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What Happened This Day In History. A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history.
Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
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| 1993 | Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49 | |
| 1988 | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR | |
| 1985 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |
| 1984 | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR | |
| 1983 | US say they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984 | |
| 1980 | Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US | |
| 1976 | Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa | |
| 1976 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |
| 1975 | Earthquake in Pakistan, 4,000 die | |
| 1974 | 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed | |
| 1972 | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR | |
| 1972 | Martin Bormanns skeleton found in Berlin (Hitlers deputy) | |
| 1972 | Kim Il-song, becomes president of North Korea | |
| 1969 | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR | |
| 1968 | Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks | |
| 1968 | 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival | |
| 1967 | Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on NY Stock Exchange | |
| 1966 | China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC | |
| 1966 | 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass | |
| 1964 | Principal filming of "Dr Zhivago," begins | |
| 1962 | UN troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga | |
| 1958 | Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1 | |
| 1957 | USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test | |
| 1950 | Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea | |
| 1949 | 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs | |
| 1948 | US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite | |
| 1945 | Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance" | |
| 1944 | Former Wash 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross | |
| 1944 | Eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium | |
| 1943 | All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed | |
| 1942 | Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times | |
| 1915 | SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph | |
| 1912 | SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St (MUNI) | |
| 1908 | Messina, Italy struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 died) | |
| 1905 | Intercollegiate Athletic Assn of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910) | |
| 1903 | Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die | |
| 1902 | Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US | |
| 1878 | Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) | |
| 1877 | John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill | |
| 1869 | William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum | |
| 1864 | Battle of Egypt Station, MS | |
| 1849 | M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine & oil on his clothing & sees cleaning effect | |
| 1846 | Iowa becomes 29th state | |
| 1832 | John Calhoun becomes 1st VP to resign (differences with Pres Jackson) | |
| 1816 | American Colonization Society organizes | |
| 1732 | 1st known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette) | |
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