Today in History

in #history • 6 years ago

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Significant Events

971 War elephant corps of the Southern Han defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops; Southern Han state forced to submit to the Song Dynasty. 1st regular war elephant corps in Chinese army.

1368 In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.

1556 Shaanxi Earthquake - deadliest ever recorded kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China

1950 Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel

1973 US President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War

1978 Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be damaging to earth's ozone layer.

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