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May 18, 1652: Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
March 2, 1992: Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35)
August 21, 1858: 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)
September 20, 1980: George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good
January 21, 1972: Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr

Events That Made History Today - January 28

1077 - German king Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness
1077 - Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV
1099 - 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria
1262 - Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm
1393 - Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
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Events That Made History Tomorrow - January 29

1523 - Sermon of Constanz: Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden
1574 - Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
1587 - Deventer and Zutphen surrender to Spain
1613 - Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1676 - Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia
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Events That Made History Yesterday - January 27

672 - St. Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
847 - Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1302 - Dante becomes a Florentine political exile
1538 - States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy
1556 - Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies
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1028 - The Year That Was

April 14: German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king

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