(1187) Saladin’s armies take Jerusalem
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A strategic and sacred jewel in any conqueror’s crown, the city of Jerusalem has seen yet another siege, and this time it’s Sultan Saladin and his Muslim Ayyubid forces that break through and recapture the fabled city after the Christian Crusaders have held it for almost 90 years. . |
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(1835) A Texas revolt pits provincials against Mexico’s army
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The town of Gonzales, Mexico sees its mostly Texian citizens erupt in an armed revolt when the Mexican military tries to seize their weapons. The Battle of Gonzales will be the first salvo in the Texas Revolution, a struggle that sees Santa Ana’s troops fight Sam Houston’s soldiers.. |
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(1919) An American president is felled by a stroke
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Less than a year after the close of the First World War, and just weeks after collapsing during a hectic speaking tour in support of the Treaty of Versailles, the 28th US president suffers a catastrophic stroke. Woodrow Wilson is partially paralyzed and will never completely recover. . |
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(1959) TV’s next stop is a show of shadow and substance
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The place is here, the time is now, and the journey into the shadows that we’re about to watch could be our journey. So intones Rod Serling as his new anthology series, ‘The Twilight Zone,’ premieres on CBS. The science-fiction-fantasy show will develop a cult following with this and its 155 additional episodes.. |
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