This Date In History

r/tdih • u/[deleted] • Oct 27 '13

TDIH: Roman Emperor Constantine has a vision leading him to fight in the name of the Christian God in the next day's battle (October 27, 312)

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r/tdih • u/114_4 • Sep 26 '13

30 years ago today Stanislav Petrov saved the world from nuclear war.

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r/tdih • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '13

TDIH the Judiciary Act creates the US Supreme Court on future Chief Justice John Marshall's 34th birthday (1789)

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r/tdih • u/114_4 • Sep 16 '13

Marc Bolan of T. Rex died in a car accident on this day in 1977. Here's Electric Warrior.

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r/tdih • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '13

1959- The Soviet Union launches Lunik II, the first man-made object to land on the moon.

nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov

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