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Christopher Columbus sets sail

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Christopher Columbus sets sail

On August 3rd, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator, colonizer, and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European…

Spain cedes Florida to U.S.

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Spain cedes Florida to U.S.

This might not be news, but it is history and a vital part of Spanish / American history. On July 17, 1821, Spain formally turned over East and West Florida to the U.S. in a ceremony in Pensacola.
General Andrew…

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Medieval Jewish bones reinterred in Toledo, Spain | Jewish News | Jerusalem Post

Jewish bones belonging to 105 bodies that were removed from a medieval Jewish cemetery in Toledo, Spain were reinterred Sunday in their original graves.
Because of the way they were buried, the bones, discovered six months ago during construction of…

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Treaty of Tordesillas – 7th June 1494

The Treaty of Tordesillas Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas,
Spanish: Tratado de Tordesillas, signed at Tordesillas now in Valladolid province, Spain, June 7, 1494, divided the “newly discovered” lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal along a north-south meridian 370 leagues…

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Car thief asks for assistance… From the police!

National Police officers in Granada have arrested a car thief, after the would be get away driver was having difficulty manouvering the vehicle out of the garage, and asked undercover National Police officers for assistance.
An arrest took place about…

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