On today's date in 1923: The Gleno Dam in the Italian province of Bergamo failed due to poor workmanship, flooding the downstream valley and killing at least 356 people. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1718: Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 903: The Abbasid Caliphate captured the Qarmatian leadership at the Battle of Hama in Syria, opening the way for the reconquest of Tulunid Egypt. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1972: Atari announced the release of Pong (screenshot pictured), one of the first video games to achieve widespread popularity in both the arcade and home-console markets. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1864: American Indian Wars: A 700-man Colorado Territory militia attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho, killing 133 men, women, and children. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 587: Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1520: An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1925: Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1809: The Berners Street hoax is perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2009: A bomb exploded under, and derailed, a Russian high-speed train travelling between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, killing 28 passengers. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 395: Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1939: The Soviet Red Army shelled the village of Mainila and then claimed that the fire originated from Finland, giving them a casus belli to launch the Winter War a few days later. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1476: Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1852: An earthquake as high as magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea, triggering a tsunami and killing at least 60 in the Dutch East Indies. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1034: Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1984: Band Aid, a supergroup consisting of more than 30 leading British and Irish pop musicians, recorded the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1487: Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1542: Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces captured about 1,200 Scots at the Battle of Solway Moss. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1963: During a live television broadcast, businessman Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy, fueling numerous conspiracy theories. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1359: Peter I of Cyprus ascends the throne of Cyprus after his father, Hugh IV of Cyprus, abdicates. #history #grownostr