Today in history... 1492 - Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella 1776 - Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence by 56 people 1790 - The first US Census is conducted. 1909 - 1st Lincoln head pennies minted; Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers 1914 - Belgian government receives German ultimatum; German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg; German troops overthrows Luxembourg; Germany & Turkey signs secret treaty; Great Britain mobilizes; Postdam Conference ended; Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia 1916 - World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto. 1934 - Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany 1941 - Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia 1943 - RAF bombs Hamburg; Sunderland seaplanes sinks U-706 & U-106; Uprising at Treblinka Concentration Camp (crematorium destroyed) 2012 - 23 people are killed after two blasts in a fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:33:09 +0000