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Today In History
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Events from today in history
On today's date in 1964: Ruhollah Khomeini was arrested by SAVAK, the Iranian secret police, and exiled to Turkey. image #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1429: Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1783: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1956: Suez Crisis: During an invasion of the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers shot and killed hundreds of Palestinian refugees and local inhabitants in Khan Yunis. image #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1881: Indigenous Mapuche began an uprising against the occupation of Araucanía by Chile. image #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1783: The American Continental Army is disbanded. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1899: The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1899: The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1675: Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1972: Elvis on Tour, a concert film that documented Elvis Presley's tour throughout the United States, opened. image #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1914: World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force (soldiers pictured) departed Albany, Western Australia. image #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1214: The port city of Sinope surrenders to the Seljuq Turks. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1984: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (pictured) was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Sikhs. image #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2005: The discovery of the Plutonian moons Nix and Hydra, based on photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope nearly five months prior, was announced. image #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1973: Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the prison's exercise yard. image #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1863: The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1806: War of the Fourth Coalition: Believing that they were outnumbered, the German garrison at Stettin surrendered to a much smaller French force without a fight. image #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1991: The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1340: Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1621: The London Pageant of 1621 celebrates the inauguration of Edward Barkham (Lord Mayor). #history #grownostr