Events
of the day
1819
– By the Adams-Onís
Treaty, Spain sells
Florida to the United
States for five million
U.S. dollars.
1848 – The French Revolution
of 1848, which would
lead to the establishment
of the French Second
Republic, begins.
1879 – In Utica, New
York, Frank Woolworth
opens the first of many
of 5 and dime Woolworth
stores.
1904 – The United Kingdom
sells a meteorological
station on the South
Orkney Islands to Argentina,
the islands are subsequently
claimed by the United
Kingdom in 1908.
1948 – Communist revolution
in Czechoslovakia.
1958 – Egypt and Syria
join to form the United
Arab Republic.
1979 – Independence
of Saint Lucia from
the United Kingdom.
1986 – Start of the
People Power Revolution
in the Philippines.
1997 – In Roslin, Scotland,
scientists announce
that an adult sheep
named Dolly has been
successfully cloned.
2011 – An earthquake
measuring 6.3 in magnitude
strikes Christchurch,
New Zealand, killing
185 people.
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