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ON THIS DAY: Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey (1923)

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On 13 October 1923, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey officially declared Ankara the capital of the Republic of Turkey, replacing Constantinople (now Istanbul)...

ON THIS DAY: Leif Erikson reaches Vinland (1000 AD)

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More than 500 years before Columbus, Leif Erikson- son of Erik the Red- set foot on what he called Vinland, believed by most historians...

ON THIS DAY: The day that didn’t exist (1582)

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Imagine going to sleep on 4 October and waking up on the 15th. That’s what happened in parts of Europe in 1582, when several...

ON THIS DAY: The death of Edgar Allan Poe (1849)

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The master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s most influential writers and poets, died on this day in 1849 in Baltimore,...

ON THIS DAY: World Cerebral Palsy day

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6 October has been established as World Cerebral Palsy Day, following an initiative by non-governmental organisations associated with the condition. The day aims to...
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