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Roald Amundsen becomes first explorer to reach the South Pole
This day in History: 1911 - Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his British rival,...
Pearl Harbor bombed
This day in History: 1941 - At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its...
Folies Bergère stages first revue
This day in History: 1886 - Once a hall for operettas, pantomime, political meetings, and vaudeville, the Folies Bergère in Paris...
First issue of “Life” is published
This day in History: 1936 - The first issue of the pictorial magazine Life is published, featuring a cover photo of the Fort Peck Dam's...
Francisco Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa
This day in History: 1932 - Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador, springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa....
Nazis launch Kristallnacht
This day in History: 1938 - In an event that would foreshadow the Holocaust, German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish...
Howard Hughes’s “Spruce Goose” flies
This day in History: 1947 - The Hughes Flying Boat—at one time the largest aircraft ever built—is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on...
Shootout at the O.K. Corral
This day in History: 1881 - The Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in...
Americans defeat the British at Yorktown
This day in History: 1871 - Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers...
Columbus reaches the "New World"
This day in History: 1942 - After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island,...
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