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Handel's Messiah, Darwin's Galápagos & US Constitution Signed | Sep 14–20
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This week in history: Handel completes the Messiah in 24 days, Darwin steps ashore in the Galápagos, and 39 men sign the US Constitution. From the Mayflower's departure to New Zealand granting women the vote, eight centuries of world-changing moments share one calendar week.
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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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