Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a turkey.
21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
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France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States.
18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
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16th January 27 BCE: Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor
16th January 2020
15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston
15th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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