This Day In History
1862
American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
1918
Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
1921
The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
1922
The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
1941
World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murdered 9000 Jews in a single day.
1965
Vietnam War: The Battle of the Ia Drang begins the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnameseforces.
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