🌺 1893 - Queen Liliuokalani was arrested, marking the end of Hawaiian sovereignty and paving the way for U.S. annexation of Hawaii. 🇺🇸🤝

❄️ 1912 - Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover they had been beaten by Roald Amundsen; tragically, Scott and his team perished on the return journey. 🏔️🚩

🇷🇺 1927 - Stalin solidified his control by expelling rivals Trotsky and Zinoviev, marking the start of his authoritarian rule in the Soviet Union. 🔥⚖️

🏗️ 1933 - Roosevelt launched the Civil Works Administration under the New Deal, providing jobs and hope during the Great Depression. 🇺🇸🛠️

⚖️ 1948 - The Tokyo Trials sentenced seven Japanese leaders for war crimes, establishing accountability for WWII atrocities in Asia. 🕊️⚖️

🗽 1954 - Ellis Island, a beacon for millions of immigrants to the U.S., closed its doors, later becoming a national monument. 🌍🇺🇸

🇸🇾 1970 - Hafez al-Assad seized power in Syria through a bloodless coup, beginning a decades-long authoritarian dynasty. 🏛️✊

🛡️ 1990 - NATO and Warsaw Pact leaders signed the CFE Treaty in Paris, reducing European military forces and easing Cold War tensions. ✌️🤝

☄️ 2014 - ESA’s Rosetta mission successfully landed the Philae probe on a comet, achieving a historic first in space exploration. 🌌🛰️

🌍 2021 - COP26 ended in Glasgow with global commitments to combat climate change, including pledges to cut emissions and phase out coal. 🌱🔥