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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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| 1995 | Israel begins W Bank pullback, frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners | |
| 1994 | Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar | |
| 1991 | Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy | |
| 1988 | Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989 | |
| 1988 | 22nd Country Music Assn Award: Highway | |
| 1987 | Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love" | |
| 1985 | US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody | |
| 1983 | 17th Country Music Assn Award: Alabama wins | |
| 1982 | US imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union | |
| 1982 | Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint | |
| 1982 | Hernan Siles Zuazo installed as president of Bolivia | |
| 1981 | Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo | |
| 1979 | Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood | |
| 1978 | Daniel Arap Moi succeeds Kenyatta as president of Kenya | |
| 1977 | 11th Country Music Assn Award: Ronnie Milsap wins | |
| 1976 | Beijing reports arrest of Mao Tse Tung's widow | |
| 1971 | 5th Country Music Assn Award: Charlie Pride wins | |
| 1971 | 1st game played at Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium, Phils win 4-1 | |
| 1968 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |
| 1965 | "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn about 1440 by Norse explorer Lief Eriksson | |
| 1963 | Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR | |
| 1961 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |
| 1959 | Pan Am begins regular flights around World | |
| 1958 | USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR | |
| 1958 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |
| 1957 | USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR | |
| 1957 | Accident at British nuclear reactor in Windsdale | |
| 1954 | Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out | |
| 1943 | Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China | |
| 1935 | League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia | |
| 1935 | Coup under Gen Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy | |
| 1932 | Dnjepr Dam in USSR put into operation (world's biggest) | |
| 1930 | Yankees announce signing Joe McCarthy to manage for 4 years | |
| 1930 | AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP & BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP | |
| 1923 | Saxony gets Social Democratic & Communist coalition government | |
| 1920 | Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play | |
| 1920 | 1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) & 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss) | |
| 1919 | Richard Strauss & Hugo van Hofmannsthals premieres in Vienna | |
| 1913 | Yuan Shikai installed as 1st president of China | |
| 1911 | Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Natl Day) | |
| 1902 | S Afr's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht | |
| 1888 | Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) | |
| 1868 | 1st written account of a Canadian football game | |
| 1846 | Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell | |
| 1839 | British troops under Gen Charles Napier occupy Beirut | |
| 1799 | Convention of Alkmaar: English/Russian invasion army departs | |
| 1787 | Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army | |
| 1760 | Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves) | |
| 1578 | Count Johan Casimir occupies Ghent with 500 horsemen | |
| 1471 | Battle of Brunkeberg Stockholm (Sten Sture beats Christian I) | |
| 680 | Battle at Kerbela: Kalief Yazid beats pretender al-Hussein | |
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