today in history

1192: King Richard the Lion-Hearted is captured in Austria on his way home from the Crusades.

1606: The Virginia Company sets sail from England to build the first permanent English settlements in America.

1803: The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.

1835: First signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence at Goliad, Texas.

1860: South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States.

1945: Peter Criss, drummer for KISS, is born.

1996: Carl Sagan, author and astronomist, dies at the age of 62.

1981: Dustin O'Connell, pseudo-intellectual slacker, is born.

(Wikipedia)

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