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Today in History 10/28 (Royal Marines)

Members of the Royal Marines drilling on parade grounds in 1927 (© Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)(1664) A legendary fighting force forms in Britain
Chartered by King Henry VIII, England’s Honourable Artillery adds a new company to its roster, The Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot. They’ll go on to be renamed the Royal Marines almost 100 years later, and emerge as one of the world’s great fighting units.
The Corps of Royal Marines is the amphibious light infantry and one of the five fighting arms or branches of the Royal Navy. The Royal Marines were formed in 1755 as the Royal Navy’s infantry troops. However, the marines can trace their origins back to the formation of the English Army’s “Duke of York and Albany’s maritime regiment of Foot” at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company on 28 October 1664.
Founded: Oct 28, 1664
Parent organization: Her Majesty’s Naval Service
Part of: Her Majesty’s Naval Service

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Cap badge of the Royal Marines
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(1664) A legendary fighting force forms in Britain.
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312 CE | Milvian Bridge battle as Constantine takes on Maxentius after a heavenly vision
The River Tiber’s banks swarm with charging men, clashing metal, and rearing horses as hundreds of thousands fight for control of the Roman Empire in its capital. Some accounts claim Constantine saw a vision from the Christian god the night before, and his side emerges victorious.
1420 | Beijing is capital as construction finishes on China’s new capital city
Seventeen years of a massive building project completed, Beijing is now China’s capital city. Having restored the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Di desires a power center to match his ambitions, and he’ll get just that as Beijing’s imperial palace, the Forbidden City, opens this year as well.
1886 | Statue of Liberty opened as Lady Liberty lifts a lamp over New York Harbor
‘Liberty Enlightening the World,’ 151-feet of copper neoclassical sculpture, is accepted as a gift from France and dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland after hundreds of thousands of revelers throw the world’s first ticker-tape parade in honor of the new lady of Liberty Island.

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The Statue of Liberty in New York City, 1930 (© AP)(1886) Lady Liberty lifts a lamp over New York Harbor
'Liberty Enlightening the World,' 151-feet of copper neoclassical sculpture, is accepted as a gift from France and dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland after hundreds of thousands of revelers throw the world's first ticker-tape parade in honor of the new lady of Liberty Island.
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
Website: www.nps.gov/stli/
Address: Liberty Island, New York, NY 10004
Phone: (212) 363-3200
Established: Oct 15, 1924
Annual visitors: 4.50 million (2016)
Height: 305 feet (93 m) (Architectural)
Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty.

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Today in History 07/25 (World’s First IVF Baby)

Dr. Robert Edwards holding baby Louise Joy Brown with the midwife and Dr. Patrick Edwards at Oldham General Hospital, Lancashire, UK, July 25, 1978 (© Keystone/Getty Images)(1978) World’s first IVF baby born
England’s Lesley and John Brown welcome Louise Joy, their newborn daughter and the world’s first child conceived with the help of what will later be called ‘in vitro fertilization,’ or IVF. Although the press dubs Louise a ‘test-tube baby,’ she was in fact conceived in a petri dish.
Louise Joy Brown is an English woman known for being the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
Born: Jul 25, 1978 (age 40) · Oldham, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Spouse: Wesley Mullinder (m. 2004)
Parents: John Brown (Father) · Lesley Brown (Mother)
Children: Cameron (Son) · Aiden (Son)
Siblings: Natalie Brown
Highlights
  • 2004: In 2004, Brown married nightclub doorman (bouncer) Wesley Mullinder.

  • 2006: Brown’s father died in 2006.

  • 2012: Her mother died on 6 June 2012 in Bristol Royal Infirmary at the age of 64 due to complications from a gallbladder infection.

  • 2013: Brown’s second son, Aiden Patrick Robert, was born in August 2013.

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(1978) World’s first IVF baby born.
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306 CE | An epoch-spanning emperor, Constantine, comes to power
Constantine I is proclaimed leader of Rome’s western empire and he will go on to lay the groundwork for the Byzantine Empire, found the nexus of global power in Constantinople, and become known as Constantine the Great, one of history’s most profound game changers.
1898 | A land invasion nets the US a Caribbean commonwealth, Puerto Rico
Launching a land offensive in the Puerto Rican Campaign, the United States lands 1,300 US infantry soldiers at Puerto Rico’s Guánica Harbor, where they find no resistance. American forces will secure the island in a month’s time, and Spain will cede Puerto Rico to the US as the Spanish-American War ends.
1965 | Folk music icon, Bob Dylan, plugs in at Newport
Bob Dylan feels like changing things up at the premier showcase of his musical genre, the Newport Folk Festival. The 24-year-old takes the stage with an electric guitar and a rock band, and as an amplified version of ‘Maggie’s Farm’ blasts out, popular music is changed forever.

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American soldiers look through binoculars to gauge the effect of their bombardment, as they shell the Spanish blockhouse at Coamo, Puerto Rico, August 1898 (© Interim Archives/Getty Images)(1898) A land invasion nets the US a Caribbean commonwealth
Launching a land offensive in the Puerto Rican Campaign, the United States lands 1,300 US infantry soldiers at Puerto Rico's Guánica Harbor, where they find no resistance. American forces will secure the island in a month's time, and Spain will cede Puerto Rico to the US as the Spanish-American War ends.
The Puerto Rican Campaign was an American military sea and land operation on the island of Puerto Rico during the Spanish–American War. The offensive began on May 12, 1898, when the United States Navy attacked the archipelago's capital, San Juan. Though the damage inflicted on the city was minimal, the Americans were able to establish a blockade in the city's harbor, San Juan Bay. On June 22, the cruiser Isabel II and the destroyer Terror delivered a Spanish counterattack, but were unable to break the blockade and the Terror was damaged.
Start date: May 08, 1898
End date: Aug 13, 1898
Puerto Rico Expedition
Historical Map of the Puerto Rican Campaign Illustrating Operations July 25-August 12, 1898, and showing Municipality borders in 1898. (Blue} are US Naval Forces, {Red} are US land forces, and {Green} are Spanish ground forces.
Puerto Rico USA-España
Map of Puerto Rico under the USA and Spanish flags from August 14 til September 19, 1898. The 23 blue-colored municipalities are under USA flag and the 55 yellow-colored municipalities are under Spanish flag

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