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1 day ago · Assassination Attempt on Saladin. 1176 Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo. 1st Sultan of Egypt and Syria Saladin. 1200 Treaty of Le Goulet signed between France and England. 1370 Jews are expelled and massacred in Brussels, Belgium.
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5 days ago · 1794 Battle of Tourcoing; French Republican army defeats a Habsburg coalition bear Lille, France, during War of the First Coalition. 1803 "Peace of Amiens" between French Republic and Great Britain ends as Britain declares war on France, due to France's imperialist policies in the West Indies, Italy, and Switzerland.
5 days ago · 1994. Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over. 2000. A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse. 2003. President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh. 2004.
1 day ago · One passenger died and 71 people were injured when their Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore encountered severe turbulence Tuesday, throwing passengers and crew around the cabin and ...
2 days ago · It happened today: May 21, 1471. Albrecht Dürer, a famous Renaissance painter and engraver and one of the most important artists in the history of art, was born in Nuremberg, Germany. Among his ...
