July 18, 1290 - Edward I issues his Edict of Expulsion which banished all Jews (at that around 18,000) from England.
July 18, 1817 - Jane Austen, brilliant English novelist, died at the age of 41. She is best known for her novels Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Her books have been the basis for a new fad of "sequels" and "prequels."
Sunday, July 18, 2010
This Day in History...
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