This Day in History


AMERICAN REVOLUTION

1785

Georgia incorporates the first state university »

AUTOMOTIVE

1965

Shelby GT 350 debuts »

CIVIL WAR

1862

Lincoln orders armies to advance »

COLD WAR

1973

U.S. officially ends participation in a Cold War conflict »

CRIME

1978

The so-called Dracula killer »

DISASTER

2002

Explosions trigger deadly panic in Nigeria »

GENERAL INTEREST

1926

Baird demonstrates TV »

1967

Astronauts die in launch pad fire »

1975

Senate investigation of FBI and CIA activities begins »

1991

Somali dictator flees »

Today in History


AMERICAN REVOLUTION

1775

Washington informs Congress of espionage »

AUTOMOTIVE

1919

Enzo Ferrari makes his debut as a race car driver »

CIVIL WAR

1864

Battle of Allatoona »

COLD WAR

1986

Iran-Contra scandal unravels »

CRIME

1892

The Dalton gang performs their last robbery attempt »

DISASTER

1930

Blimp crashes in France »

GENERAL INTEREST

1813

Tecumseh defeated »

1877

Chief Joseph surrenders »

1969

Cuban defector lands MiG in Miami »

1974

American circumnavigates the globe on foot »

1989

Dalai Lama wins Peace Prize »

2011

Apple founder Steve Jobs dies »

HOLLYWOOD

1990

Henry & June is first NC-17 film »

LITERARY

1978

Isaac Singer wins Nobel Prize »

MUSIC

1991

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch earn a #1 hit with “Good Vibrations” »

OLD WEST

1892

The Dalton Gang is wiped out in Coffeyville, Kansas »

PRESIDENTIAL

1829

Chester Arthur is born »

SPORTS

1953

Yanks win their fifth series in a row »

VIETNAM WAR

1963

South Vietnamese generals plan coup »

1964

President Johnson under fire from his own party »

WORLD WAR I

1915

Britain and France commit troops to operation in Salonika, Greece »

WORLD WAR II

1942

Stalingrad must not be taken by the enemy. »

Today in History


AMERICAN REVOLUTION

1781

French and Americans cut off British supplies at Gloucester »

AUTOMOTIVE

1961

UAW walks out on Ford »

CIVIL WAR

1862

Battle of Corinth »

COLD WAR

1990

East and West Germany reunite after 45 years »

CRIME

2011

Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned in Italy »

DISASTER

2005

Hurricane Stan bears down on Mexico »

GENERAL INTEREST

1932

Iraq wins independence »

1952

Britain successfully tests A-bomb »

1981

Maze hunger strike called off »

HOLLYWOOD

1964

Clive Owen born »

LITERARY

1895

The Red Badge of Courage is published »

MUSIC

1967

Writer, singer and folk icon Woody Guthrie dies »

OLD WEST

1873

U.S. Army hangs four Modoc Indians for the murder of a Civil War hero »

PRESIDENTIAL

1863

Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday »

SPORTS

1951

The shot heard round the world »

VIETNAM WAR

1967

Operation Wallowa commences »

1968

Twenty-four die in Army helicopter accident »

WORLD WAR I

1917

War Revenue Act passed in U.S. »

WORLD WAR II

1942

Germany conducts first successful V-2 rocket test »

This Day in History


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