February 16, 2025

This Day in History

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Shimla, Nov. 13 Keekli Bureau

This Day in History

2001

On the heels of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan prompted by the deadly terrorist attacks of September 11, the army of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance captured the capital city of Kabul.

1985

Mount Ruiz in the Cordillera Central of the Andes, in west-central Colombia, erupted twice, burying the town of Armero on the Lagunilla River and killing an estimated 25,000 people.

1980

Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, a biopic about boxer Jake La Motta, had its world premiere and became an American classic, especially known for the Oscar-winning performance of Robert De Niro.

1940

The animated film Fantasia had its first public screening, and it became one of Disney’s more controversial works, derided for its portentousness and praised for its stunning visual virtuosity.

1918

Egyptian patriot Saad Zaghloul formed Al-Wafd al-Miṣrī (Arabic: “Egyptian Delegation”), the nationalist political party that was instrumental in gaining Egyptian independence from Britain.

1916

During World War I a costly four-month Allied offensive against German positions along the Somme River ended.

1850

Robert Louis Stevenson—the Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books who was best known for his novels Treasure Island (1881), Kidnapped (1886), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889)—was born.

1770

George Grenville, the English politician whose policy of taxing the American colonies started the train of events leading to the American Revolution, died in London.

1002

English King Ethelred II launched an attack against Danish settlers in the St. Brice’s Day massacre.

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