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Today is the Feast of St. Laurent, Parton of Armories Among the more interesting people born on this date we have William of Orange, later William III of England, and Walter Cronkite Deaths this date include Umar, the second Caliph, two great admirals, Lord Benbow and Farragut, Wilfred Owen, and Manuel Azana, a brilliant intellectual who helped bring about the Spanish Civil War, and then helped lose it. Among notable events on this date we have the coronation of Frederik V of as king of Bohemia, which sparked the Thirty Years War (surely a notable event), William of Oranges marriage to Mary Stuart (no way to forget your anniversary if its on your birthday!), and the Battle of Kekionga, the worst disaster in the history of the U.S. Army strategypage/today-in-military-history.aspx
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:47:19 +0000

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