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1552On this day in history khanate of Kazan is conquered by troops of Ivan Grozny. 1581Commissioned by Catherine De Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine," is staged in Paris on October - 15. 1582Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days on this day ...
1371On this day in history arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht 1397Denmark, Norway & Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha on this day in history. 1422On this day in history battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons. 1468Johan, the Standvastige...
Historical Events on January 20 1783:General hostilities in the American Revolutionary War come to an end between Great Britain and Spain and France when a peace treaty is officially signed. 1788:The third part of the First Fleet finally makes it to Botany Bay on this day. It is decided by...
(1941-1959) Ritchie Valens Former American senator, Robert Kennedy had once rightly said, “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation...
Historical Events on February 5 1631:Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, arrives in Boston after traveling from England. 1918:The first aerial victory for the United States military occurs on this day when Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German plane. ...
In the 1920s and 1930s, White monuments rooted their historical narratives of the civil war, but also the nation’s deeper history in places with a public civic presence, though they rarely occupied spaces with a genuine claim to witnessing historical events. Reds’ resistance to the national ...
1992: The World Series was played outside of the United States for the first time, with the Toronto Blue Jays defeating the Braves in six games. 2001: The World Series extended into November for the first time. 2003-16: The winner of the All-Star Game decided home-field advantage in th...
While some of them went on to other countries, Shanghai and other Chinese cities were still sheltering about 25,000 Jewish refugees when the Pacific War broke out in December 1941, more than the total population of Jewish refugees in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India put...
Zinthrop’s accident drives events towards crisis as no-one knows what happened to the scientist, and Janice hires an investigator, Les Hellman (Frank Gerstle) to find him, but also enjoys the unimpeded access to Zinthrop’s formula stock. This leads to a moment of perfect triumph for Janic...