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Battle of Lodi, part of the Italian Campaign

... that the Italian Campaign of 1796–1797 (battle pictured) demonstrated that Napoleon was a "great strategist"?
... that Muhammad Khaznadar's museum was said to have "surpassed every other museum in the world" in Phoenician and Carthaginian antiquities?
... that William, Prince of Wales, inspired the character of Prince Wheeliam in Cars 2?
... that Hurry Up Tomorrow is planned to be the Weeknd's final album under his stage name?
... that Columbus Airport saw commercial air service before being certified for public use by the Civil Aeronautics Authority?
... that Lisa Blatt, the first woman to argue 50 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, "elicits laughs and the occasional sharp response from the justices"?
... that Oxford is the first city in the United Kingdom to adopt a zero emission zone?
... that although Pachyballus ornatus is named for its bright pattern, the female is dark and plain while young?
... that retired model Leticia Sardá had no idea that she was the subject of a four-year global search?

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October 4: Cinnamon Roll Day in Sweden and Finland

Seal of Otto IV

1209 – Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (seal pictured), was crowned.
1918 – An ammunition plant in Sayreville, New Jersey, U.S., exploded, killing around 100 people and destroying more than 300 buildings.
1957 – The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
2003 – A suicide bomber killed 21 people, including a two-month-old baby, and injured 60 others inside a restaurant in Haifa, Israel.

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