On this day in
1440, one of the earliest known serial killers,
Gilles de Rais, is taken into custody upon an
accusation
brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes. Was this one time ally of
Joan of Arc really guilty of
murdering hundreds of children, as so many claimed? Some still wonder .
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On this day in
1835, the HMS Beagle, with
Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
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On this day in
1916, during World War I, tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
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On this day in
1935, Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika.
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On this day in
1959,
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
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On this day in
1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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On this day in
1966, U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to
Charles Whitman's
sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
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On this day in
1981, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves
Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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On this day in
2008, Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
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