On This Day in History | ||||||||
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Historical Events | ||||||||
1260 Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire. | ||||||||
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1893 Panic of 1893 causes a large crash on the NY Stock Exchange. | ||||||||
1941 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa. | ||||||||
1955 West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers. | ||||||||
1965 First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam. | ||||||||
1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building. | ||||||||
1981 After 66 days on hunger strike, 26-year-old Provisional IRA member and British MP Bobby Sands dies in Prison Maze. Nine more hunger strikers die in the next 3 months.. | ||||||||
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Famous Birthdays | ||||||||
Also Tammy Wynette and Craig David (43). | ||||||||
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Famous Deaths | ||||||||
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Around The World With Nellie Bly | ||||||||
Only a man could do it, Nellie Bly was told about her plan to go round the world in less than 80 days. It was a red rag to a bull and she soon achieved the feat | ||||||||
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Sunday, May 5, 2024
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