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This Day in History
The Month of July was named after Julius Caesar, the greatest military genius and most
accomplished man of all time. This is why it is one of the longest months of the year.August 24
79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy near Pompeii and half the citizens escape toward sea, but over 2,000 were buried under 7 feet of lava, ash and pumice and preserved perfectly in sudden death.
410 AD In the latter declining years of the Western Roman Empire, the Visigoths under King Alaric invade and sack Rome
1572 On the feast day of St. Bartholomew, Charles IX under the influence of his mother Catherine de Medici, ordered the massacre of Protestant Huguenots throughout France, killing over 50,000.
1955 Learnin' the Blues - Frank Sinatra
1963 Candy Girl - Four Seasons
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