On this day in history - Today, August, 23

Today in History

• 1990 Armenia Declares Independence From the Soviet Union

  The Western Asian country had been part of the USSR since 1922. Until 1936, the country was part of

• 1966 First Photograph of the Earth Taken From the Orbit of the Moon

  NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 was the first American unmanned spacecraft to orbit the Moon. Taking black an

• 1944 Romania Switches Sides in World War II

  A coup in the Southeast European country moved its allegiance from the Axis powers to the Allies dur

• 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is signed

  The German foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Soviet foreign minister, Vyacheslav Mol

• 1904 Snow Chains Patented

  Harry D. Weed of New York was awarded a patent for snow chains by the United States Patent Office. S