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Globe Theatre Burns, Einstein's Relativity & Canada Is Born | Jun 29–Jul 4
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From Shakespeare's Globe burning to the ground to Einstein quietly mailing the theory of special relativity, this week in history is packed with world-changing moments. Plus: the Tunguska explosion, the first Tour de France, the Civil Rights Act, and the birth of Canada.
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On October twelfth, fourteen ninety-two, somewhere in the chain of islands now known as the Bahamas, a lookout aboard one of Christopher Columbus's three ships spotted land. Columbus had sailed west from Spain convinced he could reach Asia that way.
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