On this day

70 years ago
My Trach Massacre in Vietnam
29th Nov. 1947

326 houses were burnt.
women were raped.
over 300 civilians killed.
of which 157 were children

Vive La France?

December 7, 1941

A date which will live in infamy.

Dec 8, 1980.
John Lennon taken from us far too soon.

On this date in 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman first sighted present-day New Zealand.

On this day 1819
Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.

110 years Grand Canyon National Monument

On this date 3 months from now, this thread died :'(

50 years ago today

James Bedford becomes the first person to be frozen for future resuscitation.

75 years ago today the building of thePentagon in Washington, DC was finished.

On this day 1707
The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union,
paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.

Prohibition took effect with the passing of the Volstead Act, Ivan the Terrible became the first Tsar of Russia, Adolf Hitler retreated to his bunker in Berlin, and the Shah of Iran fled Iran in This Day in History video. The date is January 16

Originally posted by @very-rusty
Prohibition took effect with the passing of the Volstead Act, Ivan the Terrible became the first Tsar of Russia, Adolf Hitler retreated to his bunker in Berlin, and the Shah of Iran fled Iran in This Day in History video. The date is January 16

Originally posted by @handyandy
Year?

on this day 11/11/1111
written with eight ones
10,000 years later, the ninth one appears
pretty amazing

Originally posted by @very-rusty
The events happened on different years but on this date on Jan 16th.

Most Educated people would know the dates! 😉 If you don't just look it up!!!

-VR