Witchcraft condemned by Pope Innocent VIII Innocent VIII condemned witchcraft this day in 1484…
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Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine, which declared that the U.S. would not interfere in…
Rosa Parks's refusal to relinquish her bus seat This day in 1955, in violation…
Independence of Barbados Barbados, an island nation in the Caribbean situated about 100 miles…
United Nations approves resolution for the partition of Palestine On this day in 1947,…
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Dutch discovery of Tasmania Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman, who sailed from Batavia (Jakarta)…
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