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shorthistorytoday · 4 years ago
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January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther
January 3, 1521-Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther through the Papal Bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. Luther was a German Augustinian theologian and Monk with an important role in the Protestant Reformation.
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shorthistorytoday · 4 years ago
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Луна-1 first to the Moon and first to orbit the Sun
1959: the space probe Луна-1 (Moon 1) is launched from Baikonur, USSR. It became the first probe launched in the direction of the Moon and the first to reach a heliocentric orbit. It is still in the orbit of the Sun.
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