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Today in history highlights spanning wars and politics
Highlights include the 1946 British arrest of 2300+ Jews in Palestine for terrorism, Rubens born in 1577, Virginia constitution in 1776, Tahiti taken by France in 1880, Ignace Paderewski death in 1941, Trieste rioting in 1946, Jerusalem under war outcomes, and various U.S. legal and political milestones. Also notices birthdays for Prince Bernhard and Stokely Carmichael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Peter Paul Rubens
Virginia
Patrick Henry
France
South Pacific
Tahiti
Ignace Paderzewski
New York
Trieste
Prince Bernhard
The
Netherlands
Stokely Carmichael