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September 12. 379 – Yax Nuun Ahiin I took the throne as the ruler (ajaw) of the Mayan city of Tikal. 1846 – The English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (both pictured) married in secret to avoid their disapproving families before moving to Italy. 1933 – Hungarian-American physicist Leo Szilard conceived of the idea of ...
April 23. April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 252 days remain until the end of the year.
2015 (Monday) 2014 (Sunday) October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 73 days remain until the end of the year.
For the first time, our nation's American flag was flown in battle, on this day in history, Sept. 3, 1777, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Delaware. Here's the background.
2016 (Monday) 2015 (Saturday) April 11 is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 264 days remain until the end of the year.
1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker. [5]1833 – The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin.
The iconic Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night" was released on this day in history, Aug. 11, 1964, and would go on to win two Oscars. It captured Beatlemania and is considered a classic.
70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. [1]1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.; 1363 – The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty.