Today:
1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated in London, England.
1492 – The Alhambra Decree is issued by Ferdinand and Isabella, expelling Jews from Spain.
1612 – Galileo Galilei observes the planet Neptune, but mistakenly identifies it as a star.
1832 – The first US railroad accident occurs in South Carolina, killing several passengers.
1851 – The first American YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) is established in Boston.
1895 – The first cinema screening of a motion picture by the Lumière brothers takes place in Paris, France.
1914 – The German battlecruiser SMS Blücher is sunk by the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Dogger Bank during World War I.
1944 – The Holocaust: The first trainload of Jews from the Hungarian city of Szeged is deported to Auschwitz.
1968 – The Soviet Union launches the Zond 6 spacecraft, which successfully returns to Earth after completing its mission to orbit the Moon.
2001 – Richard Reid, the “shoe bomber,” attempts to detonate explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63 but is subdued by passengers and crew.
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