Today in history:
Theme song from Welcome Back, Kotter hits number 1 in the U.S.
Soviet Union announces boycott of Olympics.
'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' opens.
Truman announces that Germany has surrendered.
Sweden abolishes the death penalty.
De Soto reaches the Mississippi River.
The Seige of Orleans ends.
 
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Today in history: Theme song from Welcome Back, Kotter hits number 1 in the U.S. Soviet Union announces boycott of Olympics. 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' opens. Truman announces that Germany has surrendered. Sweden abolishes the death penalty. De Soto reaches the Mississippi River. The Seige of Orleans ends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today in history:
Theme song from Welcome Back, Kotter hits number 1 in the U.S.
Soviet Union announces boycott of Olympics.
'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' opens.
Truman announces that Germany has surrendered.
Sweden abolishes the death penalty.
De Soto reaches the Mississippi River.
The Seige of Orleans ends.
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