Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
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1965
India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965…
India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
1962
The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
1923
Birth of Peter II of Yugoslavia
Born: Peter II of Yugoslavia (died 1970).
1901
Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US president William McKinley at the…
Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US president William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
1492
Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing…
Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
1178
Death of Ioveta
Died: Ioveta, Latin princess.
394
Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish…
Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
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