Today in history 10/27/2020

Today in history, To placate the Praetorians of Germany, Nerva of Rome adopts Trajan, the Spanish-born governor of lower Germany in 0097.

Today in history, Michael Servetus, who discovered the pulmonary circulation of the blood, is burned for heresy in Switzerland in 1553.

Today in history, A Polish army that invaded Russia capitulates to Prince Dimitri Pojarski and his Cossacks in 1612.

Today in history, President George Washington transmits to Congress the results of the first US census, exclusive of South Carolina which had not yet submitted its findings in 1791.

Today in history, Emperor Napoleon enters Berlin in 1806.

Today in history, A Confederate force is routed at the Battle of Georgia Landing, near Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana in 1862.

Today in history, Farmer Joseph F. Glidden applies for a patent on barbed wire in 1873. Glidden eventually received five patents and is generally considered the inventor of barbed wire.

Today in history, D. B. Downing, inventor, is awarded a patent for the street letter (mail) box in 1891.

Today in history, The New York subway officially opens running from the Brooklyn Bridge uptown to Broadway at 145th Street in 1904.

Today in history, 20,000 women march in a suffrage parade in New York in 1917. As the largest state and the first on the East Coast to do so, New York has an important effect on the movement to grant all women the vote in all elections.

Today in history 1/28/2020

Today in history, The Roman Emperor Nerva names Trajan, an army general, as his successor in 0028.

Today in history, Henry VIII of England dies and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Edward VI in 1547.

Today in history, Ahmed Shah, the first King of Afghanistan, occupies Delhi and annexes the Punjab in 1757.

Today in history, Surrounded by Prussian troops and suffering from famine, the French army in Paris surrenders. During the siege, balloons were used to keep contact with the outside world in 1871.

Today in history, The German navy attacks the U.S. freighter William P. Frye, loaded with wheat for Britain in 1915.

Today in history, The U.S. Coast Guard is founded to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea in 1915.

Today in history, Albert Einstein startles Berlin by suggesting the possibility of measuring the universe in 1921.

Today in history, The Japanese attack Shanghai, China, and declare martial law in 1932.

Today in history, French General Charles DeGaulle‘s Free French forces sack south Libya oasis in 1941.

Today in history, Chiang Kai-shek renames the Ledo-Burma Road the Stilwell Road, in honor of General Joseph Stilwell in 1945.

Today in history, The U.S. Congress passes a bill allowing mobilization of troops if China should attack Taiwan in 1955.

Today in history, The space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff in 1986.

Today in history 1/28/2017

1/28/2017:

Today in history, The Roman Emperor Nerva (see picture below) names Trajan, an army general, as his successor in 28.

Today in history, Ahmed Shah (see picture below), the first King of Afghanistan, occupies Delhi and annexes the Punjab in 1757.

Today in history, The U.S. Coast Guard is founded to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea in 1915.

Today in history, Albert Einstein (see picture below) startles Berlin by suggesting the possibility of measuring the universe in 1921.

Today in history, Israeli fighter jets attack the suburbs of Cairo in 1970.

Today in history, The space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff in 1986.