Today in 1676, 347 years ago: Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.

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Today in 1964, 59 years ago: South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.

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Today in 1687, 336 years ago: Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.

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Today in 2015, 8 years ago: in Tianjin two massive explosions left at least 173 dead, including 104 firefighters.

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Today in 1981, 42 years ago: in the United States, IBM introduced the first personal computer (PC or personal computer) to the market.

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Today in 1966, 57 years ago: 87 meters underground, at the Nevada test field (102 km northwest of the city of Las Vegas), at 7:36 local time the United States detonates the Tangerine atomic bomb, 20 kilotons (the Hiroshima bomb generated 13 kt). This is the 476th of the 1129 bombs that the United States detonated between 1945 and 1992.

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Today in 1908, 115 years ago: in Detroit (United States), the Ford Motor Company factory begins production of the Ford T model.

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Today in 1985, 38 years ago: the accident of Japan Airlines Flight 123.

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Today in 1968, 55 years ago: in Montevideo (Uruguay) -in the framework of the presidency of Jorge Pacheco Areco-, the police opened fire on a demonstration of university students, and wounded one, Líber Arce, who died two days later.

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Today in 1806, 217 years ago: in the current Argentine Republic, troops commanded by Santiago de Liniers reconquer the city of Buenos Aires, defeating the British army and capturing its general, William Béresford.

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Today in 1841, 182 years ago: The superintendent of Belize and the Miskito monarch disembark in San Juan del Norte and communicate to the Nicaraguan authorities that that city and the rest of the Atlantic Coast belonged to the Miskito Kingdom.

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Today in 2016, 7 years ago: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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Today in 1877, 146 years ago: in the United States: American astronomer Asaph Hall discovers Deimos, one of the two moons of Mars.

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Today in 1919, 104 years ago: in Costa Rica the dictator Pelico Tinoco leaves the country with 100,000 dollars (equivalent to several million dollars today) after a strike generated by the murder of the Salvadoran teacher Marcelino García Flamenco (30), burned alive by the Tinoquistas.

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Today in 1864, 159 years ago: in the province of Corrientes (northeastern Argentina), Bernardino Valle founded the village of Ituzaingó.

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Today in 1960, 63 years ago: in the United States, NASA puts the first balloon satellite, Echo 1, into orbit.

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Today in 1980, 43 years ago: in Uruguay, the Treaty of Montevideo was signed, creating ALADI.

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Today in 1928, 95 years ago: Deixa Falar Foundation, the first samba school in Brazil.

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Today in 1869, 154 years ago: in Paraguay - within the framework of the battle of Piribebuy, one of the bloodiest of the War of the Triple Alliance (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay)— the Brazilian army burns the city's hospital, with 600 wounded, doctors and nurses inside.

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Today in 1831, 192 years ago: French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.

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