The English expedition against the Spanish-held West Indies during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1654-60.
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Fact of the Day
In 1621, a peer spent £3,000 on one day's meals.
Quote of the Day
"What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?
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~ Abraham Lincoln
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.