Timeline
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg sitting in a police van after being convicted of espionage.
Douglas Macarthur, left, and President Harry Truman, right
FRANCE - 1888: Construction of the Eiffel Tower. Paris, July, 1888. Photograph Henri Roger. (Photo by Roger Viollet via Getty Images)
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