On today's date in 1970: In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles. 
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Today In History
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Events from today in history
On today's date in 1919: Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata (pictured) was shot to death near Ciudad Ayala, Morelos. 
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On today's date in 1820: The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 876: Abbasid forces decisively defeated the Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing the latter to halt his advance into Iraq. 
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On today's date in 1141: Empress Matilda becomes the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1945: Second World War: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville Island concluded with a decisive victory for the Australian Army's 7th Brigade against the Imperial Japanese Army's 6th Division. 
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On today's date in 1712: The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2008: Egyptian workers staged an illegal general strike, two days before key municipal elections. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1320: The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1776: American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1536: Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1863: New Zealand Wars: The invasion of the Waikato ended after the Kīngitanga forces of King Tāwhiao abandoned their pā at Te Tiki o te Ihingarangi and migrated east to what became known as the King Country. 
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On today's date in 1902: A spectator stand collapsed (pictured) during a football match at Ibrox Park in Govan, Scotland, killing 25 supporters and injuring more than 500 others. 
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On today's date in 1614: In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1536: Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2013: A building collapsed on tribal land in Thane in Maharashtra, India, causing 74 deaths. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1268: A five-year Byzantine-Venetian peace treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1660: Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists and opponents of the monarchy for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. #history #grownostr
On today's date in -503: Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1581: Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world. #history #grownostr