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3rd December 1973: NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the first space probe to send close-up images of the planet Jupiter
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Dec 03, 2024 |
2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate
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Dec 02, 2024 |
1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the white section of the bus became full
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Dec 01, 2024 |
30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
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Nov 30, 2024 |
29th November 1972: Pong is officially released by Atari, and soon becomes the first commercially successful video game
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Nov 29, 2024 |
28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
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Nov 28, 2024 |
27th November 1924: First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade takes place in New York City
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Nov 27, 2024 |
26th November 1805: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the highest canal aqueduct in the world, opens in North Wales
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Nov 26, 2024 |
25th November 1952: Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap opens in London, later to become the longest-running play in the world
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Nov 25, 2024 |
24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire
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Nov 24, 2024 |
23rd November 1963: First ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast by on BBC television
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Nov 23, 2024 |
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
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Nov 22, 2024 |
21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound
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Nov 21, 2024 |
20th November 1969: Native Americans begin their occupation of Alcatraz Island
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Nov 20, 2024 |
19th November 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at the Geneva Summit
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Nov 19, 2024 |
18th November 1883: The Day of Two Noons sees four standard time zones applied across the continental United States
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Nov 18, 2024 |
17th November 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of America’s earliest serial killers, apprehended in Boston
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Nov 17, 2024 |
16th November 1793: Mass drownings begin in Nantes as part of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
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Nov 16, 2024 |
15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France for the second time
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Nov 15, 2024 |
14th November 1960: Ruby Bridges, first African-American to desegregate an elementary school
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Nov 14, 2024 |
13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama
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Nov 13, 2024 |
12th November 1933: German referendum on withdrawing from the League of Nations
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Nov 12, 2024 |
11th November 1865: Dr Mary Walker becomes the first (and only) woman to receive the Medal of Honor
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Nov 11, 2024 |
10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa
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Nov 10, 2024 |
9th November 1799: Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon Bonaparte begin his rise to power
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Nov 09, 2024 |
8th November 1620: Battle of White Mountain fought near Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years’ War
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Nov 08, 2024 |
7th November 1917: Bolshevik Red Guards take control of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg
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Nov 07, 2024 |
6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA
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Nov 06, 2024 |
5th November 1605: Gunpowder Plot foiled when Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords in London
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Nov 05, 2024 |
4th November 1839: The Newport Rising armed rebellion takes place in south Wales
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Nov 04, 2024 |
3rd November 1918: The Kiel Mutiny begins, marking the start of the German Revolution
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Nov 03, 2024 |
2nd November 1936: BBC Television Service launched in the UK as the world’s first regular high-definition television service
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Nov 02, 2024 |
1st November 1894: Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III
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Nov 01, 2024 |
31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy
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Oct 31, 2024 |
30th October 1938: The War of the Worlds radio play, directed by Orson Welles, terrifies listeners in America
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Oct 30, 2024 |
29th October 1959: Comic book character Asterix the Gaul’s first appearance in the debut issue of Pilote magazine
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Oct 29, 2024 |
28th October 1962: End of the Cuban Missile Crisis as Khrushchev agrees to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba
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Oct 28, 2024 |
27th October 1988: Ronald Reagan halts construction of the new US embassy in Moscow
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Oct 27, 2024 |
26th October 1860: Garibaldi hands control of southern Italy to Victor Emmanuel II
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Oct 26, 2024 |
25th October 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes first black general in the US military
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Oct 25, 2024 |
24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash
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Oct 24, 2024 |
23rd October 1642: Battle of Edgehill fought during the early stages of the English Civil War
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Oct 23, 2024 |
22nd October 1910: Dr. Hawley Crippen found guilty of murdering his wife, after being captured with the aid of wireless technology
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Oct 22, 2024 |
21st October 1096: Battle of Civetot destroys the People’s Crusade at the start of the First Crusade
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Oct 21, 2024 |
20th October 1818: Treaty of 1818 establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and British North America
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Oct 20, 2024 |
19th October 1864: Confederate soldiers rob three banks in the St. Albans Raid in the northernmost land action of the American Civil War
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Oct 19, 2024 |
18th October 1963: Félicette becomes the first cat in space when she is launched as part of a French mission
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Oct 18, 2024 |
17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Oct 17, 2024 |
16th October 1793: Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris
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Oct 16, 2024 |
15th October 1783: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier conducts the first manned hot air balloon flight
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Oct 15, 2024 |
14th October 1066: The Battle of Hastings fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson
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Oct 14, 2024 |
13th October 1792: Cornerstone of the White House laid in Washington, D.C.
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Oct 13, 2024 |
12th October 1931: The Christ the Redeemer statue officially opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Oct 12, 2024 |
11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
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Oct 11, 2024 |
10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union, known as the Suffragettes
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Oct 10, 2024 |
9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document
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Oct 09, 2024 |
8th October 1912: First Balkan War begins when the Kingdom of Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire
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Oct 08, 2024 |
7th October 1913: Ford Motor Company introduces the world’s first moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in Michigan
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Oct 07, 2024 |
6th October 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated by terrorists
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Oct 06, 2024 |
5th October 1789: The October Days begin when a crowd of Parisian women march to the Palace of Versailles to demand food
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Oct 05, 2024 |
4th October 1535: Myles Coverdale finishes printing the first complete English translation of the Bible
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Oct 04, 2024 |
3rd October 1935: Italian forces invade Ethiopia, triggering the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
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Oct 03, 2024 |
2nd October 1187: Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders after a lengthy siege
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Oct 02, 2024 |
1st October 1971: Walt Disney World officially opens it doors to the public in Orlando, Florida
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Oct 01, 2024 |
30th September 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire
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Sep 30, 2024 |
29th September 1829: The Metropolitan Police begins operating in London
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Sep 29, 2024 |
28th September 1924: First aerial circumnavigation of the globe completed by a team from the United States Army Air Service
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Sep 28, 2024 |
27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history
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Sep 27, 2024 |
26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr
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Sep 26, 2024 |
25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable
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Sep 25, 2024 |
24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested to President Truman in a report by Clark Clifford and George Elsey
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Sep 24, 2024 |
23rd September 1889: Nintendo founded in Kyoto, Japan, to produce playing cards
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Sep 23, 2024 |
22nd September 1980: Start of the Iran-Iraq War that lasted on for nearly eight years
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Sep 22, 2024 |
21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction
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Sep 21, 2024 |
20th September 1946: First Cannes International Film Festival begins at the former Casino
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Sep 20, 2024 |
19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time
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Sep 19, 2024 |
18th September 1931: The Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese forces bomb the South Manchuria Railway
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Sep 18, 2024 |
17th September 1859: Joshua Norton declares himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States
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Sep 17, 2024 |
16th September 1979: Two families escape from East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon
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Sep 16, 2024 |
15th September 1440: Gilles de Rais is arrested and later convicted as one of the world’s earliest serial killers
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Sep 15, 2024 |
14th September 1959: The USSR sends the first man-made object to the Moon’s surface
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Sep 14, 2024 |
13th September 1848: Phineas Gage survives an accident in which an explosion propels a large iron bar completely through his head
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Sep 13, 2024 |
12th September 490 BCE: Battle of Marathon is fought during the Greco-Persian Wars (accepted date)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
11th September 1789: Alexander Hamilton appointed US Secretary of the Treasury
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Sep 11, 2024 |
10th September 1989: Hungary allows East Germans to cross the border into Austria
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Sep 10, 2024 |
9th September 1956: Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
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Sep 09, 2024 |
8th September 1888: Peral, the first successful electric-powered submarine, launched by the Spanish navy
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Sep 08, 2024 |
7th September 1695: English pirate Henry Every captures the Grand Mughal Fleet in one of the most lucrative pirate raids of all time
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Sep 07, 2024 |
6th September 1651: Charles II of England hides in an oak tree to escape capture by Parliamentary forces following the Battle of Worcester
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Sep 06, 2024 |
5th September 1793: The Reign of Terror begins in France during the Revolution
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Sep 05, 2024 |
4th September 1957: Nine Black students denied entry to Little Rock High School in Arkansas
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Sep 04, 2024 |
3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War
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Sep 03, 2024 |
2nd September 1792: September Massacres begin during the French Revolution, resulting thousands of deaths
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Sep 02, 2024 |
1st September 1969: Libyan Revolution brings Muammar Gaddafi to power following the overthrow of King Idris I
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Sep 01, 2024 |
31st August 1888: Discovery of the first victim of Jack the Ripper in London
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Aug 31, 2024 |
30th August 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American Justice of the US Supreme Court
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Aug 30, 2024 |
29th August 1911: Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California
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Aug 29, 2024 |
28th August 1973: Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm ends, prompting the term ‘Stockholm Syndrome’
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Aug 28, 2024 |
27th August 1896: Shortest recorded war in history fought between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar
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Aug 27, 2024 |
26th August 1895: The world’s first major AC power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls
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Aug 26, 2024 |
25th August 1916: The U.S. National Park Service signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson
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Aug 25, 2024 |
24th August 1938: The Kweilin incident sees the first ever civilian aircraft to be shot down when Japanese fighters attack
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Aug 24, 2024 |
23rd August 1970: Start of the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker walkout in U.S. history
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Aug 23, 2024 |
22nd August 1864: Adoption of the first Geneva Convention governing sick and wounded members of armed forces
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Aug 22, 2024 |
21st August 1957: USSR conducts first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
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Aug 21, 2024 |
20th August 1968: Warsaw Pact troops invade to end the Prague Spring
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Aug 20, 2024 |
19th August 1991: August Coup places Gorbachev under house arrest
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Aug 19, 2024 |
18th August 1933: Nazis reveal the Volksempfänger, a low-cost radio receiver, to the public
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Aug 18, 2024 |
17th August 1807: The North River Steamboat was launched between New York and Albany
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Aug 17, 2024 |
16th August 1793: National Convention of France agrees to the levée en masse, a policy of conscription during the Revolutionary Wars
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Aug 16, 2024 |
15th August 1941: Last execution at the Tower of London takes place when German spy Josef Jakobs is killed by firing squad
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Aug 15, 2024 |
14th August 1947: Partition of India begins with creation of the independent Dominion of Pakistan
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Aug 14, 2024 |
13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps
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Aug 13, 2024 |
12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson
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Aug 12, 2024 |
11th August 106: Roman Emperor Trajan declares Dacia (modern Romania) a Roman province
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Aug 11, 2024 |
10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution
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Aug 10, 2024 |
9th August 1942: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, known as the “Leningrad” Symphony, received its premiere in the city under siege
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Aug 09, 2024 |
8th August 1925: More than 50,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan stage a march in Washington D.C.
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Aug 08, 2024 |
7th August 1947: Kon-Tiki expedition ends when the raft smashes into a reef at the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago
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Aug 07, 2024 |
6th August 1806: Holy Roman Empire officially dissolved following the abdication of Francis II
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Aug 06, 2024 |
5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela arrested and jailed in South Africa
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Aug 05, 2024 |
4th August 1914: Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality in the First World War
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Aug 04, 2024 |
3rd August 1798: Battle of the Nile ends with a decisive British victory over the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars
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Aug 03, 2024 |
2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car
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Aug 02, 2024 |
1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched
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Aug 01, 2024 |
31st July 1917: Battle of Passchendaele begins during the First World War, resulting in one of the muddiest battles of the conflict
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Jul 31, 2024 |
30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur
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Jul 30, 2024 |
29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada
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Jul 29, 2024 |
28th July 1932: Bonus Marchers forcibly evicted from Washington D.C. by the Army
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Jul 28, 2024 |
27th July 1794: Thermidorian Reaction begins in France with the arrest of Maximilien Robspierre
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Jul 27, 2024 |
26th July 1948: Truman abolished racial segregation in the US military with Executive Order 9981
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Jul 26, 2024 |
25th July 1934: Austrian Chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss, assassinated by members of the Austrian Nazi Party
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Jul 25, 2024 |
24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
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Jul 24, 2024 |
23rd July 1952: Egyptian Revolution begins, leading to the overthrow of King Farouk I and the end of British influence in Egypt
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Jul 23, 2024 |
22nd July 1706: Terms of the Acts of Union 1707 agreed by commissioners from England and Scotland
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Jul 22, 2024 |
21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam completed in Egypt
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Jul 21, 2024 |
20th July 1801: The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese, is produced for President Thomas Jefferson, and weighs 1,235lbs
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Jul 20, 2024 |
19th July 1870: The Franco-Prussian War begins when Napoleon III declares war
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Jul 19, 2024 |
18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio
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Jul 18, 2024 |
17th July 1917: King George V changes the name of the British royal family to the House of Windsor
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Jul 17, 2024 |
16th July 1935: World’s first parking meter installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Jul 16, 2024 |
15th July 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrenders to the British
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Jul 15, 2024 |
14th July 1915: McMahon-Hussein Correspondence begins, resulting in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in World War I
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Jul 14, 2024 |
13th July 1863: New York City draft riots mark the largest civil urban disturbance in American history
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Jul 13, 2024 |
12th July 1862: Creation of the Congressional Medal of Honor
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Jul 12, 2024 |
11th July 1804: Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounds Alexander Hamilton, former Secretary of the Treasury, in a duel
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Jul 11, 2024 |
10th July 1913: Highest recorded temperature on Earth
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Jul 10, 2024 |
9th July 1762: Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following a coup against her husband, Peter III
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Jul 09, 2024 |
8th July 1947: Roswell Army Air Base reports ‘flying disc’ debris
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Jul 08, 2024 |
7th July 1952: SS United States establishes the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by an ocean liner
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Jul 07, 2024 |
6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers
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Jul 06, 2024 |
5th July 1937: SPAM, the canned cooked pork, first introduced by Hormel Foods Corporation @SPAMbrand
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Jul 05, 2024 |
4th July 1918: Mehmed VI ascends to the throne as the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire
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Jul 04, 2024 |
3rd July 1979: President Jimmy Carter authorises $500,000 to aid the mujahideen in Afghanistan
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Jul 03, 2024 |
2nd July 1900: LZ 1, the first rigid Zeppelin airship, makes its maiden flight over Lake Constance in Germany
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Jul 02, 2024 |
1st July 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg begins, resulting in a decisive Union victory
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Jul 01, 2024 |
30th June 1859: Charles Blondin became the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
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Jun 30, 2024 |
29th June 1971: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 disaster, resulting in its cosmonauts becoming the only humans to ever die in space
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Jun 29, 2024 |
28th June 1969: The Stonewall Riots begin when New York City police raid the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village
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Jun 28, 2024 |
27th June 1898: Joshua Slocum completes the first solo circumnavigation of the globe
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Jun 27, 2024 |
26th June 1963: American President John F. Kennedy declares US support for West Berlin with the phrase, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’
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Jun 26, 2024 |
25th June 1950: Korean War begins when North Korean forces cross the 38th parallel, invading South Korea
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Jun 25, 2024 |
24th June 1947: The first widely-reported UFO sighting was made by private pilot Kenneth Arnold
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Jun 24, 2024 |
23rd June 1960: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Enovid as the first combined oral contraceptive pill in the world
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Jun 23, 2024 |
22nd June 1940: France signs the Second Armistice of Compiègne with Nazi Germany which signals the Fall of France
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Jun 22, 2024 |
21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society
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Jun 21, 2024 |
20th June 1945: The United States approves the transfer of Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun to America
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Jun 20, 2024 |
19th June 1865: Juneteenth is established when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, are informed of their freedom
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Jun 19, 2024 |
18th June 1812: The War of 1812 began when President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain
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Jun 18, 2024 |
17th June 1775: Battle of Bunker Hill fought during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War
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Jun 17, 2024 |
16th June 1884: The Switchback Railway, America’s first purpose-built roller coaster, opened at Coney Island in New York City
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Jun 16, 2024 |
15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain
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Jun 15, 2024 |
14th June 1900: Anglo-German naval arms race triggered by the Second German Naval Law to double the size of the fleet
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Jun 14, 2024 |
13th June 1966: Miranda Warning introduced after US Supreme Court says suspects must be told their rights
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Jun 13, 2024 |
12th June 1817: Karl Drais makes the first recorded journey on the forerunner of the bicycle, known as the Laufmaschine or ‘dandy horse’
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Jun 12, 2024 |
11th June 1962: Three inmates escape from the maximum-security Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and are never seen again
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Jun 11, 2024 |
10th June 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Bill Wilson and Robert Smith
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Jun 10, 2024 |
9th June 747: Abbasid Revolution begins, which overthrows the Umayyad Caliphate
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Jun 09, 2024 |
8th June 1959: The world’s only delivery of ‘Missile Mail’ took place when the United States Post Office Department sent 3,000 letters using a cruise missile
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Jun 08, 2024 |
7th June 1982: Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, was opened to the public
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Jun 07, 2024 |
6th June 1933: Worlds first drive-in theatre opens in Camden County, New Jersey
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Jun 06, 2024 |
5th June 1947: U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall delivers a speech at Harvard University outlining his financial plan for post-war Europe
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Jun 05, 2024 |
4th June 1855: United States Camel Corps initiated when USS Supply departed New York City for the Mediterranean to obtain camels
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Jun 04, 2024 |
3rd June 1943: Zoot Suit Riots erupt in Los Angeles, California, during the Second World War
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Jun 03, 2024 |
2nd June 1774: The British Parliament passes the Quartering Act, the fourth of the punitive laws passed in the wake of the Boston Tea Party
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Jun 02, 2024 |
1st June 1916: Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
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Jun 01, 2024 |
31st May 1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre breaks out in Oklahoma
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May 31, 2024 |
30th May 1911: Indianapolis 500 automobile race takes place for the first time
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May 30, 2024 |
29th May 1942: The song “White Christmas” recorded by Bing Crosby
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May 29, 2024 |
28th May 1830: The Indian Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson
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May 28, 2024 |
27th May 1942: Reinhard Heydrich fatally injured in an assassination attempt in Prague, Czechoslovakia
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May 27, 2024 |
26th May 1647: Alse Young becomes the first person to be executed for witchcraft in America at Windsor, Connecticut
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May 26, 2024 |
25th May 1521: Edict of Worms issued by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V against Martin Luther
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May 25, 2024 |
24th May 1798: United Irishmen Rebellion, also known as the Irish Rebellion of 1798, begins in Ireland
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May 24, 2024 |
23rd May 1934: Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde ambushed by police and killed in rural Louisiana
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May 23, 2024 |
22nd May 1939: The Pact of Steel signed between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
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May 22, 2024 |
21st May 1904: FIFA founded in Paris as the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
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May 21, 2024 |
20th May 1862: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law
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May 20, 2024 |
19th May 1962: Marilyn Monroe sings “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to President John F. Kennedy
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May 19, 2024 |
18th May 1896: The Supreme Court delivers its verdict in Plessy v. Ferguson that approves the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine
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May 18, 2024 |
17th May 1792: The Buttonwood Agreement signed by 24 stockbrokers, establishing the New York Stock Exchange
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May 17, 2024 |
16th May 1771: The Battle of Alamance ends the Regulator Movement in Provincial North Carolina
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May 16, 2024 |
15th May 1943: Stalin dissolves the Communist International (Comintern) that aimed to promote worldwide communism
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May 15, 2024 |
14th May 1607: Jamestown, Virginia, established as the first permanent English settlement in North America
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May 14, 2024 |
13th May 1865: The Battle of Palmito Ranch, considered by many to be the last battle of the Civil War
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May 13, 2024 |
12th May 1926: Norge airship makes the first verified flight over the North Pole
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May 12, 2024 |
11th May 1812: Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated, shot in the lobby of the House of Commons
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May 11, 2024 |
10th May 1801: The First Barbary War began when Tripoli declared war on the United States
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May 10, 2024 |
9th May 1386: Treaty of Windsor, the longest-lasting diplomatic treaty in recorded history, signed between Portugal and England
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May 09, 2024 |
8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific
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May 08, 2024 |
7th May 1253: William of Rubruck sets out on his journey into the Mongol Empire that resulted in a masterpiece of medieval travel literature
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May 07, 2024 |
6th May 1906: Russia enacts the Fundamental Laws, which serve as the Constitution of 1906
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May 06, 2024 |
5th May 1961: Astronaut Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel in space on board Freedom 7
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May 05, 2024 |
4th May 1926: General strike of 1.7 million workers begins in the United Kingdom.
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May 04, 2024 |
3rd May 1978: The world’s first ‘spam’ email sent by Gary Thuerk of Digital Equipment Corporation
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May 03, 2024 |
2nd May 1946: The Battle of Alcatraz began when armed inmates attempted to escape from the high security prison
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May 02, 2024 |
1st May 1840: The Penny Black, the world’s first pre-paid postage stamp, goes on sale in the UK
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May 01, 2024 |
30th April 1789: George Washington inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America
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Apr 30, 2024 |
29th April 1909: The People’s Budget introduced to the British Parliament by David Lloyd George
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Apr 29, 2024 |
28th April 1869: Ten miles of railway track are laid in a single day by the crews of the Central Pacific Railroad
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Apr 28, 2024 |
27th April 1953: The US launches Operation Moolah to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter through defection
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Apr 27, 2024 |
26th April 1933: The Gestapo secret police established by Hermann Göring in Nazi Germany
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Apr 26, 2024 |
25th April 1898: The United States declares war on Spain in the Spanish–American War
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Apr 25, 2024 |
24th April 1800: The Library of Congress established when John Adams approves a budget of $5,000 for books
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Apr 24, 2024 |
23rd April 1348: Order of the Garter founded by King Edward III of England
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Apr 23, 2024 |
22nd April 1889: Oklahoma Land Rush takes place with 2 million acres of Unassigned Lands opened to settlement
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Apr 22, 2024 |
21st April 1967: Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of Joseph Stalin, arrives in the USA after defecting from the Soviet Union
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Apr 21, 2024 |
20th April 1792: The French Revolutionary Wars begin when the Assembly vote for war against Austria
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Apr 20, 2024 |
19th April 1987: The Simpsons make their first television appearance on The Tracey Ullman Show
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Apr 19, 2024 |
18th April 1775: Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington with his message that “the Regulars are coming out!”
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Apr 18, 2024 |
17th April 1907: Ellis Island in New York Harbor has its busiest day, processing 11,747 immigrants
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Apr 17, 2024 |
16th April 1902: The first purpose-designed movie theater opens as Thomas Tally’s Electric Theatre
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Apr 16, 2024 |
15th April 1989: 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough Disaster
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Apr 15, 2024 |
14th April 1935: Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era
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Apr 14, 2024 |
13th April 1970: Apollo 13 spacecraft rocked by an explosion from one of its oxygen tanks
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Apr 13, 2024 |
12th April 1861: American Civil War begins with the Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
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Apr 12, 2024 |
11th April 1968: The Fair Housing Act of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed into law by President Johnson
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Apr 11, 2024 |
10th April 1815: The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history occurred at Mount Tambora
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Apr 10, 2024 |
9th April 1865: Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
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Apr 09, 2024 |
8th April 1838: SS Great Western begins her maiden voyage to New York as the first steamship specifically built for transatlantic travel
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Apr 08, 2024 |
7th April 1954: President Eisenhower first described the ‘domino theory’ of the spread of communism during a news conference
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Apr 07, 2024 |
6th April 1793: Committee of Public Safety established by the National Convention of France
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Apr 06, 2024 |
5th April 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen becomes the first European to encounter Easter Island
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Apr 05, 2024 |
4th April 1925: Adolf Hitler orders the establishment of the SS
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Apr 04, 2024 |
3rd April 1721: Robert Walpole becomes the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Apr 03, 2024 |