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1770: Boston Massacre.Harassed by a mob, British troops on this day in 1770 opened fire, killing Crispus Attucks and four others in the Boston Massacre, an event that galvanized anti-British feelings in the lead-up to the American Revolution.More events on this day1979:The U.S. space probe Voyager 1 flew by Io, the innermost of Jupiter's satellites, and observed nine active volcanoes on its surface. |
1953:Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin died in Moscow and was succeeded by Georgy Malenkov. |
1946:British Prime Minister Winston Churchill popularized the term “Iron Curtain”—describing the separation between Soviet and Western nations—in a speech at Fulton, Missouri. |
1887:Brazilian musician and Latin American composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro. |
1871:Polish German activist Rosa Luxemburg, who played a key role in the founding of the Polish Social Democratic Party and the Spartacus League, was born in Zamo??. |
1798:Napoleon invaded Switzerland and occupied Bern, ending the ancient ruling system of that country, the Confederation of the Thirteen Cantons. |
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