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    • Today in History: August 25, deaths of McCain and Kennedy

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Aug. 25, 2018, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who had spent years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam before a 35-year political career that took him to the Republican presidential nomination, ...

    • Today in History: August 9, atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Aug. 9, 1974, Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation’s 38th chief executive as President Richard Nixon’s resignation took effect. In 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” which described ...

    • Today in History: May 12, Soviets lift Berlin Blockade

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift. In 1932, the body of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the ...

    • Today in History: July 27, Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 27, the 208th day of 2022. There are 157 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 27, 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed ...