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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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| 1990 | Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait | |
| 1989 | Rafael Callejas installed as president of Honduras | |
| 1985 | 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched | |
| 1985 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island | |
| 1984 | US & Iraq regain diplomatic relations | |
| 1975 | France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island | |
| 1975 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |
| 1969 | Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon | |
| 1950 | China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River | |
| 1944 | 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor | |
| 1940 | Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw | |
| 1939 | 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border | |
| 1913 | Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers | |
| 1895 | Hawaiian Sugar Planters Assn forms | |
| 1865 | "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll published in US | |
| 1864 | Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia | |
| 1864 | Skirmish at Sylvan Brutal/Waynesboro, Georgia | |
| 1863 | -Dec 2] Mine Run campaign, VA | |
| 1861 | West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg | |
| 1832 | 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12½¢ fare) | |
| 1825 | 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY)) | |
| 1789 | 1st national Thanksgiving | |
| 1778 | Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii]) | |
| 1716 | 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston) | |
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