This Day In History
"We have met the enemy, and they are ours": message sent by Oliver Hazard Perry during the War of 1812 announcing US victory in the Battle of Lake Erie (1813)
"We have met the enemy, and they are ours": message sent by Oliver Hazard Perry during the War of 1812 announcing US victory in the Battle of Lake Erie (1813)
Elias Howe: American inventor received a patent for the sewing machine (1846)
Elias Howe: American inventor received a patent for the sewing machine (1846)
Gunsmoke: debuted;...
Gunsmoke: debuted; Law and Order recently tied it as TV's longest-running prime-time drama series (1955)
guillotine: was used for the last time as a tool of execution in France on Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torturing and murdering his ex-girlfriend (1977)
guillotine: was used for the last time as a tool of execution in France on Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torturing and murdering his ex-girlfriend (1977)
Switzerland: the famously neutral country joined the UN, becoming its 190th member (2002)
Switzerland: the famously neutral country joined the UN, becoming its 190th member (2002)
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