1810: The Grito de Dolores – Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell in Dolores, Mexico today, calling for an armed revolt against Spanish colonial rule. The fiery speech sparked the decade-long Mexican War of Independence.
1920: The Wall Street Bombing – A horse-drawn wagon packed with 100 pounds (45 kg) of dynamite and 500 pounds (226 kg) of heavy cast-iron sash weights exploded across from J.P. Morgan bank in Manhattan today. The blast killed 38 people and injured over 140, remaining one of America's worst unsolved terror attacks.
1982: The Sabra and Shatila Massacre – Lebanese Christian militia forces entered the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in West Beirut today, launching a three-day massacre that claimed the lives of between 700 and 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians.
1987: Signing of the Montreal Protocol – International delegates met in Canada today to sign a landmark environmental treaty designed to phase out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and protect the Earth's depleting ozone layer, becoming one of the most successful global climate agreements in history.
1963: The Launch of the Chevrolet Impala's Peak Production – General Motors produced its 50-millionth automobile today at a assembly plant in Tarrytown, New York—a milestone marked by a golden 1963 Impala rolling off the assembly line.
No images today because postimages laggy af, if it doesn't change in the next few days I'll just change the site on which I am uploading images.
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