The Retroscope

What happened today in history?

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1966 – Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang , the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1941 – Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1857 – The New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. collapsed following widespread embezzlement, leading to a severe recession that caused about 5,000 businesses to fail.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1456 – The oldest known version of the Gutenberg Bible, the first major book produced on a printing press, was completed.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1966 – Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang , the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.

[The Retroscope @retroscope01]

#OnThisDayInHistory: 1941 – Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II.

[The Retroscope @retroscope01]

#OnThisDayInHistory: 1857 – The New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. collapsed following widespread embezzlement, leading to a severe recession that caused about 5,000 businesses to fail.

[The Retroscope @retroscope01]

#OnThisDayInHistory: 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1456 – The oldest known version of the Gutenberg Bible, the first major book produced on a printing press, was completed.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 2003 – Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1985 – A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1851 – The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns , later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1711 – Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 1485 – At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

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#OnThisDayInHistory: 2003 – Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

[The Retroscope @retroscope01]

#OnThisDayInHistory: 1985 – A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

[The Retroscope @retroscope01]

#OnThisDayInHistory: 1851 – The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns , later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

[The Retroscope @retroscope01]

#OnThisDayInHistory: 1711 – Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

[The Retroscope @retroscope01]

#OnThisDayInHistory: 1485 – At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.