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Old 06-15-2015, 08:47 AM   #1
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Today in 1215 King John was forced to put his seal on the Magna Carta, guaranteeing feudal rights to his barons. The common people? Eh, not so much. And in 1986 King Richard made his 1,000th start in a NASCAR race.

On a cultural note, in 1300 Dante Alighieri was named a prior of Florence, two years before he was banished from his native city. And speaking of immortal poets, in 1963 Kyu Sakamoto hit #1 on the US pop charts with his song "Sukiyaki" . . . the only time this has happened with a song sung entirely in Japanese.
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