On this Day in History

On this day in 1962, John Glenn successfully orbits the Earth

On this day in 1945, US Marines invade Iwo Jima

On this day in 1930, the dwarf planet Pluto is discovered

On this day in 1979 China invades Vietnam

On this day in 1959, Fidel Castro seizes power in Cuba

On this day in 2003, the largest peace demonstration in history takes place

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On this day in 1689, William III and Mary II are crowned king and queen of England

On this day in 1818, Chile declares independence from Spain

On this day in 1858, Bernadette Soubirous has her first visions of the Virgin Mary.

On this day in 1996, a computer beats a chess grandmaster for the first time

On this day in 1757, Calcutta is restored to British control

On this day in 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots is beheaded

On this day in 1992, the Maastricht Treaty is signed, officially establishing the European Union

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