Today in History
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Happy Birthday to Robert Plant.
Other famous events include:
1794: At the Battle of Fallen Timbers on the Ohio frontier, General Anthony Wayne shatters an army of recalcitrant Native Americans, thereby clearing the way for settlement of the Old Northwest.
1940: Exiled Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico City by a Spanish Communist, under the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
1968: In response to the reforms in Czechoslavakia known as Prague Spring, Warsaw Pact forces led by the Soviet Union invade Czechoslavakia to reestablish a state loyal to the Soviets.
1977: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which will explore the outer planets before leaving the solar system, carrying with it a phonograph record of human civilization.
1980: Austrian Reinhold Messner becomes the first solo climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1988: Iran and Iraq agree to an United Nations-sponsored cease fire, ending their eight-year war.
Happy Birthday to Robert Plant.
Other famous events include:
1794: At the Battle of Fallen Timbers on the Ohio frontier, General Anthony Wayne shatters an army of recalcitrant Native Americans, thereby clearing the way for settlement of the Old Northwest.
1940: Exiled Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico City by a Spanish Communist, under the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
1968: In response to the reforms in Czechoslavakia known as Prague Spring, Warsaw Pact forces led by the Soviet Union invade Czechoslavakia to reestablish a state loyal to the Soviets.
1977: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which will explore the outer planets before leaving the solar system, carrying with it a phonograph record of human civilization.
1980: Austrian Reinhold Messner becomes the first solo climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1988: Iran and Iraq agree to an United Nations-sponsored cease fire, ending their eight-year war.
