1792: Kentucky is admitted as 15th US state. 1796: The last British troops withdraw from the US. On the same day, Tennessee is admitted as the 16th US state. 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte swears fidelity ...

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Joan of Arc is accused of relapsing into heresy by donning male clothing again, providing justification for her execution.

When King Henry VIII's wife Anne Boleyn was executed in 1536, her Book of Hours went missing for centuries. A recent discovery reveals a string of women who secured the book for decades after her ...

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Imelda Staunton is magnificent as the titular Mrs Warren, who’s bought respectability for her daughter (played by her ...

Laclede Steel’s Alton Works gathered 500 employees for a major patriotic flag-raising rally in 1917.

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Included in the happenings on this day is the nuclear bomb ‘Dirty Harry’ exploding over Nevada, leaving a heavy coating of ...