Today in history: 1248 - Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. 1644 - Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship, written by John Milton is published. 1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day. 1964 - Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy 2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:53:53 +0000
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