Today in History for Aug. 24:

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In 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing 20,000 people.

In 410, the Visigoths sacked Rome, disillusioning Christians who were trusting in God’s protection of the ecclesiastical centre of early Christianity. St. Augustine later tackled this religious problem in his monumental work, "City of God."

In 1456, in Mainz, Germany, volume two of the famed "Gutenberg Bible" was bound, completing a two-year publishing project, and making it the first full-length book to be printed using movable type.

In 1572, thousands of Protestants were massacred throughout France by the Roman Catholics during what is known as the "Massacre of St. Bartholomew."

In 1660, Pierre Radisson and his brother-in-law Cho

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