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Today in History 09/13 (Church of the Holy Sepulchre)

Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel (© Jivko Kazakov/Getty Images)(335) A church is consecrated on Christendom’s hallowed ground
In Jerusalem, Constantine the Great consecrates a new church built over the purported sites of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. Christendom’s holiest place, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre will be destroyed and rebuilt more than once.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is a church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The church contains, according to traditions dating back to at least the fourth century, the two holiest sites in Christianity: the site where Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, at a place known as “Calvary” or “Golgotha”, and Jesus’s empty tomb, where he is said to have been buried and resurrected. The tomb is enclosed by the 19th-century shrine, called the Aedicule. The Status Quo, a 150-year-old understanding between religious communities, applies to the site.
Construction completed: 335 AD
Capacity: 8,000
Founder: Constantine the Great
Burials: Godfrey of Bouillon · Baldwin I of Jerusalem · Baldwin IV of Jerusalem · Baldwin II of Jerusalem · Baldwin V of Jerusalem · Fulk, King of Jerusalem · Baldwin III of Jerusalem · Cecile of France
Religion: Christianity
Architectural styles: Romanesque architecture · Baroque architecture · Church · Baroque

Plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and adjacent structures in Jerusalem
Top view of the church and surrounding areas, detailed descriptions in Greek, 1807
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(335) A church is consecrated on Christendom’s hallowed ground.
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1848 | ‘American Crowbar Case’ influences ideas on brain function
Phineas Gage is working on a Vermont railroad when a 3-foot 7-inch iron tamping rod is driven through his head with explosive force. The resulting injury, which Gage will survive for another 12 years, changes both his personality and doctors’ opinions in the field of neurology.
1990 | Two separate yet equally important groups debut on NBC as Law & Order premieres
Detective Mike Logan arrests the perpetrators and DA Ben Stone prosecutes them as ‘Law & Order,’ a combo of police procedural and courtroom drama, makes its prime-time bow. The show will go on to be the longest-running crime drama on US television and spawn spin-offs galore.
1993 | Arab-Israeli peace process gets a boost at the White House as Oslo Accords signed
US President Bill Clinton hosts Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House as their representatives sign the ‘Oslo Accords,’ another step in the complex Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, right, shake hands as President Bill Clinton presides over the ceremony marking the signing of the 1993 Oslo peace accord, Sept 13, 1993 (© Ron Edmonds/AP)(1993) Arab-Israeli peace process gets a boost at the White House
US President Bill Clinton hosts Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House as their representatives sign the 'Oslo Accords,' another step in the complex Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization: the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993; and the Oslo II Accord, signed in Taba, Egypt, in 1995. The Oslo Accords marked the start of the Oslo process, a peace process aimed at achieving a peace treaty based on United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, and at fulfilling the "right of the Palestinian people to self-determination." The Oslo process started after secret negotiations in Oslo, resulting in the recognition by the PLO of the State of Israel and the recognition by Israel of the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people and as a partner in negotiations.
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Today in History 07/19 (Great Fire of Rome)

Painting titled 'The Burning of Rome' (© Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)(64 CE) A blaze flares up in the twisting streets of Rome
The moon is full, the wind high, and when a fire breaks out in a shop stocking explosives, it soon whips into a conflagration in the narrow streets and packed neighborhoods of Rome. The fire will rage for six days, but contrary to popular belief, Emperor Nero will not fiddle around.
The Great Fire of Rome was an urban fire in July of the year AD 64. It caused widespread devastation in the city on 19 July, before being brought under control after six days. Differing accounts either blame Emperor Nero for initiating the fire or credit him with organizing measures to contain it and provide relief for refugees. According to Tacitus and later Christians, Nero blamed the devastation on the Christian community in the city, initiating the empire’s first persecution against the Christians.
Start date: 64 AD
End date: 64 AD

Nero's Torches (Christian Candlesticks)
Nero’s Torches by Henryk Siemiradzki. According to Tacitus, Nero targeted Christians as those responsible for the fire.
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(64 CE) A blaze flares up in the twisting streets of Rome.
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1545 | Henry VIII’s ‘Mary Rose’ sinks while fighting the French
A massive English warship, the 800-ton Mary Rose, has given more than three decades of service to king and country when she is sunk in battle just off the Isle of Wight. The ship will be painstakingly raised from the deep and reconstructed as a breathtaking Tudor time capsule 437 years later.
1848 | Seneca Falls hosts a watershed moment in women’s rights
Crowds gather in Seneca Falls, New York, for the opening of a two-day Women’s Rights Convention, the first of its kind ever held in America. Prominent speakers, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, will call for equal rights for women, including the right to vote.
1941 | A cartoon cat and mouse get their names
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera release a new cartoon, ‘The Midnight Snack,’ featuring a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry. The characters had appeared in a previous cartoon as Jasper and Jinx. The new names will stick, and the feuding animals will appear in more than 150 shorts and several spinoffs.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton with her sons, Daniel and Henry, in 1848 (Public domain)(1848) Seneca Falls hosts a watershed moment in women's rights
Crowds gather in Seneca Falls, New York, for the opening of a two-day Women's Rights Convention, the first of its kind ever held in America. Prominent speakers, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, will call for equal rights for women, including the right to vote.
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in Seneca Falls, New York, it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848. Attracting widespread attention, it was soon followed by other women's rights conventions, including the Rochester Women's Rights Convention in Rochester, New York, two weeks later. In 1850 the first in a series of annual National Women's Rights Conventions met in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Location: Seneca Falls (CDP), New York
Dates: Jul 19 - 20, 1848
Subject: Women's rights
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