On this day in 1912, writer, social worker, teacher, and diplomat E.R. Braithwaite was born. 

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On this day in 1893 or 1903, blues musician Big Bill Broonzy was born. 

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Charles-François Thibault took three photos during the June Days uprising on this day and the following in 1848. Two of them became the first photos to accompany a newspaper report. 

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On this day in 1374, a dancing mania outbreak began in Aachen, Germany.

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The bloodiest battle in the revolution to overthrow Victoriano Huerta -- the Battle of Zacatecas, or La Toma de Zacatecas -- took place on this day in 1914.

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On this day in history, the Roman Inquisition sentenced Galileo Galilei for being "vehemently suspect of heresy."

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On this day in 1893, the Ferris Wheel debuted at the World's Fair in Chicago. 

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On this day in 1900, the seige of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China, during the Boxer Rebellion began. https://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/boxer-rebellion.htm

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On this day in 1865, Major General Gordon Granger announced the abolition of slavery in Galveston, Texas. The day is now commemorated as Juneteenth. 

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This day in 1908 marked the beginning of Japanese mass immigration to Brazil when the ship Kasato Maru arrived at the port of Santos in Brazil. 

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