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Events:C/P.
311 The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
313 Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
1315 Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1513 Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
1557 Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
1671 Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
1789 On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
1803 Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
1812 The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
1838 Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
1863 A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarσn, Mexico.
1871 The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
1894 Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
1900 Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
1900 Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
1904 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
1907 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
1920 Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1925 Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity.
1927 The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
1927 Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
1937 The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
1938 The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
1938 The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
1939 The 1939-40 New York World's Fair opens.
1939 NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
1943 World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.
1945 World War II: Fόhrerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
1947 In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.
1948 In Bogotα, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
1953 In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.
1956 Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming "I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty."
1961 K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
1963 The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
1966 The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco, California.
1967 The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station.
1973 Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.
1975 Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
1980 Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
1988 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo '88 in Brisbane, Australia.
1993 CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
1993 Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
1993 Monica Seles is stabbed by Gόnter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany
1995 U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first President to visit Northern Ireland.
1999 Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the number of members to 10.
2004 U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
2008 Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
2009 Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2009 Seven people are killed and 17 injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
311 The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
313 Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
1315 Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1513 Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
1557 Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
1671 Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
1789 On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
1803 Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
1812 The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
1838 Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
1863 A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarσn, Mexico.
1871 The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
1894 Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
1900 Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
1900 Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
1904 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
1907 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
1920 Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1925 Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity.
1927 The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
1927 Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
1937 The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
1938 The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
1938 The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
1939 The 1939-40 New York World's Fair opens.
1939 NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
1943 World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.
1945 World War II: Fόhrerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
1947 In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.
1948 In Bogotα, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
1953 In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.
1956 Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming "I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty."
1961 K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
1963 The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
1966 The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco, California.
1967 The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station.
1973 Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.
1975 Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
1980 Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
1988 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo '88 in Brisbane, Australia.
1993 CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
1993 Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
1993 Monica Seles is stabbed by Gόnter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany
1995 U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first President to visit Northern Ireland.
1999 Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the number of members to 10.
2004 U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
2008 Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
2009 Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2009 Seven people are killed and 17 injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
End of C/P.