Today in History |
2019 ‐
A clean-up on Mt Everest has removed three metric tons (6,613 pounds) of rubbish and four bodies in just two weeks
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2011 ‐
Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan
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1974 ‐
Former US Vice President Spiro Agnew disbarred
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1965 ‐
Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
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1956 ‐
US Methodist church disallows racial separation
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1945 ‐
Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste, Italy
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1941 ‐
Nazi occupied Netherlands lays off Jewish journalists
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1930 ‐
Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights
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1908 ‐
Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer register their popular song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for copyright
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1878 ‐
US stops minting 20 cent coin
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1853 ‐
Franconi's Hippodrome opens in New York City
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1833 ‐
Russian Tsar Nicolas I bans public sale of serfs
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1776 ‐
France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels
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