On this day :
1959 Batista forced out by Castroled revolution, 1781 Mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line, 1919 Edsel Ford succeeds father as president of Ford, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect, 1959 Cuban dictator Batista falls from power, 1973 The reallife murder behind Looking For Mr Goodbar, 1978 Air India jet crashes just after takeoff, 45 BC New Years Day, 1803 Haitian independence proclaimed, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect, 1876 First modern Mummers Parade, 1915 Sneak preview of The Birth of a Nation, 1879 EM Forster is born, 1958 Inmate Merle Haggard hears Johnny Cash play San Quentin State Prison, 1863 A Nebraska farmer files the first homestead claim, 1863 Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation, 1966 1st Marine Division advance elements arrive, 1967 Operation Sam Houston begins, 1915 British ship Formidable is torpedoed, 1942 United Nations created, 1946 Hidden Japanese surrender after Pacific War has ended,
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