Today in 1910, 115 years ago: for the first time, Spaniards begin the year by eating twelve grapes to the sound of the bells.
Today in 1943, 82 years ago: in the context of World War II, the long battle of Guadalcanal ends, with the victory of the Americans over the Japanese.
Today in 1948, 77 years ago: in Spain, the Government decrees the suspension of safe-conducts to circulate inside.
Today in 1913, 112 years ago: Antonio Maura, head of the Conservative Party, resigns in Spain.
Today in 1994, 31 years ago: in Peru, the Constitution of President Alberto Fujimori comes into force.
Today in 1502, 523 years ago: in South America, the Florentine naturalized Castilian Amerigo Vespucci discovered Guanabara Bay, where Rio de Janeiro would later be founded.
Today in 1801, 224 years ago: the Lombard monk Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826) discovered the first asteroid: Ceres.
Today in 1600, 425 years ago: Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25.
Today in 2000, 25 years ago: Y2K, better known as the Problem of the Year 2000, occurs all over the world.
Today in 1983, 42 years ago: History of the Internet: ARPANET abandons the NCP protocol and adopts TCP/IP.
Today in 1973, 52 years ago: the "Europe of the Nine" was born, when the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark joined the EEC.
Today in 1867, 158 years ago: Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel obtains dynamite industrially for the first time.
Today in 1928, 97 years ago: Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran to seek asylum in France. He is the only member of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Soviet Union.
Today in 1988, 37 years ago: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
Today in 1944, 81 years ago: Erwin Rommel is appointed deputy commander in chief of the army group in France.
Today in 2023, 2 years ago: In Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes over as president for the third time, succeeding Jair Bolsonaro.
Today in 1999, 26 years ago: The Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
Today in 1822, 203 years ago: The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
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Today in 1776, 249 years ago: General George Washington hoists the first United States flag, the Grand Union Flag, at Prospect Hill.
Today in 1985, 40 years ago: in Arkansas (United States), 2,500 people are evacuated after escaping in a gas tank car manufactured by the Union Carbide.
Today in 1947, 78 years ago: Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
Today in 2008, 17 years ago: Uruguay becomes the first Latin American country that allows, at the national level, civil unions between people of the same gender.
Today in 1994, 31 years ago: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect.
Today in 1911, 114 years ago: in the Republic of Nicaragua, General Juan José Entrada is elected president.
Today in 2010, 15 years ago: in Angra dos Reis (Brazil) landslides caused by rains result in at least 40 deaths.
Today in 1985, 40 years ago: Jacques Delors replaces Gaston Thorn as President of the European Community.
Today in 1781, 244 years ago: American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
Today in 1923, 102 years ago: in Istres, aviator Sadi Lecointe sets a new world speed record, with an average of 348 km/h.
Today in 1932, 93 years ago: The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
Today in 2008, 17 years ago: in Colombia the inauguration of the positions elected in the 2007 regional elections takes place.
Today in 2012, 13 years ago: in Mar del Plata (Argentina) begins the 33rd edition of the Dakar Rally, which runs through Argentina, Chile and Peru.
Today in 2023, 2 years ago: In Mexico, a riot in a cereso in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, leaves 19 dead, 15 injured and 25 inmates escaping.
Today in 1975, 50 years ago: the International Women's Year begins, sponsored by the United Nations General Assembly.
Today in 2015, 10 years ago: in Brazil, Dilma Rousseff takes over as president for the second time.
*1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London, England.
Marty Fouts
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