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Today in history

10 December 1041 - Death of Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine Emperor

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I like the Today In History posts. Thank you. I don't read all of the wiki links because that often turns in to a rabbit hole.
Like today, I would have guessed Östergötland was somewhere on the edge of Prussia towards Poland. Or part of Austria. Huh, it's in Sweden.
 
1189: King Richard I "the Lion Hearted" leaves England on the Third Crusade to retake Jerusalem, which had fallen to Muslim general Saladin in 1187.

1582: Spanish General Fernando Alvarez de Toledo (also known as the Duke of Alva) dies. The duke had been sent, along with 10,000 troops, by King Philip II of Spain to quell the Reformation in Holland. The duke's "Council of Blood" was responsible for some 18,000 deaths.

1667: The Council of Moscow deposes Russian Orthodox Patriarch Nikon. A "man of great ability and sincerity but of autocratic temper," according to one historian, his calls for liturgical reform grew into a fight over the relationship between church and state. Though deposed at the council, banished, and imprisoned for 14 years, his liturgical reforms were sanctioned. In 1681, he was recalled to Moscow by the new tsar, but he died on the way. He was buried with patriarchal honors and all decrees against him were revoked.

1712: The colony of South Carolina requires "all persons whatsoever" to attend church each Sunday and refrain from skilled labor and travel. Violators of the "Sunday Law" could be fined 10 shillings or locked in the stocks for two hours.
 
Just pick one...
1959


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The album "Time Out" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet is released,
peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and becomes the first jazz album to sell a million copies.
The single
Take Five taken from the album is the most successful jazz single of all times
 
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