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TODAY IN HISTORY

In 752, Pope Stephen II was elected to succeed

Pope Zacharias. Stephen died just two days later.

In 1848, the first official party of settlers landed in New Zealand, at Dunedin.

In 1929, Dr. Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, was born. He died on March 3, 2018.

In 1933, the German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.

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