On this day in history
October 3
American
1993United States special forces fight a day long battle through Mogadishu, Somalia, after two Black Hawk helicopt…
United States special forces fight a day long battle through Mogadishu, Somalia, after two Black Hawk helicopters are shot down; 18 Americans die.
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1995O J Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in the most watched criminal t…
O J Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in the most watched criminal trial in American history.
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1863Abraham Lincoln proclaims the last Thursday of November a national day of Thanksgiving, making it a yearly Ame…
Abraham Lincoln proclaims the last Thursday of November a national day of Thanksgiving, making it a yearly American holiday.
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World
1990East and West Germany reunite as a single nation, ending 45 years of division less than a year after the Berli…
East and West Germany reunite as a single nation, ending 45 years of division less than a year after the Berlin Wall fell.
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1935Fascist Italy invades Ethiopia without declaring war, beginning a brutal conquest the League of Nations proves…
Fascist Italy invades Ethiopia without declaring war, beginning a brutal conquest the League of Nations proves powerless to stop.
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1942Germany test fires the first successful V 2 rocket from Peenemunde, the ancestor of every ballistic missile an…
Germany test fires the first successful V 2 rocket from Peenemunde, the ancestor of every ballistic missile and space rocket since.
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1952Britain detonates its first atomic bomb off the Monte Bello Islands, becoming the third nuclear power.
Britain detonates its first atomic bomb off the Monte Bello Islands, becoming the third nuclear power.
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