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A bit of October 7th history…
3761 BC - The origin of the modern Hebrew calendar
1571 - Battle of Lepantu: -battle that saved Europe- Holy League of southern European nations destroy Ottoman fleet in significant loss off western Greece
1763 - George III of Great Britain issues proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlement
1765 - Stamp Act Congress (1st Congress of the American Colonies) convenes in NYC to devise a unified protest against new British taxation (pictured)
1942 - US and UK government announce establishment of UN
1959 - Far side of moon seen for 1st time, courtesy of USSR’s Luna 3 space probe
2001 - US invasion of Afghanistan starts with air assault and covert operations on the ground
2016 - Washington Post releases videotape of Donald Trump boasting of groping and kissing women without consent
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