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On This Day In History<p>Today in 1959, 66 years ago: the Dalai Lama (absolute monarch of Tibet) flees his country and travels to India.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1966, 59 years ago: Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1840, 185 years ago: on Norfolk Island, Alexander Maconochie assumes command of the British prison based on the island.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1942, 83 years ago: in the context of the Holocaust, in the Belzec death camp (in what is now eastern Poland), the Nazis "gassed" the first Jews from the Lvov ghetto.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1564, 461 years ago: in France, Henry of Valois receives the title of Duke of Orleans.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1734, 291 years ago: in New Spain, Juan Antonio Vizarrón y Eguiarreta holds the position of viceroy, replacing Juan de Acuña.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1963, 62 years ago: Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1948, 77 years ago: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1923, 102 years ago: in Peru, José Carlos Mariátegui returns to the country, after three years of exile for his criticism of the government of Augusto Leguía.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1966, 59 years ago: on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, the American submarine Alvin finds the hydrogen bomb that had fallen from an airplane.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1960, 65 years ago: in Washington, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the directive to the National Security Council about a program of covert actions against Cuba, which will trigger the attempted invasion of Playa Girón (ordered by President John F. Kennedy), in which the United States will be defeated.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1861, 164 years ago: the states of the Italian peninsula and the Two Sicilies unite to form the Kingdom of Italy, ruled by Victor Emmanuel II. The proclamation establishes, among other things, what the flag of Italy, used to date, will look like.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1970, 55 years ago: in Washington, the United States Army prosecutes 14 officers for having concealed information about the My Lai massacre, in which dozens of American soldiers raped and tortured to death hundreds of civilians (mainly women and children).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1988, 37 years ago: A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1932, 93 years ago: In Seville, Spain, the Fourth Congress of the Communist Party of Spain is held, being the first since the legalization of the party in 1931.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1964, 61 years ago: In Spain, a plane crash took place in the town of La Esperanza, Tenerife, when a plane was attempting a night landing at Los Rodeos Airport. The accident resulted in the deaths of four crew members and a score of injured, including the then Minister of Labor, Jesús Romeo Gorría, and other senior officials and journalists.​</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1923, 102 years ago: in Russia the international airline Aeroflot is created, the most recognized of its time</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1855, 170 years ago: the city of Aracayú was founded in Brazil.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1749, 276 years ago: in England, at the Covent Garden Theatre in London, Georg Friedrich Handel presents his oratorio entitled Solomon.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1942, 83 years ago: Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
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