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1268: The city of Antioch, which has been in Christian hands since 1098, falls to Sultan Baybars, whose massacre and destruction is so thorough it will never again be a city of importance.1631: John Winthrop, a Gray’s Inn lawyer, takes

1003: Gerbert d’Aurillac dies at Rome.  As a scholar, he introduced the abacus to Europe, helped popularize Arabic numerals, and devised a new hydraulic organ.  As Pope Sylvester II he also battled simony.1641: A cheerful crowd of 200,000 watches Thomas