King John of England taxed all of England’s Jews for 66,000 Francs and imprisoned those who couldn’t pay.
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The first known performance of William Shakespeare's 'Othello' occurred at Whitehall Palace, London.
A leak at a chemical factory in Basel, Switzerland, caused the Rhine to turn red.
President Ulysses S. Grant founded the US Weather Bureau.
US President John Adams became the first president to move into the White House.
The Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, was officially opened.
