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Today-History-Jan25
Today in History for Jan. 25: On this date: In AD 749, Emperor Leo IV of Byzantium was born. He led the Eastern Christian Church away from iconoclasm and towards a restoration of icons.
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Today in History for Jan. 27: On this date: In AD 398, John Chrysostom, the greatest preacher of his age, was consecrated bishop of Constantinople.
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Today in History for Jan. 23: On this date: In AD 638, the Islamic calendar was created and first used. In 1492, the Jewish Pentateuch was first printed.
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Today in History for Jan. 24: On this date: In 1076, Germany's Henry IV convened the synod of Worms to secure the deposition of Pope Gregory VII. It charged the pontiff with serious crimes and called upon Rome to depose him.
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Today in History for Jan. 26: On this date: In 1500, the mouth of the Amazon River in South America was discovered by Vicente Yanez Pinzon, a veteran of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the New World.
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Today in Music History for Jan. 27: In 1731, Italian harpsichord manufacturer Bartolomeo Cristofori died. He is generally credited with inventing the piano.
Jan 12, 2024 8:00 AM
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Today in Music History for Jan. 21: In 1891, Calixa Lavallee, the composer of ``O Canada,'' died from tubercular laryngitis at his home in Boston. He was 48.
Jan 12, 2024 8:00 AM
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Today in Music History for Jan. 24: In 1941, singer-songwriter-actor Neil Diamond was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Today-Music-History-Jan26
Today in Music History for Jan. 26: In 1859, the Victoria Philharmonic Society was founded. It was the first amateur musical organization in what now is British Columbia.
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Today in History for Jan. 22: On this date: In AD 304 (traditional date) -- Vincent of Saragossa, one of the most famous martyrs of the early church, was imprisoned and then killed for refusing to consign the scripture to the fire. According to St.
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