Pied Piper Saves Village

*1376 - The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin leading rats out of town is said to have occurred on this date.
*1587 - A second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. The colony vanished under mysterious circumstances.
*1796 - Cleveland was founded by Gen. Moses Cleveland.
*1812 - English troops under the Duke of Wellington defeated the French at the Battle of Salamanca in Spain.

(exerpted from C. Wayne Owen's (aka Seymoure) "Today in History" daily newsletter)

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