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    Wednesday, May 16,2018
    Posted : 2018-05-15 17:00
    Updated : 2018-05-15 17:00
    Today is Wednesday, May 16, the 136th day of 2018. There are 229 days left in the year.

    1527 — Florence becomes a republic

    1532 — Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor

    1747 — Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands

    1763 — Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London

    1803 — Peace of Amiens ends

    1804 — Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France

    1901 — Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Priory School" (BG)

    1910 — U.S. Bureau of Mines forms

    1911 — Zeppelin "Deutscheland" wrecked at Dusseldorf

    1914 — American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City





     
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