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On this day in 1898, having recently discovered polonium, future Nobel Prize winners Marie and

On this day 13 Dec in 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman sighted South Island, New

1996 South African President Nelson Mandela signed a new constitution that completed a transition from

The first Nobel Prizes were distributed on this day in 1901, the fifth anniversary of

On this day 03 Dec 1984, a gas leak from a Union Carbide plant in

The largest of these emirates, Abū Ẓabī (Abu Dhabi), which comprises more than three-fourths of

Barbados, an island nation in the Caribbean situated about 100 miles (160 km) east of

1929 American pioneer aviator Richard E. Byrd flew over the South Pole The experience of

1935 Lincoln Ellsworth landed on Ellsworth Land, Antarctica, and claimed it for the United States,

1765 The British Stamp Act received its first repudiation from jurists in the Frederick County

1990 Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as British prime minister after a split occurred in

The most notorious political murder in recent American history occurred this day in 1963, when

On this day in 1620, 41 male passengers on the Mayflower, prior to landing at

1783 The first manned hot-air balloon flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and

On this day 20 Nov 1910 Russian author Leo Tolstoy, suffering from pneumonia, died of

On this day in 1910, Francisco Madero launched a failed revolt that nonetheless sparked the

On this day 19 Nov 1703 The man in the iron mask, a political prisoner

On this day 19 Nov 1863 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the brief but renowned

This Day in History 13 Nov 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson was born. Robert Louis Stevenson

This Day in History 13 Nov 1770 George Grenville, the English politician whose policy of

This Day 12 Nov 1930 The first Round Table Conference, called by the British government

This Day 12 Nov1990 Akihito enthroned. Japanese Emperor Akihito—according to tradition, the 125th direct descendant

on this day 11 Nov 1889 Washington was admitted to the union as the 42nd

This Day 11 Nov 1975, Angola declared independence after the Portuguese withdrew. Angola is bordered