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That was not easy!!! However.... Actually it was Eratosthenes.. he calculated the date as June 12, 1183 BC...But old Eratosthenes did much more than just figuring dates...Quite an interesting person.. Eratosthenes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2) During the Crusader siege of Beziers in 1209, Arnaud was asked how the attackers were to distinguish good Catholics from heretics once the town was taken.
"..right track?" I got it exactly, so I own the railroad.
Ben Butler, who went on to be an inept general and controversial figure throughout the Civil War, began well enough when he was responsible for getting the first troops to the defense of Washington DC when the war first erupted. Butler deserves credit for organizing and leading the march, but he was greatly aided by a young man who did all of the rail transport logistics for the move. He was working in his capacity as superintendent of the military railways, a rather lofty position for a 25 year old fellow.
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