Notices tagged with todayinhistory

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#TodayInHistory • 1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_22

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#TodayInHistory • 1990 – North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_22

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#TodayInHistory • 1942 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_22

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#TodayInHistory • 1915 – Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_22

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#TodayInHistory • 1826 – HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_22

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#TodayInHistory • 1871 – French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of “Bloody Week”, some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21

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#TodayInHistory • 2003 – An earthquake hits northern Algeria, killing more than 2,000 people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21

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#TodayInHistory • 1879 – War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21

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#TodayInHistory • 1972 – Michelangelo’s Pietà in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21

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#TodayInHistory • 1976 – The Yuba City bus disaster occurs in Martinez, California. 29 are killed making it the deadliest road accident in U.S. history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21

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#TodayInHistory • 1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country’s first President. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20

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#TodayInHistory • 1948 – Chiang Kai-shek is elected as the first President of the Republic of China. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20

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#TodayInHistory • 685 – The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20

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#TodayInHistory • 1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country’s first President. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20

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#TodayInHistory • 1840 – York Minster is badly damaged by fire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20

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#TodayInHistory • 1959 – The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_19

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#TodayInHistory • 1643 – Thirty Years’ War: French forces under the duc d’Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_19

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#TodayInHistory • 1845 – Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_19

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#TodayInHistory • 1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe’s rendition of “Happy Birthday”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_19

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#TodayInHistory • 1997 – The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_19