On today's date in 1963: Whaam!, now considered one of Roy Lichtenstein's most important works, debuted at an exhibition held at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City. 
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On today's date in 1066: William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1949: Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference unanimously selected Zeng Liansong's design for the flag of China. 
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On today's date in 1996: The Taliban drove Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, tortured and murdered former president Mohammad Najibullah, and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. 
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On today's date in 1493: Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Dudum siquidem, one of the Bulls of Donation, marking the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. 
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On today's date in 1933: As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrendered to the FBI, he supposedly shouted "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which became a nickname for FBI agents. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1983: Cold War: Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war by identifying as a false alarm signals that appeared to indicate an impending U.S. missile attack. 
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On today's date in 275: For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1555: The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 844: Viking expansion: A Viking fleet arrived near Seville, then part of the Emirate of Córdoba, and began a raid of the city that was eventually repelled by Muslim defenders. 
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On today's date in 1975: Dougal Haston and Doug Scott of the Southwest Face expedition became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces. 
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On today's date in 1645: The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1645: English Civil War: Royalists commanded by King Charles I suffered a significant defeat at the Battle of Rowton Heath. 
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On today's date in 2008: A gunman shot and killed ten students at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in Kauhajoki, Finland, before committing suicide. 
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On today's date in 1952: U.S. vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the Checkers speech (pictured), one of the first political uses of television to appeal directly to the populace. 
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On today's date in 1409: The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 904: The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1939: A joint military parade by the troops of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union took place in Brest-Litovsk to celebrate their partition of Poland. 
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On today's date in 904: The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1789: The office of United States Postmaster General was formally established. 
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