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The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller - John Milton
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On this day:
Death of Richard I - 1199, The Declaration of Arbroath - 1320, Dover Straits Earthquake - 1580, First Modern Olympics - 1896, America Enters World War One - 1917, Salt March Ends - 1930
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