Egypt
During this week in 30 BC, the Roman strongman Octavian completed his invasion of Egypt.
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