Today in 1943, 82 years ago: The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
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Today in 1919, 106 years ago: the provisional government of the Republic of Korea is established.
Today in 1909, 116 years ago: in the Ottoman Empire the Backlash of 1909 begins, the monarchists overthrow the progressive government of the Young Turks.
Today in 1975, 50 years ago: An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
Today in 1953, 72 years ago: in the United States, Allen Dulles (director of the CIA) launches the mind control program that was called MK Ultra.
Today in WW2 History, 13 Apr 1942: Japanese 56th Infantry Division captured Mauchi, Burma. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=59
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Today in 1996, 29 years ago: Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
Today in 1699, 326 years ago: The Sikh religion is formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints – by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
#OnThisDay in 1970, 5th Academy of Country Music Awards: #MerleHaggard and #TammyWynette win.
Today in 2024, 1 years ago: Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.
Today in 1855, 170 years ago: in Ayerbe, the old church of Nuestra Señora del Remedio is inaugurated as the parish of San Pedro.
Today in 1534, 491 years ago: in London, the English humanist Thomas More (author of Utopia), refuses to sign the act that recognized Henry VIII as head of the church and his divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
Today in 1997, 28 years ago: Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Augusta Masters.
Today in WW2 History, 13 Apr 1941: [Photo] Australian 1st Anti-Tank Regiment gun in Greece #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=15970
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Today in 1961, 64 years ago: In Havana, Carlos González Vidal (23 years old) sets fire to El Encanto, the most prestigious department store in the city. The socialist militant Fe del Valle dies (43). González -who was an employee of the store and a member of the counterrevolutionary group MRP (Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo), paid by the US CIA - will be executed on September 19 by a firing squad in the fortress of La Cabaña.
Today in 1983, 42 years ago: in Chicago, Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor in history.
Today in 1868, 157 years ago: Amba Mariam is captured by Indo-British forces. The Abyssinian War ends.
Today in 1861, 164 years ago: in the context of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Fort Sumter surrenders to the Confederate forces.
Today in 1964, 61 years ago: At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
Today in 1829, 196 years ago: The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.