Today in History
Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), August 3, 2009
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...Roman forces at the Battle of Cannae. 1492: Christopher Columbus embarks from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, aboard the Santa Maria, on his first voyage of westward exploration. 1610: Captain Henry Hudson, seeking a new passage to the Pacific...Piermarini, is opened. 1846: Opening of one of Australias oldest boys school, Hutchins School in Hobart. 1852: First steamship to arrive in Sydney , SS Chusan, berths after 80-day journey from England. 1858: Lake Victoria, the source of the...