1066 William the Conqueror left Normandy for Hastings on D for departure day.
1540 Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuits swearing an oath of personal loyalty to the Pope. Hence known as the Pope’s army.
1825 George Stephenson inaugurated the Stockton and Darlington Railway to haul coal from Newcastle.
1905 Albert Einstein published a paper that included the incantation.
1962 Rachel Carson published ‘The Silent Spring.’ She is pictured testifying before Congress in the days when facts and science were considered important in Washington D.C.
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