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On this day in 1942, Nazi Germany test fires the first V-2 rocket from the Peenemünde test facility. Reaching altitudes of 52 miles, the missiles are the first man-made projectiles to leave Earth's atmosphere and reach space.
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Today in 1683, the Holy League defeats the Ottomans at Vienna ending a two-month siege of the city. According to a popular (and likely apocryphal) myth, among the spoils captured from the Turkish baggage train are sacks of something few Europeans had seen before: Coffee ☕️
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