Someone wrote in [personal profile] aphanon_meme 2014-01-25 11:25 pm (UTC)

this day in HISTORY

41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the SENATE.

1348 – A STRONG earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.

1533 – Henry VIII of England SECRETLY marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.

1879 – The Bulgarian National BANK is founded.

1890 – Nellie Bly completes her ROUND-the-world journey in 72 days.

1918 – Ukraine declares INDEPENDENCE from Bolshevik Russia.

1919 – The League of NATIONS is founded.

1924 – The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the WINTER Olympic Games.

1955 – The Soviet Union ends the state of WAR with Germany.

1995 – The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia ALMOST launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.

today is also:
*Opposite Day

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