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Friday, September 21, 2012

Today in History

454   In Italy, Aetius, the supreme army commander, is murdered in Ravenna by Valentinian III, the emperor of the West.
1327   Edward II of England is murdered by order of his wife.
1520   Suleiman (the Magnificent), son of Selim, becomes Ottoman sultan in Constantinople.
1589   The Duke of Mayenne of France is defeated by Henry IV at the Battle of Arques.
1673   James Needham returns to Virginia after exploring the land to the west, which would become Tennessee.
1745   A Scottish Jacobite army commanded by Lord George Murray routs the Royalist army of General Sir John Cope at Prestonpans.
1863   Union troops defeated at Chickamauga seek refuge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which is then besieged by Confederate troops.
1904   Exiled Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph dies of a "broken heart".
1915   Stonehenge is sold by auction for 6,600 pounds sterling ($11,500) to a Mr. Chubb, who buys it as a present for his wife. He presents it to the British nation three years later.
1929   Fighting between China and the Soviet Union breaks out along the Manchurian border.
1936   The German army holds its largest maneuvers since 1914.
1937   The women's airspeed record is set at 292 mph by American pilot Jacqueline Cochran.
1941   The German Army cuts off the Crimean Peninsula from the rest of the Soviet Union.
1942   British forces attack the Japanese in Burma.
1944   U.S. troops of the 7th Army, invading Southern France, cross the Meuse River.
1978   Two Soviet cosmonauts set a space endurance record after 96 days in space.
1989   General Colin Powell is confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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