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It happened today – this day in history – August 25
1482: Death of Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI aged 52. 1530: Birth of Ivan the Terrible, first tsar of Russia. 1609: Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. 1688: Death of Welsh pirate Henry Morgan aged 53. 1768: Captain James …