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People born today:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Events that happened today in history:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

202 BC<\/strong> \u2013 Proconsul<\/a> Scipio Africanus<\/a> of the Roman Republic<\/a> defeated Hannibal<\/a> and the Carthaginians<\/a> in the Battle of Zama<\/a><\/strong>, concluding the Second Punic War<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1453:<\/strong> The port of Bordeaux, France, finally surrenders to the forces of King Charles VII of France; the Hundred Years\u2019 War ends this same year.<\/p>\n

1781:<\/strong> The Siege of Yorktown\u2014the last major battle of the Revolutionary War\u2014ends as General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to American and French forces at Yorktown, Virginia.<\/p>\n

1935:<\/strong> The League of Nations imposes economic sanctions against fascist Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

1943:<\/strong> \u2013 Streptomycin<\/a><\/strong>, the first antibiotic<\/a> remedy for tuberculosis<\/a>, was first isolated by researchers at Rutgers University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1960:<\/strong> The U.S. Treasury Department declared a trade embargo, halting commerce with communist Cuba, in an attempt to oust revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.<\/p>\n

1987:<\/strong> \u2013 The Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a> fell by 22.6% on Black Monday<\/a><\/strong>, the largest one-day percentage decline in stock market<\/a> history.<\/p>\n\n

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People born today:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n