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Constantinople, Deep Blue & the First Vaccine | May 11–14
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Eight landmark historical events from May 11–14 span the founding of Constantinople, Deep Blue's chess victory, the world's first vaccination, and Robert Smalls' daring Civil War escape. From Jamestown to the birth of Israel, this week in history reshaped civilization across every century.
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On July eighth, fourteen ninety-seven, in Lisbon, Portugal, a fleet of four ships and roughly one hundred seventy men slipped out of the harbor under the command of Vasco da Gama, bound for a destination no European vessel had ever reached by sea. Da Gama's mission was to find a direct ocean route to India, bypassing the overland spice trade that had made middlemen rich for centuries.
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