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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Today in History

495
Pope Gelasius asserts that his authority is superior to Emperor Anastasius.
1568
French forces in Florida slaughter hundreds of Spanish.
1855
Macon B. Allen becomes the first African American to be admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts.
1859
France declares war on Austria.
1863
The Battle of Chancellorsville rages for a second day.
1865
Lincoln‘s funeral train arrives in Springfield, Illinois.
1926
U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua.
1952
The first airplane lands at the geographic North Pole.
1968
After three days of battle, the U.S. Marines retake Dai Do complex in Vietnam, only to find the North Vietnamese have evacuated the area.
1971
James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King Jr.‘s assassin, is caught in a jail break attempt.
1979
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman prime minister of Great Britain.
1982
A British submarine sinks Argentina’s only cruiser during the Falkland Islands War.

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