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30th July 1619: The General Assembly of Virginia, the oldest continuous elected assembly in the New World, convenes for the first time

30th July 2020
Tagged as: America, Democracy, Government, Jamestown, Virginia

The oldest continuous elected legislative assembly in the New World, the House of Burgesses in Virginia, convened for the first time.

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22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard

22nd November 2019
Tagged as: Blackbeard, Navy, Piracy, Pirate, Ship, Virginia

The British pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was killed during a battle with British sailors under the command of Lieutenant Robert Maynard.

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30th July 1619: The General Assembly of Virginia, the oldest continuous elected assembly in the New World, convenes for the first time

22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard

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14th May 1955: The establishment of the Warsaw Pact

23rd June 1894: Establishment of the International Olympic Committee

10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time

30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

11th August 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 500 home runs

10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the USA

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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