History / Education
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History buffs, here is your This Day in History fix from the History Channel:
- American Revolution
- Pennsylvania militiamen senselessly murder Patriot allies, 1782
- Automotive
- VW bus, icon of counterculture movement, goes into production, 1950
- Civil War
- C.S.S. Virginia terrorizes Union Navy, 1862
- Cold War
- United States accuses Soviets of using poison gas, 1982
- Crime
- The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed, 1951
- Disaster
- Mount Etna erupts, 1669
- General Interest
- Anglo-Ottoman force takes Abukir Bay, 1801
- Egypt opens the Suez Canal, 1957
- Hollywood
- MTV’s highest rated series premieres, 1993
- Literary
- Thomas Wolfe's second novel, Of Time and the River, is published, 1935
- Music
- Bill Graham's rock empire goes bi-coastal as the Fillmore East opens, 1968
- Old West
- Emmet Dalton goes to prison, 1893
- Presidential
- Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as "evil empire" again, 1983
- Sports
- Ali battles Frazier for heavyweight championship, 1971
- Vietnam War
- U.S. Marines land at Da Nang, 1965
- Thieu orders force withdrawal, 1975
- World War I
- February Revolution begins in Russia, 1917
- World War II
- Dutch surrender on Java, 1942
