This Day in History
1821: Central Americans granted independence
On this day in 1821, Central American notables accepted a plan drafted by the Mexican caudillo Agustín de Iturbide that brought independence from Spain to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
More events on this day
1978: Muhammad Ali (right) fighting Ernie Terrell, 1967.Muhammad Ali won the world heavyweight boxing championship for the third time.
1950: United Nations troops landed at Inch'on, South Korea, crippling a North Korean invasion during the Korean War.
1916: The tank was used for the first time in combat, by the British during World War I.
1862: During the American Civil War, Confederates under General Thomas Jonathan (“Stonewall”) Jackson captured Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia), and took more than 12,500 prisoners, the largest Union surrender in the war.
1812: Napoleon's forces invaded Moscow and found the city abandoned, two-thirds of it destroyed by fire.
1590: Giambattista Castagna was elected pope as Urban VII; he died of malaria 12 days later. |
