Today is the 151st day of the year, with only 214 days remaining until the end of the year.
1279 BC - Rameses II becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
526 AD - A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000 people.
1578 - Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London, England.
1859 - The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
1862 - Battle of Seven Pines or the Battle of Fair oaks, Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G. W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
1889 - Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
1927 - The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly lne after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
1929 - The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid" is released.
1962 - Adolph Eichmann, one of the major organizers of the Holocaust, is hanged in Israel.
1970 - The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru, more than 47,000 people are killed.
2005 - Vanity Fair magazine, reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat.
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