Today In History (May 12 1593, 1926)
Posted: Mon May 12, 2025 11:09 am
TODAY IN HISTORY
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TODAY IN HISTORY 1926: The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole, in a joint Norwegian-American-Italian expedition.
1593: London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured for allegedly holding, and privately writing down, "vile heretical conceits denying the eternal deity of Jesus Christ."-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TODAY IN HISTORY 1926: The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole, in a joint Norwegian-American-Italian expedition.