1820: Russian Antarctic Expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discover the continent of Antarctica
1825: US Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for the forced relocation of the Eastern Indian tribes via the “Trail of Tears”
1924: Vladimir Lenin is placed in a Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow
1944: Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Soviets after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed
1945: Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland – now commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day [1]
1973: Paris Peace Accords signed by US Secretary of State William P. Rogers, (North) Vietnam Minister for Foreign Affairs Nguyen Duy Trinh, Republic of South Vietnam Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Thị Bình, and Republic of Vietnam Minister for Foreign Affairs Trần Văn Lắm, ending America’s then longest war and it’s military draft.
Source: Onthisday.com
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