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1666 – The Great Fire of London ends. Ten thousand buildings are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died. Much is made of the three sixes in the year, signifying the work of the devil. 1862 – James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break the world altitude record while collecting…
476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed after Odoacer declares himself “King of Italy”, ending the Western Roman Empire. 1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles – The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels – by 44 Spanish settlers. 1912 – Albanian rebels…
