Today in HistoryThis day in history:
- 1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
- 1981 – A plane crash at Pushkin Airport kills 50 people, including 16 members of the Pacific Fleet.
- 1966 – The Great Fire of Iloilo breaks out in a lumber yard in Iznart Street and burns for almost half a day destroying nearly three-quarters of the City Proper area and Php 50 million pesos in total properties' damage.
- 1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
Births:
- 1487 – Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (d. 1557)
- 1478 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1535)
- 1449 – Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (d. 1477)
Deaths:
- 1919 – William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
- 2001 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (b. 1906)
- 1986 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (b. 1923)
Random Article of the day:
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (also known as WLCH or The Legal Clinic) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization providing pro bono legal services to those in the District affected by lack of housing and other housing issues.
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