Today in History 15th July

Hello there Gentle Readers. Its been a while so lets brace ourselves against the winds of time while the gusts of history pull us up into the air.

1099. The church of the Holy Sepulchre is captured by Christian armies during the 1st Crusade.

1799. The Rosetta stone is found in Egypt.

1904. Anton Checkhov, Russian playwrite dies.

1956. Ian Curtis, lead singer of The Joy Division is born.

2006. Twitter is launched.

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