This is a huge day my History friends! So here we go!! Today in History, 97> Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor. 306> Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1061> Empress Agnes, acting as regent for her son, brings about the election of bishop Cadalus, the antipope Honorius II. 1492> Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba on his first voyage to the New World. 1538> The first university in the New World (in present-day Dominican Republic), the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established. 1636> A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University. 1664> The Duke of York and Albanys Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established. 1707> The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan. 1775> A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston. 1776> The Battle of White Plains takes place as British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans. 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends: Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia. 1886> In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. 1893> Tchaikovskys Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composers death. 1919> The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilsons veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January. 1922> The March on Rome takes place as Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government. 1948> Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. 1958> John XXIII is elected Pope. 1962> Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. 1964> U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam. 1965> Nostra Aetate, the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent IIIs 760 year-old declaration. 1965> Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed. These have been your history facts of the day!!!!!!! Like and comment about your favorite fact!
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