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3 weeks agoToday in History: February 16, Tutankhamen's tomb unsealed
Feb. 16 features major historical events including King Tutankhamen's burial chamber unsealing (1923), Fort Donelson surrender (1862), Castro becoming Cuba's premier (1959), and several modern political and transportation incidents.
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3 months agoToday in History: November 19, Edsel era ends at Ford
On Nov. 19, 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel. Also on this date: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second crewed landing on the moon.
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5 months agoToday in History: October 2, Vin Scully wishes all a pleasant afternoon' for the last time
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson had a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side. In 1942, the RMS Queen Mary, an ocean liner carrying thousands of American soldiers as a converted troop ship during World War II, accidentally rammed and sank the escort ship HMS Curacoa in the North Atlantic, killing over 300 crew members aboard the Curacoa.
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