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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.
The South African Paralympic Champion was on trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. He was sentenced to a maximum of five years for culpable homicide. He was released on parole for good behavior in October 2015. However, in December 2015, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal upgraded the charges to murder and found him ...
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.
2 days ago · Churchill Re-elected PM. 1951 Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister at the age of 76. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. 1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field, Australia. 1955 British troops occupy Saudi Arabian oil field at Boeraimi.
20 February. The Soviets open a new phase in space exploration with the launch of the world's biggest space station, Mir. Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool. Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections.
