Know what happened today...years ago
2-year-old, Isabella II, is proclaimed queen in Spain after King Ferdinand VII dies
(Photograph:WION)
U.S intervenes in Cuba; ousts dictator Tomás Estrada Palma
British mandate for establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine comes into force
12 European nations establish European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is deposed in a military coup
