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On This Day

• 2015 The Belgian government imposed a four-day security lockdown in Brussels based on information about potential terrorist attacks.
2015 Brussels lockdownBrussels
• 2012 A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel, injuring at least 28 people on board.
2012 Tel Aviv bus bombingTel Aviv
• 2009 An explosion in a coal mine in Heilongjiang, China, killed 108 miners.
2009 Heilongjiang mine explosionHeilongjiang
• 1977 "God Defend New Zealand" became New Zealand's second national anthem, on equal standing with "God Save the King", which had been the traditional anthem since 1840.
God Defend New ZealandNational anthemGod Save the King
• 1974 Bombs exploded in two pubs in central Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and leading to the imprisonment of six people who were later exonerated.
Birmingham pub bombingsPubBirminghamBirmingham Six
• 1970 Vietnam War: American forces raided the North Vietnamese Sơn Tây prison camp in an attempt to rescue 61 American POWs who were thought to be held there.
Vietnam WarOperation Ivory CoastSơn Tây prison campPrisoner of war
• 1964 The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
Verrazzano-Narrows BridgeStaten IslandBrooklynList of longest suspension bridge spans
• 1961 La Ronde (pictured), the first revolving restaurant in the United States, was inaugurated.
La Ronde (restaurant)Revolving restaurant
• 1959 American disc jockey Alan Freed (pictured), who popularized the term rock and roll, was fired from WABC-AM for his role in the payola scandal.
Disc jockeyAlan FreedRock and rollWABC (AM)Payola
• 1950 Two trains collided near Valemount, Canada, killing 21 people; the subsequent trial brought future prime minister John Diefenbaker to greater political attention.
Canoe River train crashValemountJohn Diefenbaker
• 1945 Manzanar, a camp in California for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was closed.
ManzanarCaliforniaInternment of Japanese AmericansWorld War II
• 1922 Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, albeit for only one day.
Rebecca Latimer FeltonUnited States Senate
• 1920 Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the IRA assassinated a group of British intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.
Irish War of IndependenceBloody Sunday (1920)Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)Cairo GangGaelic footballCroke Park
• 1894 First Sino-Japanese War: After capturing the Chinese city of Port Arthur, the Japanese army began a massacre of the city's soldiers and civilians.
First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of LüshunkouLüshunkou, DalianPort Arthur massacre (China)
• 1877 Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph, a device able to record and play sound.
Thomas EdisonPhonograph
• 1620 The Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony, was signed by 41 of the Mayflower's passengers while the ship was anchored in what is now Provincetown Harbor.
Mayflower CompactPlymouth ColonyMayflowerProvincetown Harbor
• 1386 Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur captured and sacked the Georgian capital Tbilisi and forced King Bagrat V to convert to Islam.
Turco-Mongol traditionTimurTimurid invasions of GeorgiaKingdom of GeorgiaTbilisiBagrat V of Georgia