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This day in history (Sept. 16)

Events
307 – Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.
681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.

This day in history (Sept. 9)

9 AD – Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

On this day in history (Sept. 2)

1862 – American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.

Cook co-sponsors legislation to revitalize national parks

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This day in history (Aug. 19)

Events
295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.
43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.

What you might have missed

TUESDAY

* Inyo County budget available online

* Three new buildings coming to Bishop

* Proposed county budget reflects balance strategies

THURSDAY

* Local church offers teens the opportunity to fly high

* City continues talk on vacant building issue

This day in history (Aug. 12)

Events
1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.

This day in history (Aug. 5)

1735 – Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.

California Statewide Fire Summary - Thursday, August 2, 2018

This day in history (July 22)

838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.