On this day in history
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0357: Julian Caesar defeats the Alamanni at Strasbourg in Gaul.
1765: In protest over the stamp tax, American colonists sack and burn the home of Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson.
1830: The "Tom Thumb" steam locomotive runs its famous race with a horse-drawn car. The horse wins because the engine, which had been ahead, breaks down.
1875: "Captain" Matthew Webb becomes the first man to swim across the English Channel.
1916: The National Park Service is established as part of the Department of the Interior.
1921: The United States, which never ratified the Versailles Treaty ending World War I, finally signs a peace treaty with Germany.
1941: British and Soviet forces enter Iran, opening up a route to supply the Soviet Union.
1943: The Allies complete the occupation of New Georgia.
1944: Paris is liberated from German occupation by Free French Forces under General Jacques LeClerc.
1950: President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
1980: Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
1981: Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
1989: NASA scientists receive stunning photographs of Neptune and its moons from Voyager 2.
1991: Belarus gains independence from the USSR.
1991: The Airbus A340 makes its first flight.
2012: Severe flooding in Myanmar.
