On today's date in 1776: American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, but gave American forces enough time to prepare their defenses for the Saratoga campaign. 
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On today's date in 2002: A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland (aftermath pictured), resulting in 7 deaths and 159 injuries. 
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On today's date in 1634: The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1471: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1943: World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour. 
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On today's date in 1814: War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1604: Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1962: Nick Holonyak, an engineer for General Electric, gave the first public demonstration of a light-emitting diode. 
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On today's date in 1813: Late in the Napoleonic Wars, Empress Marie Louise (pictured) issued decrees conscripting tens of thousands of French teenagers, who became known as Marie-Louises. 
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On today's date in 1573: End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1956: Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history. 
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On today's date in 1998: A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu. 
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On today's date in 1849: American writer Edgar Allan Poe died under mysterious circumstances at Washington Medical College four days after being found on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, in a delirious and incoherent state. 
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On today's date in 1944: The Holocaust: Sonderkommando work-unit members in Auschwitz concentration camp revolted upon learning that they were due to be killed; although a few managed to escape, most were massacred on the same day. 
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On today's date in 1780: American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 404: Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1777: American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1777: American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1813: War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1988: During the United States vice-presidential debate, Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen told his opponent Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." 
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