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Roman Emperor Constantine I baptized: 22 May 337 - This Day in History
On this day in 337, Constantine the Great, who had practiced Christianity since his youth and sparked its growth into a world religion, became on his deathbed the first Roman emperor to be baptized in the Christian church.
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1972: Richard M. Nixon arrived in Moscow, the first visit by a U.S. president to the Soviet Union.
1960: One of the largest earthquakes on record struck the southern coast of Chile, killing about 5,700 people and creating seismic sea waves that caused death and destruction in distant Pacific coastal areas, notably Japan and Hawaii.
1942: Mexico entered World War II by declaring war on Germany, Italy, and Japan.
1939: Adolf Hitler of Germany and Benito Mussolini of Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a full military and political alliance between their countries.
1885: French poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo died in Paris.
1844: American painter Mary Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania.
1813: German dramatic composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Biography of the Day
"Where there is no imagination there is no horror."Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet (1887)
Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born this day in 1859, created Sherlock Holmes, one of the most vivid and enduring characters in English fiction and a prototype for the modern mastermind detective.
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