Today in History for Sept. 12:

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In 1362, Pope Innocent VI died. He is considered by Roman Catholic Church scholars to be one of the best popes of the Avignon papacy, a period in the 14th century when the seat of the pontiff was moved from Rome to Avignon in southern France. Innocent brought about many reforms in church administration.

In 1504, Christopher Columbus sailed from Hispaniola in the West Indies for Spain to end his fourth and last voyage to the New World. The great adventurer died after a long illness in 1506. In 1542, his remains were exhumed in Seville and taken back to Hispaniola. They are buried in the cathedral at Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic.

In 1649, British statesman Oliver Cromwell captured Drogheda, Ireland, and executed the entire

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