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Apollo 13 returns to Earth
This day in History: 1970 - With the world anxiously watching, Apollo 13, a U.S. lunar spacecraft that suffered a severe malfunction on...
ASPCA is founded
This day in History: 1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by...
Pony Express debuts
This day in History: 1860 - The first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St. Joseph,...
Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac
This day in History: 1912 - In Washington, D.C., Helen Taft, wife of President William Taft, and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the...
LBJ sends federal troops to Alabama to protect a civil rights march
This day in History: 1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson notifies Alabama’s Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to...
Czar Alexander II assassinated in St. Petersburg
This day in History: 1881 - Czar Alexander II, the ruler of Russia since 1855, is killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb...
New Orleanians take to the streets for Mardi Gras
This day in History: 1827 - A group of masked and costumed students dance through the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, marking the...
Ireland allows sale of contraceptives
This day in History: 1985 - In a highly controversial vote, the Irish government defies the powerful Catholic Church and approves the...
Firebombing of Dresden
This day in History: 1945 - A series of Allied firebombing raids begins against the German city of Dresden, reducing the “Florence of...
King George VI dies; Elizabeth becomes queen
This day in History: 1952 - After a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal...
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