March 5 1770: The Boston Massacre occurred as British soldiers opened fire on a crowd of colonists, killing five people and fueling outrage leading up to the American Revolution. 1953: Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died […]
Feb. 26 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba, sailing back to France in an attempt to reclaim power. 1919: President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation establishing the Grand Canyon as a […]
Feb. 19 1473: Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. 1942: During World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the internment of about 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry, including […]
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