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Globe Theatre Burns, Einstein's Relativity & Canada Is Born | Jun 29–Jul 4
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From Shakespeare's Globe burning to the ground to Einstein quietly mailing the theory of special relativity, this week in history is packed with world-changing moments. Plus: the Tunguska explosion, the first Tour de France, the Civil Rights Act, and the birth of Canada.
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On October second, forty-eight BC, Julius Caesar sailed into Alexandria, Egypt, hot on the heels of his great rival Pompey. The two Roman generals had been locked in a brutal civil war, and Caesar expected a confrontation.
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