From the Viking assault on Lindisfarne in 793 to the landmark Loving v. Virginia ruling in 1967, this week in history delivered turning points across a thousand years. Eight remarkable events, eight centuries — one unforgettable 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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