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Today in History

310
St. Eusebius of Vercelli begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
1521
Martin Luther confronts the emperor Charles V, refusing to retract the views which led to his excommunication.
1676
Sudbury, Massachusetts is attacked by Indians.
1775
American revolutionaries Paul Revere and William Dawes ride though the towns of Massachusetts warning that “the British are coming.”
1791
National Guardsmen prevent Louis XVI and his family from leaving Paris.
1818
A regiment of Indians and blacks is defeated at the Battle of Suwannee, in Florida, ending the First Seminole War.
1834
William Lamb becomes prime minister of England.
1838
The Wilkes’ expedition to the South Pole sets sail.
1847
U.S. forces defeat Mexicans at Cerro Gordo in one of the bloodiest battle of the Mexican-American War.
1853
The first train in Asia begins running from Bombay to Tanna.
1861
Colonel Robert E. Lee turns down an offer to command the Union armies.
1895
The First Sino-Japanese War ends.
1906
A massive earthquake hits San Francisco, measuring 8.25 on the Richter scale.
1923
Yankee Stadium opens with Babe Ruth hitting a three-run homer as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 4-1.
1937
Leon Trotsky calls for the overthrow of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
1942
James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
1943
Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the attack on Pearl Harbor, is shot down by American P-38 fighters.
1946
The League of Nations dissolves.
1949
The Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth.
1950
The first transatlantic jet passenger trip is completed.
1954
Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
1978
The U.S. Senate approves the transfer of the Panama Canal to Panama.
1980
Zimbabwe’s (Rhodesia) formal independence from Britain is proclaimed.
1983
A suicide bomber kills U.S. Marines at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon.

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