'Before present', usually refers to up to 10,000 years BP, after which it switches to BCE.
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Fact of the Day
The average temperature inside a 1916 First World War tank was 51°C.
Quote of the Day
"Who has appointed the Germans the judges of nations?
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~ John of Salisbury
On This Day
1492 The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, struck outside the village of Ensisheim, in Alsace, France. The only witness was a small boy.
1872 The Mary Celeste left New York harbour bound for Genoa. She was found abandoned four weeks later.
1908 Notorious bank robbers Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a shoot-out with police in Bolivia (although their death will always be disputed).
1916 Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to be elected to the US Congress.
1917 (NS) The October Revolution started when the Bolsheviks seized control of Petrograd.