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The book takes readers on a day-by-day journey from January 1 to December 31, uncovering at least one interesting and appropriate historical event for each day of the year. This Day in History For ...
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
November 11: Armistice Day (known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations and Veterans Day in the United States); Singles' Day in China and Southeast Asia Shrine of Remembrance 1778 – American Revolutionary War : British forces and their Iroquois allies attacked a fort and the village of Cherry Valley, New York , killing 14 soldiers ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) ... 1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... one of the most famous witch trials in British history. ...
Afro-Colombian Day ; Christian feast day: Arcangelo Tadini; Blessed Adílio Daronch and Manuel Gómez González; Blessed Franz Jägerstätter; Earliest day on which Corpus Christi can fall, while June 24 is the latest; held on Thursday after Trinity Sunday (often locally moved to Sunday). (Roman Catholic Church)
1936 – First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine. 1941 – In the Belfast Blitz , two hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast , killing around one thousand people. 1942 – The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.