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Galileo Galilei
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Galileo Galilei
- 1270 β Philip III became King of France following the death of his father Louis IX during the Eighth Crusade.
- 1609 β Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (pictured) demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- 1875 β Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.
- 1942 β World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.
- 2012 β The skeleton of King Richard III of England was discovered under a car park in Leicester.
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