TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY
Nov
26
Today in Military History
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.
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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