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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...
Little Rock Nine begin first full day of classes
This day in History: 1957 - Under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine Black students enter all-white Central High...
Attack on America
This day in History: 2001 - At approximately 8:46 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000...
Emmett Till is murdered
This day in History: 1955 - While visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is...
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