Today In History
Learn what happened today in history around the world including major events across the world!
Year: 1401
Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane (Timur) destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000.
Year : 1790
Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
Year :1868
Louisiana and South Carolina are the last states to ratify the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing civil rights.
Year: 1877
First-ever Wimbledon tennis championship begins – first official lawn tennis tournament – men’s singles only.
Year: 1893
Daniel Hale Williams III repairs the torn pericardium of a knife wound patient, James Cornish, without penicillin or blood transfusion.
Year:1917
British battleship HMS Vanguard explodes at Scapa Flow (the result of an internal explosion of faulty cordite), killing 804.
Year: 1971
Henry Kissinger visits the People’s Republic of China to negotiate a detente between the US and China.
Year: 2002
The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
Year: 2017
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider-al-Abadi proclaims victory over Islamic State forces in Mosul.
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