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Viking Raid, Loving v. Virginia & the First Pacific Flight | Jun 8–13
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From the Viking assault on Lindisfarne in 793 to the landmark Loving v. Virginia ruling in 1967, this week in history delivered turning points across a thousand years. Eight remarkable events, eight centuries — one unforgettable week.
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On August third, fourteen ninety-two, in the small port of Palos de la Frontera in southern Spain, Christopher Columbus led three ships out of harbor and pointed them west into the unknown Atlantic. The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria carried a crew of around ninety men on a voyage with no guaranteed destination and no guaranteed return.
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