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Originally Posted by phoenix80 Can I add any thing that comes up? |
Sure. Feel free to post your own "Today in history" replies here as well..
October 26 1795
When General Paul Barras resigns his commission as head of France's Army of the Interior to become head of the Directory, his second-in-command becomes the army's commander-Napoleon Bonaparte.
1863
Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva
1864
"Bloody Bill" Anderson killed
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/t...2&day=10272991 1881 The (famous) Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az
Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp, Virgil Earp, and Doc Holliday fought against Billy Claiborne, Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, Billy Clanton, and Ike Clanton.
Both McLaurys and Billy Clanton were killed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfigh...he_O.K._Corral http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/t...2&day=10272991 1905
Norway signs a treaty of separation with Sweden. Norway chooses Prince Charles of Denmark as the new king; he becomes King Haakon VII.
1942
US ship Hornet sunk in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during WW II
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/t...2&day=10272991 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf ends
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/t...2&day=10272991 1955
Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/t...2&day=10272991 1957
USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov
1968
Soyuz 3 launched
1971
UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
1972
Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam
1977
5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise