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On this day in 1952, Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of England

On this day in 1597, the Martyrs of Nagasaki are executed

On this day in 1945, the Yalta Conference begins

On this day in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified

On this day in 1990, the ban on the African National Congress was lifted

On this day in 2003, the Columbia Space Shuttle is destroyed

On this day in 1606, British Gunpowder Plot conspirator Guy Fawkes is executed

On this day in 1948 Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated

On this day in 2002, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea are dubbed the “axis of evil”

On this day in 1986, the Challenger space shuttle explodes

On this day in 1945, Soviet forces liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp

On this day in 1788, the first European settlement arrives in Australia

On this day in 1919, a commission on the League of Nations is established

On this day in 2004 exploration rover Opportunity touches down on Mars

On this day in 1986, the first artists were inducted in the Hall of Fame

On this day in 1973, the ruling of Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the US

On this day in 1976, the Concorde took its flight

On this day in 2008, Barack Obama is sworn in as President of the US

On this day in 1966, Indira Gandhi became the first female Prime Minister of India

On this day in 1871, the German Empire was established