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Wikipedia:On this day/Today. Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 20 [ talk · edit · history ] July 20. 1651 – Wars of the Three Kingdoms: After crossing the Firth of Forth, English Commonwealth forces defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Inverkeithing, opening the rest of the country to occupation.
June 26. June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 188 days remain until the end of the year.
1957– The largely autobiographical novelThe Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfoldby Evelyn Waughwas published. 2014– Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian military checkpointin the Libyan Desertnear Farafra, killing 22 soldiers. William McSherry(b. 1799) Khawaja Nazimuddin(b. 1894) Kgalema Motlanthe(b. 1949) Sylvia Daoust(d.
Learn about the TODAY Plaza, Studio 1A and Rockefeller Center with these trivia questions and answers on your favorite co-hosts, concerts, Halloween and more.
U.S. history trivia questions about the 2000s 126. There were concerns that computers would have trouble with their internal clock and calendars when the year went from 1999 to 2000.
From the American Revolution to today, get patriotic with these presidential trivia questions and answers, which may stump even the biggest history buffs!
1701 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.; 1702 – Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
29 years ago today, on September 8, 1986, The Oprah Winfrey Show is broadcast nationally for the first time. Her daytime talk show became an instant success, and Winfrey has since become one of ...