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🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Saturday, January 3. Today, we're diving into the Protestant Reformation, the Battle of Princeton, Mussolini becoming Duce, Alaska joining the union, Apple’s birth, and so much more! It’s all quick, sharp, and ready to ignite your curiosity!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1496
Leonardo da Vinci tests an unsuccessful flying machine.
-1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther for refusing to recant parts of his 95 Theses, which sparked the Protestant Reformation.
-1777
General George Washington's Revolutionary Army beat the British at the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey.
-1925
Benito Mussolini dissolved the Italian parliament and became dictator, taking the title "Il Duce" (the Leader).
-1938
President Roosevelt, an adult polio survivor, founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, later named the March of Dimes.
-1959
Alaska became the 49th and largest state following President Eisenhower's proclamation.
-1961
President Eisenhower closed the American embassy in Havana during the height of tensions with Fidel Castro's Cuba and cut diplomatic ties.
-1977
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer, Inc.
-1985
State of Israel confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews.
-1987
Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
-2004
Mars Exploration Rover "Spirit" safely lands on the Red Planet.
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📸 Snapshot
When people moved entire houses with horses, San Francisco, 1908.
🗨️ Final Words
“To the strongest.” *
* When asked to whom his empire should go after his death.