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    • Today in History: August 12, deadliest single-aircraft crash

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Aug. 12, 1953, the Soviet Union conducted a secret test of its first hydrogen bomb. In 1867, President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary ...

    • Today in History: FEB 8, Mary, Queen of Scots beheaded

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. In 1693, a charter was granted ...

    • Today in History: May 31, the Johnstown Flood

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      On May 31, 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam collapsed, sending 20 million tons of water rushing through the town. In 1790, President George ...

    • Today in History: December 31, Clemente dies on aid flight

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Dec. 31, 2019, the health commission in the central Chinese city of Wuhan announced that experts were investigating an outbreak of respiratory illness and that most of the victims had visited ...