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Constantinople, Deep Blue & the First Vaccine | May 11–14
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Eight landmark historical events from May 11–14 span the founding of Constantinople, Deep Blue's chess victory, the world's first vaccination, and Robert Smalls' daring Civil War escape. From Jamestown to the birth of Israel, this week in history reshaped civilization across every century.
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On August tenth, fifteen nineteen, in Seville, Spain, Ferdinand Magellan led five ships out of port and into the unknown, pointing their bows toward a route that no European fleet had ever completed. The goal was to circumnavigate the entire globe.
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