THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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HISTORY & CULTURE |
The People We Lost in 2018 » |
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Here's a look back at some of the legendary musicians, writers, actors, politicians, and self-made entrepreneurs who died this year who forever changed the world through their visionary art and inspirational endeavors. read more » |
American Revolution |
1775 |
Patriots are defeated at Quebec » |
Art, Literature, and Film History |
1937 |
Anthony Hopkins born » |
1972 |
Pete Hamill quits drinking » |
1985 |
Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash » |
Civil War |
1862 |
Battle of Parker's Crossroads » |
Cold War |
1978 |
United States ends official relations with Nationalist China » |
Crime |
1984 |
Subway vigilante turns himself in » |
Disaster |
1972 |
Baseball star dies in plane crash » |
General Interest |
1600 |
Charter granted to the East India Company » |
1775 |
Patriots defeated at Quebec » |
1879 |
Edison demonstrates incandescent light » |
1968 |
Soviets test supersonic airliner » |
Inventions & Science |
1927 |
Henry Ford publishes the last issue of the Dearborn Independent » |
Presidential |
1961 |
Kennedy and Khrushchev exchange holiday greetings » |
Sports |
1972 |
Plane carrying Roberto Clemente crashes » |
Vietnam War |
1968 |
Bloodiest year of the war ends » |
1971 |
U.S. annual casualty figures down » |
1972 |
U.S. and communist negotiators prepare to return to the Paris talks » |
Westward Expansion |
1943 |
John Denver born in New Mexico » |
World War I |
1880 |
American general and diplomat George C. Marshall is born » |
World War II |
1944 |
Hungary declares war on Germany » |
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