1770-Boston Massacre (Incident on King Street): British soldiers kill 5 men in a crowd throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at them. African American Crispus Attucks 1st to die; later held up as early black martyr. Massacre galvanizes anti-British feelings
1915-World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
1927-1,000 U.S. marines land in China to protect American property
1931-Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact in London - marks end of the Civil Disobedience Movement in India
1942-Josip Tito establishes 3rd Proletarian Brigade in Bosnia
1945-World War II: The Battle of the Ruhr begins
1946-Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri, popularizes the term and draws attention to the division of Europe
1995-Graves of Tsar Nicholas II and family found in St. Petersburg
2018-North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korean officials for the first time since taking office, hosting a dinner in Pyongyang
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