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Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty to bombings
This day in History: 1998 - In a Sacramento, California, courtroom, Theodore J. Kaczynski pleads guilty to all federal charges against...
Martin Luther King Jr. born
This day in History: 1929 - Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate...
Crazy Horse fights last battle
This day in History: 1877 - Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse and his men—outnumbered, low on ammunition and forced to use outdated...
Mayflower arrives at Plymouth Harbor
This day in History: 1620 - The English ship Mayflower arrives at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and its passengers prepare to begin...
Edward VIII abdicates
This day in History: 1936 - After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate...
Pope Urban II orders first Crusade
This day in History: 1095 - Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by...
Nuremberg trials begin
This day in History: 1945 - Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during World War...
Orson Welles’s “War of the Worlds” radio play is broadcast
This day in History: 1938 - “The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is...
Che Guevara is executed
This day in History: 1967 - Socialist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara, age 39, is killed by the Bolivian army. The...
Hollywood icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
This day in History: 1985 - Actor Rock Hudson, 59, becomes the first major U.S. celebrity to die of complications from AIDS. Hudson’s...
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