Today in History |
2022 ‐
Intense fighting in Ukrainian city of Mariupol continues as Russian forces encircle the city, trapping 300,000 people
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2016 ‐
Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 3 day tour
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1989 ‐
Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
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1982 ‐
Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 weeks
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1976 ‐
Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
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1930 ‐
American fast food restaurant chain "KFC" [Kentucky Fried Chicken] is founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky
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1922 ‐
USS Langley is commissioned, US Navy's 1st aircraft carrier
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1920 ‐
1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months)
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1852 ‐
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published in Boston
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1816 ‐
US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions
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1800 ‐
Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London
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1774 ‐
The British parliament passes first of the Intolerable Acts: the Boston Port Act, which closed Boston harbor until colonists would pay for damages following the Boston Tea Party
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