On This Day in History |
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1587 Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. |
1843 Oldest continuous writer of insurance in America - The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY) opens. |
1884 First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published. |
 | General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan summarily executes Viet Cong prisoner Nguyễn Văn Lém |
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1968 Saigon police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executes Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém with a pistol shot to head. The execution is captured by photographer Eddie Adams and becomes an anti-war icon. |
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile. |
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. |
2021 Burmese military leaders stage a coup in Myanmar, detaining civilian leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi and declare a one-year state of emergency, which is still enforce and was extended today for another six months. |
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Also Mary Shelley, Friedrich Paulus and Werner Heisenberg. |
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 | A seemingly well-fed Carlos (left) at a shooting party, thought to be in the 1890s |
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There were few tears – and some uncharitable rejoicing – when King Carlos I of Portugal was shot dead on this day, bringing an end to a 270-year-old monarchy. |
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