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On this day in History: Joan of Arc and Captain Kidd

May 23, 2016September 2, 2016 David James famous women, Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc, On this day, Pirates

Two fateful events that happened on this day in history. Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians at the

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