HotShot Facts
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First skyscraper built in Chicago (ten stories).
Barometer invented by Evangelista Torricelli.
Roman forces defeat Perseus at the Battle of Pydna.
Planck develops quantum theory.
The Second Crusade begins.
Lisbon earthquake kills between 10,000-100,000.
Iran-Iraq war ends.
Roman empire makes Christianity the official religion.
Valerian becomes Emperor of Rome, shares throne with his son, Gallienus.
Photography invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce.
The construction of Stonehenge in England starts.
Iconoscope invented by Vladimir Zworykin.
