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On this day: December 28, 1909 – The arrival of Venizelos in Greece
Greece emerged from the war of 1897 weakened. The trauma of defeat…
On this day: December 29, 1890 – The Wounded Knee Massacre
For much of the period of the United States' westward expansion, land…
On this day: December 30, 1916 – Grigory Rasputin is assassinated
Grigory Rasputin, born in a village in Siberia, would already show a…
On this day: 31 December 1600 – The founding of the East India Company
Elizabeth I ascended the English throne in 1558 at the age of…
On this day: January 1, 1822 – The first Greek Constitution is voted
On New Year's Day 1822, about 18 kilometers from the ancient theater…
On this day: December 20, 1996 – Carl Sagan dies
"We have created a society based on science and technology, in which…
