# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 89
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1764 "2020-03-29T14:55:44Z")
**March 29** ►2017-03-29: President Trump, after signing the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act the day before, observes the first annual National Vietnam War Veterans Day ►2012-03-29: President Obama proclaims March 29, 2012 as Vietnam Veterans Day ►1973-03-29: President Nixon; The last American combat troops leave Vietnam as per the Paris Peace Accords ►1962-03-29: President Kennedy; JCS finalizes instructions to MACV concerning “maximum discretion” and “minimum publicity” for US air operations in South Vietnam National Vietnam War Veterans Day is a US holiday observed annually on March 29. It recognizes veterans who served in the US military during the Vietnam War. ---
**Author:** ![Genan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e79b87/32.png) [@Genan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1765 "2020-04-01T20:21:20Z")
**April 1, 1993:** The “Polish Prince” killed in plane crash ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1766 "2020-04-08T02:23:23Z")
**April 7, 1948** : The World Health Organization is established. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1767 "2020-04-11T03:45:50Z")
**April 10, 1866** : The ASPCA is founded in New York. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1768 "2020-04-12T03:02:38Z")
**April 11, 1965** : [The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.weather.gov/ind/palmsuntor&ved=2ahUKEwi0qq2b8uHoAhVOlnIEHSFfC-4QFjAGegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw3bo8f2vmrLEGmsRl82wog5) kills 271 and injures at least 1500. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1769 "2020-04-12T03:46:49Z")
April 12, give it up: [David Letterman - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1770 "2020-04-12T04:20:02Z")
**April 12, 1945** : President Franklin Roosevelt dies. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1771 "2020-04-15T19:18:06Z")
**April 15, 1912** : The RMS _Titanic_ strikes an iceberg and sinks in under two hours, killing over 1500. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1772 "2020-04-16T15:51:31Z")
**April 16, 1947** : The [Texas City Disaster](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://timeline.com/texas-city-explosion-grandcamp-6c08615fc898&ved=2ahUKEwjam67Zpe3oAhXtl3IEHWvtBEYQFjAsegQICBAB&usg=AOvVaw0qZoK6o5RTdTe9jwDIlfsg) kills over 500 and injures another 2500. It is the largest non-nuclear explosion in United States history. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1773 "2020-04-18T05:11:18Z")
**April 18, 1906** : Most of San Francisco is destroyed by an earthquake. Nearly 3000 people die. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1774 "2020-04-21T03:39:20Z")
**April 20, 1912** : Bram Stoker dies. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1775 "2020-04-21T05:52:16Z")
**April 21, 1910** : Mark Twain dies. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1776 "2020-04-23T04:07:01Z")
**April 23, 1850** : William Wordsworth passes away at age 80. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1778 "2020-06-25T01:11:42Z")
**June 24, 1374:** A sudden outbreak of St. John’s Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1779 "2020-06-25T03:25:10Z")
June 24, 1947: Pilot Kenneth Arnold spots 9 UFO discs over the state of Washington. From this report first comes the term “flying saucer.” ---
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**June 25, 1947:** The Diary of Anne Frank is first published, two years after the death of its author. ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1781 "2020-06-27T15:56:46Z")
**June 27, 1898** - The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1782 "2020-07-26T17:38:50Z")
1990: on 26 July 1990 the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. ---
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July 31, 1806: George H. Thomas, an Army officer and a Virginian who remained loyal to the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War and went on to become one of its greatest generals, was born: [George Henry Thomas - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas) ---
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**July 31, 1703:** Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=90)