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2 days ago · Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history. Add Me! Find out what happened today or any day in history with On This Day. Historical events, birthdays, deaths, photos and famous people, from 4000 BC to today.
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Retrocession Day. 1945 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General...
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More Events On This Day. 2003. Soong Mei-ling, the second wife of the Nationalist Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek and a powerful political figure in her own right, died at age 106. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about China. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2001. Apple introduced the iPod, a portable media player that became one of the most ...
2 days ago · Retrocession Day. 1945 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek. Chinese Military and Political Leader Chiang Kai-shek. 1947 Bradman scores 156 for South Australia v India, 152 mins, 22 fours. 1947 Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan & Fred Saigh for $4M.
Birthdays. Deaths. 740 An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing damage to city walls and buildings. 1366 Comet 55P/1366 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle) approaches within 0.0229 astronomical units of Earth. 1387 Amsterdam buccaneer Herman of Kuinre signs loyalty vow for peace. 1407 Mobs attack Jewish community of Kraków.
1774. The first Continental Congress, which protested British measures and called for civil disobedience, concludes in Philadelphia. Today in History is everything that happened on this day in history—in the areas of politics, war, science, music, sport, art, entertainment, and more.
October 21, 2024 - Holidays on This Day. Army Day, Honduras. Fathers' Day, Belarus. Heroes and Forefathers Day, British Virgin Islands. Mashujaa Day observed, Kenya. National Heroes' Day, Jamaica. Today in history – which major historical events happened on today's date?
On this day: 18 September. 1931 18 Sep A railway explosion is faked by the Japanese as a pretext for the invasion of Manchuria, China. 1942 18 Sep Nazi minister of justice Otto Thierack agrees to ...
