Wright brothers flight occurs during Hanukkah 1st Olympics held in U.S. begin on Canada Day Theodore Roosevelt gives 'Speak softly and carry a big stick' speech on Labor Day
'The Christmas Truce' occurs Vivien Leigh born in India on Guy Fawkes Day The first Battle of the Somme begins on Canada Day
Valentine's Day Massacre occurs Harry Houdini dies on Halloween First Macy's Parade held on Thanksgiving (U.S.)
The Grapes of Wrath is published on Pi Day Kingdom of Saudi Arabia unified on the autumnal equinox The Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast debuts on Christmas
FDR elected to an unprecedented third term on Guy Fawkes Day Siege of Stalingrad ends on Groundhog Day Jimmy Buffett born on Christmas Day
Charles de Gaulle elected president of France on the winter solstice Hank Williams dies on New Year's Day The U.K. announces its hydrogen bomb program on Presidents' Day
Kwanzaa first celebrated Doctor Zhivago premieres during Hanukkah Golda Meir becomes the fourth prime minister of Israel on St. Patrick's Day
Yom Kippur War occurs Soviet Union invades Afghanistan on Christmas Eve Idi Amin declares himself President of Uganda on Groundhog Day
MLK Day made a federal holiday The U.K. and the U.S.S.R. perform nuclear tests on separate Earth Days Ayatollah Khomeini issues a fatwa on Salman Rushdie on Valentine's Day
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns on Christmas Day Elián González found off the coast of Florida on Thanksgiving U.S. cedes control of the canal back to Panama on New Year's Eve
Yasser Arafat dies on Veterans Day Indian Ocean Tsunami occurs on Boxing Day Jóhanna Sigurðdóttir becomes Iceland's PM and first openly gay head of state on New Year's Day
Oprah Winfrey Network debuts on New Year's Day Philip Seymour Hoffman dies on Groundhog Day On Bastille Day, the last telegram in India is sent
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