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10,045 illustrations — Lessons from history, biography, and world events
7/20 (2021): American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.
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Generate a sermon →5/1 (1925): The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
1/20 (1937): Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment...
1/15 (1908): The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
11/9 (1851): Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
3/15 (1919): Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
10/12 (1999): The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
9/11 (9): The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.
It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.
3/15 (1848): A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.
11/1 (1893): The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
8/6 (1960): Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
4/9 (1994): Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-59.
8/6 (1661): The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
1/1 (1901): The Southern Nigeria Protectorate is established within the British Empire.
2/12 (1909): The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
3/15 (1919): The American Legion is founded.
1/20 (1649): The High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I begins its proceedings.
1/1 (1960): Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
4/1 (1960): The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
10/12 (1892): The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
2/12 (1541): Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
7/20 (1903): The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
6/19 (1960): Charlotte Motor Speedway holds its first NASCAR race, the inaugural World 600.