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||1349 – Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.
||1349 – Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.


||1502 – Spanish Inquisition: The Catholic Monarchs issue a decree forcing Muslims in Granada to convert  
||1502 – Spanish Inquisition: The Catholic Monarchs issue a decree forcing Muslims in Granada to convert to Catholicism or leave Spain.
to Catholicism or leave Spain.


||1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
||1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.

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  • 1855: Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.

    1855: Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.

  • 1943: Mathematician David Hilbert dies. He discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry.

    1943: Mathematician David Hilbert dies. He discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry.

  • 1949: ENIAC programmed to select optimal Valentine's Day gift.

    1949: ENIAC programmed to select optimal Valentine's Day gift.

  • 1950: Physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky dies. He was one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.

    1950: Physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky dies. He was one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.

  • 1990: The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.

    1990: The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.

  • 2009: Record attendance for Valentine's Day performance by Rhizolith Group.

    2009: Record attendance for Valentine's Day performance by Rhizolith Group.

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