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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1738 George III of England, king, born.
In 1647 British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner.
In 1896 Henry takes his first Ford through the streets of Detroit. The road test of the is delayed an hour because the car is wider than the door of the shed in which it is built.
In 1940 British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops.
In 1942 Battle of Midway begins. First naval battle won in the air.
In 1944 Rome liberated from the Fascist armies of Mussolini.
In 1944 First submarine captured and boarded on high seas - U 505.
In 1956 Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public.
In 1957 First commercial coal pipeline placed in operation.
In 1982 Israel attacks targets in southern Lebanon.
In 1986 Jonathan Pollard spy for Israel pleads guilty.
In 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini (86) dies from complications due to surgery leading to days of loud, hysterical mourning.
In 1989 The Chinese Army eschews moderation and greets protesting students in Beijing's Tiananmen Square with tanks and guns. Hundreds of students are killed.
In 1989 In Siberia, two trains pass each other in a valley filled with natural gas from a leaking pipeline. The gas explodes and hundreds are killed. Not a good day.
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