Notices tagged with todayinhistory

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#TodayInHistory • 1864 – American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The…

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#TodayInHistory • 1921 – Tulsa race riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The official deat…

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#TodayInHistory • 1942 – World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Col…

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#TodayInHistory • 1914 – The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45…

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#TodayInHistory • 1918 – Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_29

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#TodayInHistory • 1950 – The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arriv…

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#TodayInHistory • 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to…

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#TodayInHistory • 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destructio…

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#TodayInHistory • 1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from L…

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#TodayInHistory • 1918 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of A…

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#TodayInHistory • 1952 – The women of Greece are given the right to vote. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_28

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#TodayInHistory • 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and b…

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#TodayInHistory • 1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_27

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#TodayInHistory • 1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by …

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#TodayInHistory • 1970 – The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to…

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#TodayInHistory • 1986 – Hands Across America takes place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_25

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#TodayInHistory • 1977 – Star Wars (retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981) is re…

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#TodayInHistory • 1958 – United Press International is formed through a merger of the United…

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#TodayInHistory • 1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 …

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#TodayInHistory • 1873 – The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, …