TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY
Sep
10
Today in Military History
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.
1993 Israel & PLO sign joint recognition statements
1990 Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
1979 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed
1969 US performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado
1965 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1944 Lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far"
1943 Lt-Gen Bradley arrives in Prestwick/London
1926 Allies-German treaty of Koblenz drawn
1919 NYC welcomes home Gen John J Pershing & 25,000 WW I soldiers
1913 1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway, opens
1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
1861 -15] Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia
1861 Battle of Carnifex Ferry VA, 170 casualities
1849 1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)
1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii
1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie
1785 Prussia signs trade agreement with US
1776 George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
1608 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va
1547 English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5

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