Today in 1906, 117 years ago: The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
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Today in 1532, 491 years ago: Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
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Today in 1978, 45 years ago: 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
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Today in 1917, 106 years ago: in Fatima, the 3 seers of the Marian apparitions are captured on their way to meet the Virgin, strange phenomena are reported in the cova da iria
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Today in 1650, 373 years ago: Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
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Today in 1973, 50 years ago: Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to A Coruña Airport in A Coruña, Spain, killing 85.
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Today in 1918, 105 years ago: Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
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Today in 1954, 69 years ago: Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
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Today in 1960, 63 years ago: the Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
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Today in 1963, 60 years ago: in Madrid (Spain), the Franco dictatorship sentences Francisco Granados and Joaquín Delgado, anarchists accused of carrying out the July 29 attacks, to death.
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Today in 1967, 56 years ago: Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
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Today in 1868, 155 years ago: off the coast of Tacna (Peru), at 16:45 local time an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on the moment magnitude scale occurs, leaving more than 25,000 victims. (See Arica Earthquake and the article on the destruction of the city of Moquegua.)
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Today in 1942, 81 years ago: the Disney classic Bambi premieres in the United States
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Today in 1999, 24 years ago: the Colombian journalist, humorist and activist Jaime Garzón is murdered.
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Today in 1968, 55 years ago: Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
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Today in 1516, 507 years ago: The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
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Today in 1898, 125 years ago: Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
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Today in 1788, 235 years ago: The Anjala conspiracy is signed.
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Today in 1854, 169 years ago: in Guaymas (Mexico) Count Gaston Raousset de Boulbon is shot due to the weapons action of last July 13.
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Today in 1981, 42 years ago: The IBM Personal Computer is released.
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