This day in history

Ordinarily, I simply love Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac which airs on KOPB-FM at 10am on weekdays.

However, today, I was really struck by the list of historic anniversaries, in what is usually a list of "this day in literature" rather than "this day in history."

From today's entry:

It was on this day in 1989 that the Chinese government cracked down on students conducting pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square...

It was on this day in 1940 that British forces began the evacuation from Dunkirk...

It was on this day in 1942 that the Battle of Midway took place over the Pacific Ocean...

It was one this day in 1919 that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote, was passed by the United States Congress...

Check the link for a full rendition of these significant events (and a poem by e.e.cummings).

Let freedom ring!