WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY

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WHATS HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY

1778 Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands, naming them the 'Sandwich Islands' after the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich.

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1836 Jim Bowie arrives at the Alamo to assist its Texas defenders.

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1910 Aviator Eugene Ely performs his first successful take off and landing from a ship in San Francisco.

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1948 Gandhi breaks a 121-hour fast after halting Muslim-Hindu riots.

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1978 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) isolate the cause of Legionnaire's disease.

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