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What Happened This Day In History. A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history.
Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
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| 1993 | Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns | |
| 1984 | USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet | |
| 1983 | Last 80 US combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew | |
| 1981 | NASA launches Intelsat V | |
| 1979 | World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all US hostages | |
| 1979 | Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama | |
| 1973 | Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland | |
| 1971 | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR | |
| 1967 | Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hr, 34 die | |
| 1966 | Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus | |
| 1965 | Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7) | |
| 1964 | 1st time 4 people in space | |
| 1961 | JFK visits Puerto Rico | |
| 1961 | Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel | |
| 1950 | NYC's Port Authority opens | |
| 1944 | Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms | |
| 1944 | US troops lands on Mindoro | |
| 1944 | US Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star | |
| 1942 | Massachusetts issues 1st US vehicular license plate tabs | |
| 1941 | USS Swordfish becomes 1st US sub to sink a Japanese ship | |
| 1941 | German submarine U-127 sinks | |
| 1939 | 1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford, Delaware | |
| 1938 | Groundbreaking begins for Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC | |
| 1926 | Facist national symbol elevated in Italy | |
| 1925 | 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic | |
| 1925 | 1st hockey game at Madison Sq Garden, Mont Candiens 3, NY Americans 1 | |
| 1877 | Thomas Edison patents phonograph | |
| 1874 | 1st reigning king to visit US (of Hawaii) received by Pres Grant | |
| 1864 | Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon & Glade Springs, VA | |
| 1864 | Battle of Nashville, TN | |
| 1854 | 1st street-cleaning machine in US 1st used in Philadelphia | |
| 1836 | Patent Office burns in Wash, DC | |
| 1811 | Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri | |
| 1810 | 1st Irish magazine in US, Shamrock, is published | |
| 1792 | 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Phila) | |
| 1791 | 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania | |
| 1791 | Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval | |
| 1664 | English colonizing Connecticut | |
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