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295 - Origin of Era of Ascension.

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607 - Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

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1035 - Canute "The Great" King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at age 41.

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1558 - Rabbi Shalom Shakna ben Joseph founder of first Polish Yeshiva, dies.

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1651 - Birth of Juana Ines de La Cruz Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primer Sueno).

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1775 - General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks.

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1790 - Birth of Letitia Christian Tyler first wife of President Tyler.

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1815 - Birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton Johnstown New York, suffragist (80 Years and More).

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1817 - Birth of Bahá'u'lláh (Mirza Husayn Ali) founded Bahá'ís faith.

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1833 - Birth of Aleksandr Borodin Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable).

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