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This day in history (Oct. 14)

Events
1066 – Norman conquest of England: Battle of Hastings: In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England.

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TUESDAY (Oct. 9)

* Pumpkin Patch event set for Oct. 13

* Coming to Bishop - 'The Doyle and Debbie Show'

* County to review letter regarding Alabama Hills

THURSDAY Oct..11)

* Four state ballot measures seek $16 billion in bond funding

This day in history (Oct. 7)

Events
3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar.
1403 – Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet.

This day in history (Sept. 30)

Events
489 – Battle of Verona: The Ostrogoths under king Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time at Verona (Northern Italy).

This day in history (Sept. 23)

Events
1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.

This day in history (Sept. 16)

Events
307 – Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.
681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.

This day in history (Sept. 9)

9 AD – Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

On this day in history (Sept. 2)

1862 – American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.

Cook co-sponsors legislation to revitalize national parks

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This day in history (Aug. 19)

Events
295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.
43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.