Today in History https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory/index.php Courtesy of www.activehistory.co.uk en-us <![CDATA[Events (1400 years today): 626 – Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident .[2]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/626 https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?1608906275 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Events (250 years today): 1776 – American Revolution : The Continental Congress adopts the Lee Resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain . The wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was agreed upon and publicly released two days later, on July 4 .[9]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?943396029 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Events (50 years today): 1976 – End of South Vietnam ; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam .[22]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Revolutionary_Government_of_the_Republic_of_South_Vietnam https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?2072337318 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Births (150 years today): 1876 – Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic (died 1933)[58]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?21119859 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Births (150 years today): 1876 – Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1933)[59]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Cuno https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?21192122 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Births (100 years today): 1926 – Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (died 2007)[96]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavian_Paler https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?2066919060 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Births (50 years today): 1976 – Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer[164]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriszti%C3%A1n_Lisztes_(footballer,_born_1976) https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?1450508550 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Births (50 years today): 1976 – Tomáš Vokoun, Czech-American ice hockey player[165]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Vokoun https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?1444973676 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Births (50 years today): 1976 – Ľudovít Ódor, Prime minister of Slovakia[166]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%BDudov%C3%ADt_%C3%93dor https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?134711257 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Deaths (1400 years today): 626 – Li Jiancheng, Chinese prince (born 589)[203]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/626 https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?1530611373 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Deaths (100 years today): 1926 – Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (born 1857)[229]]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Cou%C3%A9 https://www.activehistory.co.uk/newhistory?1052890364 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:03 +0100