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1974: U.S. President Nixon announced resignation.Faced with the near certainty of impeachment for his role in the Watergate Scandal, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announced his resignation from office on this day.More events on this day1963:Armed robbers stole £2.6 million from the Glasgow-London Royal Mail Train near Bridego Bridge, north of London, in the Great Train Robbery. |
1945:The Nürnberg trials were authorized by the London Agreement, signed by the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France. |
1907:American jazz musician Benny Carter was born in New York City. |
1846:The Wilmot Proviso, an attempt to prohibit the extension of slavery to new territories in the United States, was proposed; in the debate that followed, the Republican Party was born. |
1588:The English fleet won a decisive battle over the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines in northern France. |
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