What's on History #56

in history •  6 years ago 

What Happens on May 15th


1988 : Under the terms of the agreement reached in April, Soviet troops have begun withdrawing from Afghanistan they have occupied since 1979

1975 : A small US Marines force a lightning amphibious strike to save American cargo, Mayagüez, which has been captured by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia

1972 : George Wallace, four-time elected Alabama governor, famous for opposing racial integration, shot in attempted murder while campaigning for president

1948 : The Arab states of Transjordan (Jordan), Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria attacked the newly-established state of Israel in the first Arab-Israeli War.

1918 : US government starts providing the world's first regular postal service


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