On today's date in 1805: Samuel Chase, the only Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to be impeached, was acquitted by the Senate. 
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Today In History
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What happened today in history
On today's date in 1947: February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1953: James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2). #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1933: The Reichstag building, the seat of the German parliament in Berlin, was set on fire in a pivotal event in the establishment of the Nazi regime. 
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On today's date in 2015: Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated in central Moscow. 
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On today's date in 1935: With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennae, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar. 
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On today's date in 138: Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius as his son and successor following the death of Hadrian's first adopted son Lucius Aelius. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1607: L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1847: Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo. 
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On today's date in 1744: War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1804: The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1437: King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl. 
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On today's date in 1813: Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1714: Great Northern War: The battle of Napue between Sweden and Russia is fought in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2010: In a coup d'état, military rebels attacked the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger, and replaced President Mamadou Tandja with a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1964: Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later. 
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On today's date in 1796: Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1113: Pope Paschal II issues Pie Postulatio Voluntatis, recognizing the Order of Hospitallers. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims. 
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On today's date in 1542: Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. #history #grownostr