Today.
Today, in history.
1729 - The city of Baltimore was founded.
1928 - The MGM lion roared for the first time.
1935 - The first Penguin paperback book was published.
Woot.
1729 - The city of Baltimore was founded.
1928 - The MGM lion roared for the first time.
1935 - The first Penguin paperback book was published.
Woot.
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So yesterday I was like, 'I haven't done a 'TODAY IN HISTORY' thing in a while, so I got a bunch of dates, but never put them into an entry, SO, being the lucky person that you are, I'm going to tell you what happened yesterday in history throughout time :)
1848: During the Potato Famine in Ireland, a nationalist rebellion led by William Smith O'Brien is crushed, and O'Brien arrested.
1890: Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh dies at the age of 47, two days after shooting himself.
1958: President Dwight Eisenhower signs legislation creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1968: In his encyclical Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI reaffirms the traditional Roman Catholic ban on artificial contraception.
1981: Britain's Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer in an internationally televised ceremony in Saint Paul's Cathedral in London.
1992: Former East German leader Erich Honecker returns to Berlin to face charges in the deaths of people attempting to cross the Berlin Wall during his time in ( ... )
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