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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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| 1991 | UN admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North & South Korea, Marshall Islands & Micronesia | |
| 1989 | Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 | |
| 1988 | Military coup in Haiti: Lt Gen Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees | |
| 1984 | USSR performs underground nuclear test | |
| 1980 | South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death | |
| 1980 | Iraq (Saddam Hussein) signs accord with Algeria | |
| 1978 | Begin, Sadat & Carter sign Camp David accord | |
| 1977 | China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC | |
| 1976 | NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif | |
| 1962 | US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts | |
| 1961 | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR | |
| 1960 | Cuba nationalizes US banks | |
| 1958 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |
| 1957 | Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight | |
| 1952 | "I am an American Day" & "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" | |
| 1949 | North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time | |
| 1947 | James Forrestal sworn in as 1st US secretary of defense | |
| 1944 | British Premier Winston Churchill travels to US | |
| 1944 | Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem Neth | |
| 1943 | Red Army recaptures Brjansk | |
| 1943 | Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station | |
| 1940 | Nazis deprive Jews of possessions | |
| 1940 | Hitler begins invasion of England (operation Seelöwe) | |
| 1939 | Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner | |
| 1939 | Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II | |
| 1939 | German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die | |
| 1939 | Poland's president Moscicki & PM Slawoj-Skladkowski flee to Romania | |
| 1934 | USSR joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz & Portugal vote no) | |
| 1928 | Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 | |
| 1927 | Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco | |
| 1926 | Hurricane hits Miami & Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die | |
| 1922 | Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) | |
| 1911 | 1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min | |
| 1902 | US protests anti-semitism in Romania | |
| 1876 | Race riots in SC | |
| 1873 | 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University | |
| 1864 | Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign | |
| 1862 | Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 die | |
| 1862 | Battle of Mumfordville, KY-US Col J Wilder surrenders city | |
| 1862 | Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals | |
| 1861 | 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia | |
| 1850 | Great fire in San Francisco | |
| 1819 | 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii | |
| 1796 | Pres George Washington delivers his farewell address | |
| 1787 | US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention | |
| 1778 | 1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt) | |
| 1776 | Presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort | |
| 1691 | Colony Massachusetts Bay gets new charter | |
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