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July 30: First Defenestration of Prague, the 1st Oil Tanker and Penguin book

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July 30, 2020

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1178  Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy

1419  First defenestration of Prague: anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm Prague town hall and throw the judge, mayor and several city council members out the windows. They die in the fall or killed by crowd outside.

1619  House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective American governing body

1863  Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah

1869  The Charles, considered the world's first "oil tanker", departs from the United States headed for Europe with a bulk capacity of 7,000 barrels of oil

1935  1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution

1937  Russian Politburo issues NKVD Order no. 00447, to repress former kulak and anti-soviets, 269,100 to be arrested, 76,000 to be shot. Part of the Great Purge.

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