12 May 805 - Death of Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æthelhard
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æthelhard
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1572: Gregory XIII, who reformed the Julian calendar into the calendar used today and celebrated the killing of French Huguenots (Protestants) with a Te Deum (a Latin hymn), is named pope
[this was yesterday -- for some reason it didn't post last night]
Appropriate to current events
1988: Soviets forces begin withdrawal from Afghanistan.
45 years ago on 25 May 1977 ...
I think you'll find that that was 4 May 1977.![]()
According to IMDB, the 25 May 1977 is correct for the United States https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/releaseinfo

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On this day in 1953, 27-year-old Elizabeth II, the elder daughter of King George VI, was crowned queen of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey, having taken the throne upon her father's death in February 1952.
