1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

1890 – Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota killed by the US Army.

1845 – In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.

1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

 helenofjoy wrote: 
Helen, you and my wife would have lots to talk about and would end up being BFFs forever!

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
If I'm not mistaken, and I may be, this was about the time the aliens gave us some technology we "needed." I was wondering just before I read this how we, as a planet paid for the technology!  Now I know!!

Um, I thought this topic was concerning historical facts, not hysterical ones?

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
nice one.

Sean E Sean is born.

2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.

1979 – The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

1945 – The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

1929 – Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class" in an effort to spread socialism to the countryside.

1927 – Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.

 Red_Dragon wrote:Seems like The Duma (Putin) is looking to reverse that decision.  Mother Russia has many children.

1991 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.

1982 – Time's Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.