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Last Notes npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1913, 111 years ago: in the framework of the Second Balkan War, Serbian forces begin the siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidi. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1940, 84 years ago: World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1974, 50 years ago: An EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes at Cairo International Airport, killing all six people on board. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1941, 83 years ago: Jedwabne Massacre in Poland #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1955, 69 years ago: The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1859, 165 years ago: King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1709, 315 years ago: in the framework of the Great Northern War, the Battle of Poltava is fought, which ended with a decisive victory of the Russians and ended the Kingdom of Sweden as a superpower in Europe. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1991, 33 years ago: Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1975, 49 years ago: Comoros becomes independent from France. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1957, 67 years ago: at the Woolton Village fair (Liverpool) Paul McCartney and John Lennon, future members of the successful band The Beatles, meet. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2003, 21 years ago: The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1600, 424 years ago: at the Battle of Nieuwpoort -in the context of the Flemish War - the United Provinces of the Netherlands defeated thirds of the Spanish Empire. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1934, 90 years ago: The Night of the Long Knives ends after three days of killings. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2003, 21 years ago: Boca Juniors won the Copa Libertadores against Santos Futebol Clube of Brazil. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1897, 127 years ago: in London (United Kingdom), the Italian Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) patented the radio (which Nikola Tesla had already patented in that same city). #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1698, 326 years ago: Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1582, 442 years ago: In Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army defeats Akechi Mitsuhide's at the Battle of Yamazaki. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1886, 138 years ago: the Chilean Academy of Language was founded in Santiago de Chile. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1900, 124 years ago: in Helsinki (Finland), the Helsinki Philharmonic Society orchestra, conducted by Robert Kajanus, premieres the work Finlandia, by Jean Sibelius. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2008, 16 years ago: Liga de Quito won the Copa Libertadores for the first time on penalties 3-1 against Fluminense of Brazil, being the first Ecuadorian team to win it. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1956, 68 years ago: on Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean), the United States detonates the 360 kiloton Dakota atomic bomb (name of an ethnic Native American). #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1823, 201 years ago: Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1897, 127 years ago: British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1976, 48 years ago: End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2007, 17 years ago: in Yemen, eight Spanish tourists and two Yemenis were killed in an attack. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1986, 38 years ago: Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1555, 469 years ago: in the Italian peninsula, the forces of the Ottoman admiral Turgut Reis sack the town of Paola. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1747, 277 years ago: the Battle of Lafelt takes place. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1822, 202 years ago: in South Carolina (United States) -in the framework of the apartheid that plagued that country until 1967-, 32 black slaves are hanged, accused of organizing an unauthorized liberation of slaves. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1613, 411 years ago: The first English expedition (from Virginia) against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1946, 78 years ago: Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2002, 22 years ago: The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2012, 12 years ago: in Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto -candidate of the Compromiso por México coalition - is elected president of Mexico. He lasted in his position until 2018. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2010, 14 years ago: in Spain, Sandro Rosell assumes the presidency of FC Barcelona. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1948, 76 years ago: Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1982, 42 years ago: in Argentina - within the framework of the bloody civic-military dictatorship (1976-1983)- General Reynaldo Bignone assumed power after the de facto interim presidency of General Alfredo Oscar Saint-Jean. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1916, 108 years ago: World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1979, 45 years ago: the Japanese company Sony presents the walkman (cassette player). #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1431, 593 years ago: in Atarfe (Granada) the troops of John II of Castile defeat the Nasrid armies of Granada, led by King Muhammed IX, in what became known as the Battle of Higueruela. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2011, 13 years ago: in Spain, the police arrested Teddy Bautista -director of the SGAE- and eight managers for corporate crimes and misappropriation. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1874, 150 years ago: Bolivia and Chile sign the second boundary treaty, which replaces the one signed in 1866. Chile renounces the territories in the area included in parallels 24 and 25. In return, the government of Bolivia undertakes not to increase taxes on saltpeter for the next 25 years, that is, until 1899. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1966, 58 years ago: in the Dominican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer assumes the presidency. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1881, 143 years ago: in Caracas (Venezuela) the first issue of the Revista Venezolana is published, with 32 pages written by the Cuban poet and patriot José Martí. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1957, 67 years ago: at the Nevada Test Site, the United States detonates the Coulomb-A hydrogen bomb in a safety experiment, which does not explode. It is the 94th bomb of the total of 1054 atomic bombs that detonated in that country between 1945 and 1992. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1898, 126 years ago: Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1873, 151 years ago: Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1904, 120 years ago: Bayer 04 Leverkusen football club was founded in Leverkusen (Germany). #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1959, 65 years ago: Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1946, 78 years ago: on Bikini Atoll (in the middle of the Pacific Ocean), the United States drops the Able atomic bomb (the fourth nuclear detonation in human history, and the first after the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945). The fissile material was the infamous Demon Core. In 1968 he resettled the 4,000 natives who had lived there until 1946 in this atoll, but due to illness he had to expel them again to other more distant islands. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2020, 4 years ago: The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1911, 113 years ago: Club Atlético Nueva Chicago was founded in Buenos Aires. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2007, 17 years ago: Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1991, 33 years ago: Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1858, 166 years ago: Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society of London. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1949, 75 years ago: in the Philippine province of Dávao del Sur, the municipality of Padada was created. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1967, 57 years ago: Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger between the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1968, 56 years ago: The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1932, 92 years ago: Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1990, 34 years ago: German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2008, 16 years ago: Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1861, 163 years ago: the first edition of L’Osservatore Romano is published in Vatican City. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1690, 334 years ago: Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar). #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2019, 5 years ago: in Mexico City, major maintenance work begins on the Mexico City Light Rail in the Estadio Azteca-Tasqueña section, being the first time since its inauguration in 1986, that maintenance of these proportions is carried out. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1962, 62 years ago: Independence of Rwanda and Burundi. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1921, 103 years ago: The Chinese Communist Party is founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, with the help of the Far Eastern Bureau of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks), who seized power in Russia after the 1917 October Revolution, and the Far Eastern Secretariat of the Communist International. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1973, 51 years ago: in the US, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is created. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1523, 501 years ago: Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1916, 108 years ago: in the United States, the so-called Prohibition Law comes into force, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1991, 33 years ago: The Finnish operator Radiolinja is launched as the world's first GSM network. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1890, 134 years ago: Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2014, 10 years ago: in Panama, Juan Carlos Varela takes office as constitutional president. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1997, 27 years ago: China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1819, 205 years ago: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819, (C/1819 N1). It is the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1966, 58 years ago: in Toronto (Canada) the first color television transmission of that country is carried out. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1770, 254 years ago: Comet Lexell passes closer to Earth than any other comet in human history, at only 0.0146 AU (astronomical units) or 2.19 million kilometers (by comparison, the Moon is 0.38 million kilometers away). #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1984, 40 years ago: The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1890, 134 years ago: Canada and the Bermuda Islands are joined by an underwater telegraph cable. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2015, 9 years ago: in Spain, the new Law on Citizen Security comes into force. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1867, 157 years ago: Canada partially becomes independent from the British Empire. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2002, 22 years ago: near Überlingen, between Germany and Switzerland, a Bashkirian Airlines plane and a German DHL Boeing 757 cargo plane collide in flight (Lake Constance accident). All 71 people on board are killed. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1960, 64 years ago: Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1995, 29 years ago: the Federal Republic of Germany breaks with half a century of military non-interference abroad, by deciding to send fighter jets to Bosnia. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1977, 47 years ago: The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2015, 9 years ago: in Medan (Indonesia) a Hercules C-130 military plane crashes; all 113 people on board and 3 people on the ground die. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1422, 602 years ago: Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2009, 15 years ago: an Air Yemenia Airbus crashes into the Indian Ocean with 153 people, as it was flying from Sana 'a to Comoros. A girl is rescued alive. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1934, 90 years ago: The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1859, 165 years ago: In the United States, French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1936, 88 years ago: Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2013, 11 years ago: Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2009, 15 years ago: Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1937, 87 years ago: The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2012, 12 years ago: at 5:40 pm the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts; it was an eruption of gases and ash that did not affect the flow of the rivers. The volcano was put on red alert. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1963, 61 years ago: 59 American students are received in Cuba who want to know firsthand the reality of that socialist country. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1953, 71 years ago: in the city of Flint (Michigan), the Chevrolet company produces the first Corvette car. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 2013, 11 years ago: Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1559, 465 years ago: King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1960, 64 years ago: The Cuban government donates one million dollars to Chile to help repair the damage of a severe earthquake that devastated them. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1944, 80 years ago: World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces. #OnThisDay npub1k7k6g5ax28kmgnfdacszaytdptdugsd2sasr97spjj04vzwch0jsj6rt0y On This Day In History Today in 1916, 108 years ago: World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France. #OnThisDay