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1836: Charles Darwin's return to England.Naturalist Charles Darwin returned to England this day in 1836 after a five-year journey on the HMS Beagle, on which he gathered the specimens and observations that led to his theory of evolution by natural selection.More events on this day1935:Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie ordered mobilization upon learning that Italian forces had crossed the frontier to begin the Italo-Ethiopian War. |
1879:American poet Wallace Stevens, whose work explores the interaction of reality and what man can make of reality in his mind, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. |
1780:British army officer John André was executed by the Americans as a spy after conducting secret meetings with American General Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution. |
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