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1143
While out riding, Count Fulk's horse throws him and he strikes his head hard. The king of Jerusalem would die three days later.
1646
The Massachusetts Bay Colony passed a law permitting the death penalty for anyone who denied that the
Bible was the Word of God.
1873
British philosopher G.E. Moore was born.
1899
Sigmund Freud's book Interpretation of Dreams was published. This initial run only included six hundred copies and eight years were required before they could all be sold.
1958
John XXIII is crowned as the 262nd pope in ceremonies at St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome.
1958
Colonel Abdel Salam Arif, one of the leaders of the Iraqi coup that occurred earlier in the year, is arrested by his co-conspirator Premier Kassim on charges of acting against the interests of Iraq.
1979
Iranian militants took over the U.S. embassy in Tehran and seized 63 American hostages. Mostly students, the militants demanded the return of the shah in exchange for the hostages' release.
1983
A suicide truck bomber blew up an Israeli military installation in Lebanon. Sixty people died, including 28 Israelis.
1992
Argued: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
When this case was decided, the Court unanimously invalidated city ordinances outlawing animal sacrifices.
1995
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at a peace rally by an Israeli extremist.
1995
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at a peace rally by an Orthodox Jewish university student
2004
In Newfoundland and Labrardor, Canada, lesbian couples file lawsuits for having been denied marriage licenses.
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