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This Day In History: President Kennedy Pledges Military Support For South Vietnam (1961)
On this day in history n a letter, President Kennedy stated to the South Vietnamese President that he had agreed…
This Pilot Executed A Crazy Plan To Save His Family From a Crashing Army Helicopter
On April 29th, 1975 Ba Van Nguyen was a pilot for the South Vietnamese army. He had been trained on the…
Today I learned: Cornflakes Were Created to Stop People From Self Pleasure
In 1894 two brothers by the names of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Will Keith Kellogg were running a sanitarium…
This Day In History: The US Takes Possession Of The Normandie Liner (1941)
On this day in 1941, during the Second World War the US Navy commanders the world’s largest liner. The liner…
This Day In History: Charles Goodnight, The Great Cattle Baron Is Born (1929)
Charles Goodnight was a legend in the old west. He was the man who helped to develop the cattle industry…
The Defendant at One of the Most Famous Trials in History Wasn’t Even Alive to See It
In 864 Formosus was made bishop of Portus. He did missionary work for the Bulgarians who then asked that he…
This Day In History: The Texan Army Capture San Antonio (1835)
On this day in 1835 the Texan army under the leadership of Benjamin Milam, seizes the city of San Antonio.…
This Day In History: The British Defeat The Italians In North Africa (1940)
On this day, in 1940 the British army achieved a great victory over the Italians. In the Egyptian desert, two…
This Day In History: The Chinese Nationalists Withdraw to Taiwan (1949)
As the Chinese Civil War entered its last phases it soon became clear that the Nationalists would be pushed completely…
This Day In History: The Americans Attack Quebec (1775)
The American Continental on this day in 1775 were launched an attack on the Canadian city of Quebec. The American…