Thursday, December 31, 2015

Today in History January 2nd

1905  The Russo-Japanese war ended.

1923  The African-American town of Rosewood, Fla., was burned by a white mob.

1935  The Bruno R. Hauptmann trial began for the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh baby.

1959  The first spacecraft to fly by the Moon and also to orbit the Sun, Mechta (Luna 1) was launched by the USSR.

1994  Rudolph Giuliani is inaugurated as New York City's mayor.

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