This Day

[Hedgehog]

884: Charles the Fat inherits West Frankish lands, briefly reuniting the empire of his ancestor Charlemagne.
1189: Richard I leaves England, where he spent less than six months of his reign, to join the Third Crusade.
1901: Gugliemo Marconi sends the first transatlantic wireless signals from Poldhu, Cornwall to Newfoundland.


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[iron mike usmc]

1941: The Japanese invade Wake Island The attack actually started the same day as the attack on Pearl Harbor, but landings weren't attempted until 11 December.