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It happened today – this day in history – August 14
1040: King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. 1498: Christopher Columbus lands at the mouth of the Orinoco River in what is now Venezuela. 1585: Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of the Netherlands. 1678: The …