Today in History II (war, Egypt, England, Mexico)

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DECEMBER 28


418 St Boniface I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

801 Louis the Vrome occupies Barcelona

1065 Westminster Abbey in London consecrated

1308 The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan, begins

1612 First observation of Neptune - Galileo observes and records a "fixed star" without realizing it is a planet

1614 Sperm whale beached at Noordwijk

1669-William Semple patents chewing gum

1688-William of Orange makes a triumphant march into London as James II flees

1694-George I of England gets divorced

1767 King Taksin crowned King of Thailand and establishes Thonburi as his capital

1832-John Calhoun became the 1st Vice-president to resign

1836 Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico

1846-Iowa is admitted as the 29th State of the Union

1860 Harriet Tubman arrives in Auburn, New York, on her last mission to free slaves, having evaded capture for 8 years on the Underground Railroad

1872-A U.S. Army force defeats a group of Apache warriors at Salt River Canyon, Arizona Territory, with 57 Indians killed but only one soldier

1890-Battle of Wounded Knee SD - Last major conflict with Indians

1902-Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US

1904-Farmers in Georgia burn two million bales of cotton to prop up falling prices

1908 Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy, killing nearly 80,000

1920-The United States resumes the deportation of communists and suspected communists

1933-President Franklin D. Roosevelt states, "The definite policy of the United States, from now on, is one opposed to armed intervention."

1936-Benito Mussolini sends planes to Spain to support Francisco Franco's forces

1938-France orders the doubling of forces in Somaliland; two warships are sent

1943 All Kalmyk inhabitants of the Republic of Kalmukkie deported by the Soviet Union to Central Asia and Siberia. Many die en route.

1946-The French declare martial law in Vietnam as a full-scale war appears inevitable

1948-Premier Nokrashy Pasha of Egypt is assassinated by a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood because of his failure to achieve victory in the war against Israel

1950-Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel into South Korea

1951-The United States pays $120,000 to free four fliers convicted of espionage in Hungary

1965-The United States bars oil sales to Rhodesia

1968-Israel attacks an airport in Beirut, destroying 13 planes

1971-The U.S. Justice Department sues Mississippi officials for ignoring the voting ballots of blacks in that state


1985-Warring Lebanese Muslim and Christian leaders sign peace agreement