TODAY in HISTORY

Today is Sunday, July 17, the 199th day of 2016. There are 167 days left in the year. 1815 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time. 1858 Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin’s own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory. 1859 First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps. 1887 The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed. 1908 Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato- Maru. 1908 The University of the Philippines is established. 1928 Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean. 1935 Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injured and 24 arrests. 1945 William Joyce (“Lord Haw- Haw”) is charged with treason for his pro- German propaganda broadcasting during World War II. 1946 Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, a socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim. 1953 The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt. 1953 A US Air Force C- 124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.