On This Day in History |
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626 Incident at Xuanwu Gate: Prince Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rivals, the brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, sons of Emperor Gaozu; he then forces the emperor to name him as successor to the throne |
1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States". |
1823 Bahia Independence Day: End of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. |
 | Jean Simmons as a Salvation Army sergeant who falls for Marlon Brando in the 1955 movie, Guys and Dolls |
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1865 One-time Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth found the East London Christian Mission, now known as the Salvation Army |
1964 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law. |
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Also Thurgood Marshall and Medgar Evers. |
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Also Douglas Engelbart and Elie Wiesel. |
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Why did Ernest Hemingway, with everything to live for, kill himself on this day? The one thing he did not write is a suicide note but scientists have some answers. |
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