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Events:C/P.
215 BC A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
1014 Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
1016 Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Ζthelred the Unready as king of England,
1343 Estonia: St. George's Night Uprising.
1348 The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George's Day.
1521 Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
1635 The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
1660 Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
1661 King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1815 The Second Serbian Uprising a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
1910 Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.
1918 World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
1920 The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
1920 The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara.
1927 Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children's Day as a national holiday.
1932 The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
1935 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1940 The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
1941 World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
1942 World War II: Baedeker Blitz German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lόbeck.
1945 Adolf Hitler's designated successor Hermann Gφring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dφnitz.
1946 Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
1949 Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
1951 American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
1955 The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
1961 Algiers putsch by French generals.
1967 Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) is a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
1968 Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacred approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
1985 Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
1990 Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1993 Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
1993 Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
1997 Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
215 BC A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
1014 Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
1016 Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Ζthelred the Unready as king of England,
1343 Estonia: St. George's Night Uprising.
1348 The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George's Day.
1521 Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
1635 The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
1660 Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
1661 King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1815 The Second Serbian Uprising a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
1910 Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.
1918 World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
1920 The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
1920 The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara.
1927 Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children's Day as a national holiday.
1932 The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
1935 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1940 The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
1941 World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
1942 World War II: Baedeker Blitz German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lόbeck.
1945 Adolf Hitler's designated successor Hermann Gφring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dφnitz.
1946 Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
1949 Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
1951 American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
1955 The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
1961 Algiers putsch by French generals.
1967 Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) is a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
1968 Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacred approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
1985 Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
1990 Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1993 Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
1993 Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
1997 Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
End of C/P.