Christopher Columbus used knowledge of a forthcoming lunar eclipse to fool Jamaican natives into providing his stranded crew with provisions.
9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
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Known as the Orloj, the astronomical clock was designed and built by the Imperial clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and Charles University professor Jan Šindel.
On the 4th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.
The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.ituals.
23rd September 1949: President Truman announces the USSR’s first nuclear test
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22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published
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21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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