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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 | PLO recognizes state of Israel | |
| 1985 | President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa | |
| 1978 | Iraqi Ayatollah Khomeini calls for uprising in Irani army | |
| 1977 | 1st TRS-80 computer sold | |
| 1965 | Tibet is made an autonomous region of China | |
| 1957 | Pres Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction | |
| 1955 | Elvis Presley's 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan's Show | |
| 1950 | Massive arrests of communists in France | |
| 1945 | Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies | |
| 1944 | Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal Neth | |
| 1944 | US 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders | |
| 1944 | Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day) | |
| 1944 | Allied forces liberate Luxembourg | |
| 1943 | US, British & French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) | |
| 1943 | Red Army occupies Bachmatsj | |
| 1943 | Lt-Gen Bradley flies from Algiers to to Marrakech/Prestwick | |
| 1943 | Italy surrenders to Allies | |
| 1943 | 15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome | |
| 1942 | Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon | |
| 1942 | 1st bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Oregon (WW II) | |
| 1940 | 28 German aircraft shot down above England | |
| 1939 | Nazi army reaches Warsaw | |
| 1926 | National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America | |
| 1919 | Boston's police force forms strike | |
| 1914 | Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved) | |
| 1904 | Mounted police 1st used in NYC | |
| 1880 | President Hayes visits SF | |
| 1863 | Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN | |
| 1862 | Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry | |
| 1861 | Sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer | |
| 1850 | Territories of New Mexico & Utah created | |
| 1850 | California becomes 31st state | |
| 1841 | Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 | |
| 1839 | John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph | |
| 1830 | Charles Durant, 1st US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, NYC to Perth Amboy, NJ | |
| 1817 | Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College | |
| 1776 | Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "US" | |
| 1753 | 1st steam engine arrives in US colonies | |
| 1739 | Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed) | |
| 1675 | New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians | |
| 1591 | -10] Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English | |
| 1556 | Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor | |
| 1513 | Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland | |
| 1492 | Columbus' fleet sets sail west | |
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