On today's date in 1607: Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1943: World War II: Allied forces execute Operation Leader, an air raid against German shipping near Bodø, Norway. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 23: Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 23: Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1991: Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1951: In Major League Baseball, the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", a game-winning home run, to win the National League pennant. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1835: Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1971: Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was re-elected unopposed as President of South Vietnam. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1864: American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners ensues. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1940: The first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, one of the first long-distance limited-access highways in the U.S., opened to traffic. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 965: Pope John XIII is consecrated. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1553: Coronation of Queen Mary I of England. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1965: Members of the 30 September Movement attempted a coup against the Indonesian government that was crushed by the military under Suharto, leading to a mass anti-communist purge with more than 500,000 people killed over the following months. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1982: Cheers, an American television sitcom, debuted with its pilot episode on NBC. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1399: Henry IV is proclaimed king of England. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1714: The Great Hatred: The Cossacks of the Russian Empire killed about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1578: Spanish colonization of the Americas: Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1789: The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1901: Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas killed more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack on the town of Balangiga on the island of Samar. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 935: Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him. #history #grownostr