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  1. On this day in history, some weird facts include12:
    • A 15-year-old boy entered a soldiers’ training school in Paris and became the military genius Napoléon Bonaparte.
    • The Windmill Girls, undressed but unmoving, were a big hit at a London theatre.
    • Ferdinand II of Aragón married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain.
    • Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes.
    • The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon line, was agreed upon.
    • The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.
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    A 15-year-old boy entered a soldiers’ training school in Paris on this day. He was to become the military genius and great commander known as Napoléon Bonaparte. Undressed but unmoving, the Windmill Girls were a big hit at a London theatre that used the slogan, ‘We never closed.’

    Ferdinand II of Aragón married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain and making it a dominant world power. Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes. The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon line, was agreed upon. The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.

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  2. Facts & Events That Happened Today In History - The …

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  8. This Day Fun Trivia and History

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