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This Day in History

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This Day in History




	1863: The first stretch of the London Underground between Paddington and Farringdon Road is opened. Learn more about the London Underground. 1917: William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American army scout and showman, dies aged 70. Learn more about Buffalo Bill. 1920: The League of Nations is established in fear of the possibility of the "war to end all wars." The United States is absent. Learn more about the League of Nations. 1946: The first meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations convenes in London. Learn more about the General Assembly. 1949: RCA announces the seven-inch, 45 rpm record. Learn more about the history of recording.

Born On This Day



	Thomas Erskine, British statesman and lawyer (1750) Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor (1903) Aleksey Tolstoy, Russian writer (1882)

Mystery Person of the Day

Who am I? I was born on this day in 1769. In 1815 at Quatre-Bras, a village in Belgium, I was defeated by Wellington in a preliminary battle of the Waterloo campaign.

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