Volume 12 , Issue 29

This Day In History

1810 - Colombia declared independence from Spain.
1881 - Fugitive Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull surrendered to federal troops.
1951 - King Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated.
1960 - Sirima Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) became the world's first woman prime minister.
1969 - Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon.
1985 - Treasure hunters found the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank off the coast of Key West, Fla., in 1622 during a hurricane. The ship contained over $400 million in coins and silver ingots.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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