On This Day in History |
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1279 Mongolian victory in the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. |
1644 200 members of the Peking imperial family and court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor. |
1863 Confederate cruiser SS Georgiana destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, and medicines then valued over $1,000,000. Wreck discovered exactly 102 years later by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence. |
1920 US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time, refusing to ratify the League of Nations' covenant and maintains a policy of isolation. |
1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened in Sydney, Australia. |
 | US troops in a sandstorm during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 |
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2003 Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the Invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion. |
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Also the inventor of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs. |
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Explorer David Livingstone, born on this day, spawned one of the most famous encounters when he was found in Africa by journalist Henry Stanley. |
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