TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY
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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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| 1996 | Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of | |
| 1994 | Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country | |
| 1994 | Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun | |
| 1989 | US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup | |
| 1989 | "Threepenny Opera" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 perfs | |
| 1988 | Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs | |
| 1988 | France performs nuclear test | |
| 1987 | France performs nuclear test | |
| 1979 | Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares US "The Great Satan" | |
| 1979 | Iran government of Bazargan resigns | |
| 1978 | Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran | |
| 1978 | Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi | |
| 1977 | NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young) | |
| 1976 | USSR performs nuclear test | |
| 1976 | Balt Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award | |
| 1975 | British government sends troops to Belize | |
| 1968 | 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously) | |
| 1967 | Yemen president Sallal flees | |
| 1967 | US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam | |
| 1967 | ATS-3 launched by US to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk | |
| 1966 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |
| 1966 | Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained | |
| 1964 | US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned | |
| 1959 | AFL announced with 8 teams | |
| 1956 | Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized | |
| 1951 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |
| 1950 | Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis | |
| 1944 | German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die | |
| 1944 | Canadian & British troops liberate Dinteloord | |
| 1944 | Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren | |
| 1940 | Pres FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R) | |
| 1940 | Dutch submarine departs Dundee | |
| 1938 | Ottawa Roughriders score on 5-man, 4-lateral, 65-yard punt return | |
| 1936 | French writer André Gide criticizes Soviet regime | |
| 1935 | Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly | |
| 1933 | Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0) | |
| 1932 | Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals | |
| 1925 | Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties | |
| 1922 | Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent | |
| 1917 | Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time | |
| 1914 | Great Britain & France & Russia declares war on Turkey | |
| 1912 | Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water | |
| 1911 | Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17) | |
| 1894 | Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegels," premieres | |
| 1883 | Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army | |
| 1872 | Ulysses S Grant re-elected US president | |
| 1862 | Battle at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia: 51 casualties | |
| 1854 | Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 | |
| 1811 | El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence | |
| 1789 | French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law | |
| 1789 | Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname | |
| 1757 | Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French & Indian War) | |
| 1725 | Spain & Austria sign secret treaty | |
| 1678 | Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden | |
| 1639 | 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts | |
| 1630 | Spain & England sign peace treaty | |
| 1605 | Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered & leader Guy Fawkes hanged | |
| 1556 | Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu | |
| 1556 | Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun on as Sultan of Delhi | |
| 1492 | Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba | |
| 1414 | Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens | |
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