Napoleon Bonaparte
Looking Back At January 14
Looking Back At January 14
The United States Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris
The Battle of Rivoli was fought with a decisive French victory by Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Human Be-In took place in San Francisco, California’s Golden Gate Park.
Yemen declared an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
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Today in History: October 15
Today in History: October 15: In 2017, actress and activist Alyssa Milano sent a tweet that ignited the “Me Too” movement; In 1945, the former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, was executed for treason; In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St. Helena, where he remained in exile; In 1946, Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself; In 1989, Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke the all-time NHL scoring record; In 1991 the Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court; In 1997, British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green twice drove a jet-powered car in the Nevada desert faster than the speed of sound.