On today's date in 473: Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1760: King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1964: Charges in a military court against generals Dương Văn Đức and Lâm Văn Phát of leading a coup attempt against South Vietnamese leader Nguyễn Khánh, were dropped.. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1960: A prototype of the Soviet R-16 intercontinental ballistic missile exploded on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1596: The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2001: Grand Theft Auto III was released, helping to popularize open-world and mature-content video games. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2022: Myanmar civil war: Burmese military forces launched airstrikes that killed at least 80 concertgoers in Kachin State. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1972: Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ended after five months. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1727: George II and Caroline of Ansbach (pictured) were crowned king and queen of Great Britain in Westminster Abbey. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1730: Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2014: In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1096: A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1858: French composer Jacques Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, featuring the music most associated with the can-can (audio featured), was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1520: Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as the Strait of Magellan. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1818: The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada-United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1967: Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject, which they claimed was Bigfoot, at Six Rivers National Forest in California. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1904: Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1781: American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the Siege of Yorktown. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1216: King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1579: A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler. #history #grownostr