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The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller - John Milton
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On this day:
Battle of the Gabbard - 1653, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - 1953, Chinook crashes into Mull - 1994, Derrick Bird’s Gun Rampage - 2010
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