Every day important events happen. This blog will examine important events in world history and look at what happened this day.
1577 Sir Francis Drake departs England to sail around the world
1636 Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes 3 militia groups to defend against Pequot Indians. This is credited today as the foundation of the National Guard in America.
1759 First music store in America opens in Philadelphia
1833 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle arrives in Patagonia to explore theory of evolution.
1843 Charles Dickens publishes 1st 6000 copies of A Christmas Carol
1903 Wright Brothers make first flight at Kittyhawk
1969 In music, Arlo Guthrie releases Alice's Restaurant
2003 Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured
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