This Day in History Class

The Great Fire of Rome began on this day in the year 64.

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The Romanov family was executed on this day in 1918.

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Journalist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells-Barnett was born on this day in 1862.

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After roughly four centuries, the Spanish Inquisition was disbanded on this day in 1834.

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Gertrude Bell, who helped shape modern Iraq, was born on this day in 1868.

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The New York Draft Riots began on this day in 1863.

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The Bisbee Deportation took place on this day in 1917 in Bisbee, Arizona.

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Explorer Zheng He's first voyage began on this day in 1405.

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Famed inventor Nikola Tesla was born on this day in 1856.

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The Constitutionalist Revolution began on this day in 1932.

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