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On This Day; BBC: On This Day; The New York Times: On This Day; Library of Congress: Today in History; History Channel (US): This Day in History; History Channel (UK): This Day in History; New Zealand Government: Today in New Zealand History Archived 2017-04-14 at the Wayback Machine; Computer History Museum: This Day in History
Events. 1778 – Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, diverting British attention, troops, and supplies from the American Revolutionary War.; 1821 – The United States takes possession of its newly–bought territory of Florida from Spain.
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On this day he left Fort Pitt and took up residence in Sandusky, Ohio. March 29 (1825) Return J. Meigs, Jr. , a pioneer Indian fighter, first chief justice of Ohio, governor during the War of 1812 , and the man for whom Megis County is named after, dies in Marietta, Ohio at age 60.
Events. 1862 - American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.; 1862 - American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia became law.; 1863 - American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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One Day in History was a single-day initiative by several UK heritage organisations that aimed to provide a historical record of the everyday life of the British public in the early 21st century. Described as the "world's biggest blog ", [ 1 ] it encouraged UK citizens to write diary entries of 100–650 words of what they had done on 17 ...