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    • Today in History: May 26, ABM treaty signed

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      On May 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating ...

    • Today in History: May 18, Mount St. Helens erupts

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      In 1652, Rhode Island became the first American colony to pass a law abolishing African slavery; however, the law was apparently never enforced. In 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg began during ...

    • Climate change goes to court

      Climate change goes to court

      Yahoo News· 1 year ago

      Though businesses and governments around the world have begun transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy to try to cut the greenhouse...

    • Today in History: December 30, fire killed 600 in Chicago

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Dec. 30, 1903, about 600 people died when fire broke out at the recently opened Iroquois Theater in Chicago. In 1813, British troops burned Buffalo, New York, during the War of 1812. In 1853 ...

    • Today in History: December 23, Japanese war leaders executed

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Dec. 23, 1788, Maryland passed an act to cede an area “not exceeding ten miles square” for the seat of the national government; about two-thirds of the area became the District of Columbia ...