21 years ago today, Shenzhou 6 launched on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It was China's second human spaceflight.
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9 years ago today, the United States withdrew from UNESCO. It stopped paying its dues six years earlier, due to a US law prohibiting funding any organization which accepts Palestine as a full member.
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534 years ago today, after five weeks at sea, Christopher Columbus's first transatlantic expedition made landfall on an island the Taíno people called Guanahani in what is today the Bahamas.
115 years ago today, an armed rebellion began in the Wuchang District of Wuhan. It would eventually lead to the end of monarchy in China.
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40 years ago today, Star Trek: The Next Generation was announced in a press conference in the Paramount Studios backlot
70 years ago today, NASA astronaut Janice Elaine Voss was born. She flew on five space shuttle missions and spent a total of 49d 3h 49m in space.
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1575 years ago today, the Council of Chalcedon convened in what is today Kadıköy, Istanbul. The Council's judgments and definitions marked a significant turning point in the Christological debates.
170 years ago today, the Second Opium War began
70 years ago today, Don Larsen pitched the sixth "perfect game" in Major League Baseball history, and the only one ever during a World Series.
59 years ago today, a group of Ñancahuazú Guerrillas led by Che Guevara were captured by Bolivian soldiers under the direction of CIA officer Félix Rodríguez. They were executed the following day.
25 years ago today, George W. Bush issued an executive order creating the "Office of Homeland Security", headed by Tom Ridge. It would become an executive department a year later.
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82 years ago today, a revolt occurred in the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp
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200 years ago today, the Granite Railway began operating in Massachusetts, carrying stone from Quincy to Milton. It is often considered the first commercial railway in the United States.
110 years ago today, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets beat the Cumberland College Bulldogs 222–0 in what remains the most lopsided college football game in US history
67 years ago today, the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 captured the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon
30 years ago today, Fox News was launched. To accelerate its adoption by cable providers, Fox News paid systems up to $11 per subscriber to distribute the channel.
25 years ago today, the United States invaded Afghanistan. Although victory was declared five weeks later, it was the beginning of a war in which it would take the US two decades to admit defeat.
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