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1648 – In England, Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I – known as ‘Pride’s Purge’ – so as the king’s trial can proceed. 1912 – The Nefertiti Bust, of the wife of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, is discovered. More at: History
1484 – Pope Innocent VIII issues a papal bull deputizing Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany. 1848 – In an address to the U.S. Congress, President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California, and the California Gold Rush begins. More…
