Today:
1620 – The Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Harbor in present-day Massachusetts, establishing Plymouth Colony.
1688 – King James II of England fled to France after the Glorious Revolution, effectively abdicating the throne.
1816 – Indiana was admitted as the 19th U.S. state.
1844 – Dr. Horace Wells, a dentist, became the first person to demonstrate the use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) as an anesthetic during a dental procedure.
1888 – The Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity established a chapter at Stanford University, marking the first fraternity at the school.
1917 – British forces captured Jerusalem during World War I, marking an important milestone in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.
1936 – Edward VIII formally abdicated the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson, leading to the accession of his brother, George VI.
1941 – Germany and Italy declared war on the United States during World War II, and the U.S. responded with reciprocal declarations of war.
1946 – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established to provide relief and support to children worldwide.
1972 – Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt became the last humans to walk on the Moon during their final lunar excursion.
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