Today in History

Some pretty significant events happened this day in history:

• 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
• 1475 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
• 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
• 1920 - The League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.
• 1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
• 1982 - The Catch: Dwight Clark of the San Francisco 49ers makes a leaping catch from Joe Montana with 58 seconds to play to defeat the Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in the NFC Championship Game at Candlestick Park.
• 1984 - The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.
• 1999 - The HBO television series The Sopranos first airs.

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• 2000 - America Online announces an agreement to buy Time Warner for $162 billion, the largest corporate merger in history at the time.
• 2001 - Wikipedia starts as part of Nupedia. It becomes a separate site five days later.

And possibly the most important thing to happen on this day in history (at least to Jolly) is:

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In 1983, Jolly's favorite show of all time premiered. ROFL.